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Project Management for Bloggers
Design & Coding Photo credit: ti lapin tom under CC license Bloggers need to accomplish projects from time to time. The problem is most of us just dive in with little thought to the process and an unclear understanding of what we’ll be doing. A project is a series of tasks that has a start date, an end date, and which produces a unique output. I’ve taught project management for several years, now. Although much of project management is overkill for ...
Continue readingIs Google Blog Search Broken?
Blogging News Is Google Blog Search broken and full of spam? Google is top dog when it comes to indexing speed but their index is chock full of spam. The above quote is from Bruce Clay’s blog, in a post written by Lisa Barone. I thought I’d give it a quick test for a term I coined, Gateway Blogging. Google Blog Search results for gateway blogging. I just looooove being number one in the SERPS! Ask blog search results for gateway blogging. Not ...
Continue readingHow a Blog is like a Thanksgiving Dinner
Blogging In America, today is Thanksgiving, a national holiday during which families cook a traditional dinner of turkey and a few other dishes, like cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, and dressing (or stuffing). But did you know your blog is like a Thanksgiving dinner? It’s true! The turkey is the main focus, but variety matters The focus of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner is the turkey. It’s the main event. But without the rest of the ...
Continue readingMake Contact for Blogging Success
Promote your blog If you really want your blog to be successful, make contact with other bloggers and your readers. Whatever else you’re doing, chances are you’re not reaching out to people and making contact with them enough. If there is one thing I can point to that really separates successful bloggers from the rest, it’s what kind of contact-building and networking they do when they’re not blogging. Blogging is a conversation with other ...
Continue reading10 Tips to Survive Your Blogging Crash and Get Back on Track
Blogging If you’ve just started blogging in last few months, get ready, because you’re going to crash. You began blogging full of enthusiasm, and what a rush it was to see your words on the internet! You’re leaving comments on other blogs, you’ve created social media profiles on what seems like ten different services, you’re reading feeds like mad, checking your visitor stats and AdSense reports every day (probably more than ...
Continue readingBlogging for Beginners: How Blogging Software Works
Blogging, Software & Programs Do you know how your blogging software works? Many people are interested in the idea of blogging when they first come to realize that it is its own thing separate from “standard” types of websites and that it’s an easy thing to get started in. And although there is a lot of great information available to beginners, I find that there isn’t much that explains something that’s really important: how blogging software ...
Continue readingWhat’s Your Story? Storytelling is Powerful Blogging
Writing Markets are conversations When you’re blogging, you’re talking to people. As it says in the Cluetrain Manifesto (a more prophetic book has not been written since): Markets are conversations. One of the most powerful forms of talking with people is telling stories. We see a lot of great advice on blogs regarding blog SEO, focusing on a niche, creating linkbait, and monetization. There is much solemn head-nodding whenever anyone says: ...
Continue reading7 Little Tips that Make a Big Difference in Video Blogging
Video Blogging Drink water before you shoot and during if you can edit it out later. You don’t want to be seen licking your lips like a freak or coughing, or clearing your throat in the middle of your video as though you were about to lose a lung. Record several takes. We’re all familiar with the comedy gag in movies of the picky Hollywood director doing hundreds of takes for a single scene, and everyone rolls their eyes. You don’t have to ...
Continue readingThe Basics of the Basics
Blogging You can always cover the basics for whatever it is you blog about. Here's why returning to basics always works: People who have been involved in a field for a while lose sight of the basics, and will often appreciate the reminder. Readers who are new will appreciate posts on the basics for obvious reasons, but... Posting on the basics helps to attract new readers as well, because the basics are what they're looking for. You can speak from ...
Continue readingShould You Advertise Your Blog?
Promote your blog Update: I misunderstood what arbitrage really is when I wrote this, so my main point is fatally flawed. Thank you, Maki from Dosh Dosh for pointing out my mistake. I’ve rewritten the post, which follows. The text of the original post is below the rewritten post for comparison. New Post Should you advertise your blog? That depends on what you hope to get from advertising and what kind of advertising you do, though I’m specifically ...
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