Written by Susan Gunelius from Women On Business on April 21, 2008

Most bloggers are interested in increasing the number of subscribers to their blogs.  It makes sense: more subscribers = more loyal readers = more links = more page views = higher rankings, better advertising and more!

While bloggers understand the value of RSS, many blog readers do not.  That’s why Daily Blog Tips decided it’s time to educate the masses with RSS Awareness Day on May 1st.

To help spread the word about RSS Awareness Day, Daily Blog Tips is hosting a contest with a variety of prizes to bloggers who write about…

Written by Kris Larson from Carthage on April 17, 2008

April 14 was declared kind of an unofficial Blogger Appreciation Day. If you missed it, don’t feel bad: there’s nothing stopping you from appreciating the blogger of your choice right this minute. Here are a few suggestions for ways to appreciate your fellow bloggers this week:

Speak up
Too often, too many of us feel like we’re blogging in a vacuum. You might have thousands of readers, but if none of them talk back you can easily get discouraged and stop blogging altogether. This week, take the time to comment on a…

Written by Kevin from System0 on April 2, 2008

You got rick rolledIt’s April 2nd so I’m sure most of you are suffering from post April Fools hangovers!! One of the biggest jokes played on internet sites this year was the ‘RickRoll’. The RickRoll is a joke where the website starts a script which plays Rick Astley’s cheesy 1987 classic ‘Never Gonna Give You Up‘ over and over again. The video jumps around a bit so you can’t close it and the visitor is left with over a dozen windows to close. If this happened to you then you got RickRolled!

I read…

Written by Deborah Ng from Freelance Writing Jobs on March 16, 2008

Jamaican me crazy

Busy bloggers like their coffee. Every time I check out Twitter, someone else is putting on a pot or making a Starbucks run. Chris Garrett seems to be the worst offender, but I see plenty of other guilty parties.

Me too. I love my coffee.

Joffrey’s Coffee and Tea Company is offering a beta test for bloggers. Visit the Joffrey’s website and sign up to get a free bag of coffee and turn others on to your blog. It’s a win-win situation. 10,000 bloggers will be invited to participate to beta test their…

Written by Andy MacDonald from Swift Media UK on March 14, 2008

Brand NewI am pleased to announce today that with the help of Bloggingtips.com community, Swift Media launched the new-look up-to-the-minute website design which will enable visitors to find the usful information our blog is known for, The website, which can be found at www.swiftmediauk.co.uk/blog/ has been developed by myself, and took just over a week to complete in full.

I took all of the recommendations into consideration from the bloggingtips.com community, and would like to thank all those who left their comments and recommendations, and congratulations to the winners of the competition. A…