Blogging Tips

Twitter Talk: Good or Bad for Your Blog?

Twitter was the most spoken word for 2009. That’s kind of a big deal, considering everything else that has gone on in the past year, from the election of the first African American president into the white house and a struggling economy to say the least. Yet Twitter was so frequently spoken about because of its presence as a communication hub, giving us a way in which to discuss all the things that we like to talk about–like Obama and unemployment rates.

Our wonder at this particular phenomenon of 2009 has caused us to speak about the very thing we’re using to speak about things, creating a dizzying cycle of correspondence, self-promotion and link leads. More importantly to you, however, is whether or not Twitter’s status as the most spoken word of 2009 can be of benefit to you as a blogger.

Written by Kristen Nicole from Kristen Nicole
Posted on December 9th, 2009 and filed under Blogger
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Three Tricks for Speedy Sentence Structure

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, repeated and dedicated behavior towards the act of writing can help you improve your skills. You may find that certain aspects of your writing seem to take a life on their own, presenting some of the perks of having a portion of your brain operate on auto-pilot.

I am not saying that creating a comprehensive sentence, paragraph or article is a process that can be placed successfully on auto-pilot, as much as term paper-writing high school students would love to have such a service. I am merely pointing out that, as a writer, you can focus on the creative side of transcribing your thoughts if you have reached a certain point where things like grammar become an afterthought.

Written by Kristen Nicole from Kristen Nicole
Posted on October 12th, 2009 and filed under Blogger
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You and your users

How you communicate with your users on your website is very important. If you don’t send the right message then they will move onto another website. With so many blogs on the Internet you have to be different and it can be as simple as how you communicate to your users. It can be how you write your articles or how you set …

Written by Lee Doel from The Funk House
Posted on October 3rd, 2009 and filed under Blogger
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How to create a simple Gadget for Blogger with the new API (Part 1)

Last week, I explained Blogger’s new API for Gadgets which enables us to draw upon Blogger feeds in order to create useful and interactive gadgets.

In this post, I’ll explain how to create a very simple Gadget which draws upon Blogger feeds to create a simple “subscription” gadget which you can install in your Blogger blog. Unlike regular …

Written by Amanda Fazani from Blogger Buster
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 and filed under Blogger
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20 Fabulous Resources for Free Blogger Templates

Now more than ever the availability of quality Blogger templates astounds me. Talented designers and coders have turned their attentions to the vast market of those using Google Blogger as their platform of choice, resulting in a wonderful variety of templates – most of which are free to download!

From simple, elegant designs to quirky, feminine and elaborate styles there are Blogger templates to suit every taste and requirement.

Through this recent post …

Written by Amanda Fazani from Blogger Buster
Posted on June 8th, 2009 and filed under Blogger, Design & Coding
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Blogger Tip: Create a Dropdown Menu for your Labels

Our sidebars can become cluttered easily with information and widgets, particularly if we have a long list of labels (categories) . Many Blogger users like using drop-down lists for long lists which minimizes clutter and enables information to be displayed in the sidebar neatly.

While Blogger offers a dropdown menu option for the Archives widget, we do not have the option to enable a dropdown list for our labels. So in this tutorial, …

Written by Amanda Fazani from Blogger Buster
Posted on June 1st, 2009 and filed under Blogger
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China’s Ban on Blogger Blogs (and Possible Workarounds)

There has been much speculation about China’s recently imposed “blanket ban” of all Blogger powered blogs. Some believe this is intended to quell references to the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident, while others wonder if this is a technical difficulty as hinted on Blogger’s Known Issues page.

In either case, this ban affects blogs hosted on the *blogspot.com subdomain (approximately 275 million) and also those who use a custom …

Written by Amanda Fazani from Blogger Buster
Posted on May 25th, 2009 and filed under Around The Blogosphere, Blogger
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