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Show, Don’t Tell
Writing Writers always hear the saying “Show, don’t tell”. Great advice, but most of the time there isn’t sufficient information to back up this advice to make it click. When writing your blog you want to show your readers what’s happening, not just tell them what has happened. Why does this matter? Showing your readers what’s going on rather than telling them what transpired gives the reader a chance to be involved in the ...
Continue readingCurrent Events and Your Blog
Blogging Blogs can go through slumps. Sometimes people just don’t visit your site or you get lazy and neglect your writing duties for a while. One possible way to get out of a blogging slump is to incorporate current events into your blog once a week. The great thing about using what’s going on in the world today on your site is that it gives your readers something to connect about and it helps you branch out of your comfort blogging topics. ...
Continue readingWriting Numbers
Blogging When writing numbers I always come across the question of writing out each number using words, or just using the numbers as they stand. Surprisingly there is a correct way to include numbers in your blogs. Most bloggers don’t need to pay attention to whether or not you need to write “nineteen” instead of “19”, but for picky people I’ve decided to break down the rules. When using numbers that are one or two words (one, five, ...
Continue readingCaPiTaLiZaTiOn
Writing To capitalize, or not to capitalize, that is the question. Okay, I realize that using Shakespeare’s famous soliloquy from Hamlet for a post about grammar is next to blasphemous, but capitalization is an important thing to look at. (Maybe not as important as pondering the meaning of life as Hamlet is doing, but that’s beside the point.) An important grammar rule in the English language is punctuation and within this category there are ...
Continue readingCreate a Following
Blogging The best way to keep your readers loyal to your site is to get them interested in what you have to say and keep them asking for more. With a few simple tricks, you can create a following and prove to your readers that your site is the only site that they need to visit. Blog viewers enjoy consistency. They like to read information that you post on your site, but they also like to read posts that have a recurring theme. Make readers come back for ...
Continue readingMore Friends
Promote your blog Maybe the title of this post should really be “Nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah nah, Hey hey hey, Click HERE!”, because it’s time to get your blog into the world! Blogs come and go, but you don’t want yours to be one of the ones that falls off of the face of the planet. Popularity comes in waves, but there are a few things that you can do to keep your blog on top, or at least closer to the top rather than at the bottom of the ...
Continue readingYour or You’re
Writing I am not a great speller. Hard to believe with the many errors blog commenter’s find on all of my blog posts, sarcasm if you couldn’t detect, but it’s true: I suck at spelling. But that’s okay. Why? Because no matter how many people negatively comment on your blog due to spelling, snobby attitudes, or just rip on what you have to say, spelling is the least of your worries. Yes, you should try to make your spelling as ...
Continue readingPlugins for Nerds
WordPress Plugins Plugins for nerds, well English and writing nerds that is. Anything you can do to spice up your blog should be included on your page. Why? You should have a variety of plugins for your site because people enjoy the little things they can discover. Does this mean that readers just want to know the nitty-gritty of what you’re doing? No. It simply means that readers like to know what you’re doing or any type of information that you can ...
Continue readingPersonal Versus Professional
Around The Blogosphere With the web making life vastly easier to network and come in contact with various people all over the world, you have to think about the presence that you are supplying viewers. Are you an exciting, energetic person who loves to have fun and run wild? Or are you a serious, down to business nut who values structure and order? Your blog, site, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, or any other networking site will reflect who you are, but this isn’t ...
Continue readingThe Blogging World is Coming to an End!
Blogging Life as a blogger is coming to an end! What will we do? Just kidding. Blogging will be around forever just like this global warming stuff has been. But your blog can come to an end and you need to be prepared! Sometimes when you update WordPress, or a theme onto your site because the all knowing world wide web knows more than you do, you lose your data. Dang it! You’ve done all of this hard work, you’ve written beautiful words that ...
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