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Three Tricks for Speedy Sentence Structure
Blogger For most of my blogging career I was known as a speedy blogger. It was a primary reason why I was hired for blogs such as Mashable, as I was able to coherently test and review a website under pressure. Many have asked me how I am able to write in this way, so I figured I would share a few things that help me write. Before I jump in, I would also like to note that writing can improve with practice and exercise. As with learning to ride a bike, ...
Continue readingWhen You Go On Vacation Without Your Blog…
Blogging Going on vacation anytime soon? Or perhaps you are just traveling for a few days on business. Even with the best of the mobile tools out there, from smart phones with blogging applications to wifi cards and wireless Internet access on airplane flights these days, you can be stressed about one less thing if you prepare your blog for your time of absence. There are a few things to consider before you begin to prepare your blog. Does your blog ...
Continue readingMobile Blogging Apps to Keep You In, While You Were Out.
Blogging Your blogging does not have to stop just because you have stepped away from your computer. The beauty of mobile phones these days is even those that are not smart phones have the capacity to support mobile browsing and can be used to some extent for blogging purposes. Typically mobile blogging is utilized by those writers that need to be able to update their blog on a moment’s notice–at conferences or major events. However, the ...
Continue readingHow the Easter Bunny Can Help Your Blog
Blogging Earlier this week I mentioned that current events can help you gain readers and traffic back to your site, if you can relate your blog back to anything that is going on in the news. This concept holds true for upcoming events as well, as some readers will begin to turn to your blog as a resource as they prepare for it themselves. Upcoming events could consist of things like holidays or special occurrences, from Christmas to Presidential ...
Continue readingUsing Current Events to Attract Readers to Your Blog
Blogging There are several ways in which to create interest for your blog. Just look at the world around you. Current events are the pulsing life blood of the media, keeping the world informed of things occurring right now. Whoever has a handle on this has a good grip on media coverage overall. This can mean a lot of things, but more importantly it means that this person can gain a large and dedicated audience as they have become a trusted resource for ...
Continue readingReward your Readers for Visiting Your Blog
Blogging You have a blog. You post content regularly. You market yourself and your brand across the web in order to get return traffic to your site. Now what? Once you have done all the work to get the readers to visit your site, you should reward them. Give your readers some enticing reasons to stick around and stay awhile. Fill your blog with points of interest and they will be more likely to stay on your site longer and come back for more. This is ...
Continue readingPromoting Your Work On Other Peoples Blogs
Blogging As a blogger you may have your work published on sites owned by someone other than yourself. Perhaps you are guest authoring an article for another blog, or maybe you are a freelance writer publishing the bulk of your work on various sites across the web. Further still, you may be an employee of a particular blog. Either way, you are not really the person in control of the blog. You have little to none say-so in the blog’s layout or ...
Continue readingA Unique Angle Might Be All You Need
Blogging Sometimes you would like to write about a topic that has already been fairly saturated, so you may decide to skip that article for the day. But just because a lot of people have already covered a story does not mean that you can’t throw your two cents into the pot as well. Don’t pay attention to what others have already written. Instead see if you can write your article from a unique perspective. Having a unique perspective on a ...
Continue readingCreating Content Your Readers Will Want to Share
Blogging Part of the branding process of your blog is the redistribution of your blog content. Redistribution, as I have mentioned, will increase the visibility of your blog and alert people to the presence of new and updated articles on your site. Keeping this in mind while planning out topics for your upcoming articles, or thinking of new topics to write about can help you organize your thoughts and create better strategies around your blog content. In ...
Continue readingSeek Advice for Your Blog without Looking Dumb
Blogging One of the primary reasons you probably set up your blog is so you can establish yourself as an expert, in whatever area you’re knowledgeable. But you’re not the only one in the world, and every once in a while you may want to see what others in the industry are talking about as well. There are a couple of different reasons you may seek out other experts in your field, such as inspiration, additional perspective, basic market ...
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