Monday, August 02, 2010
Blog content strategy 101
Content strategy might seem like the domain of giant content sites and big-brand online publishers. But if you run a blog, you’re a content publisher. By ProBlogger
Friday, July 30, 2010
HOW TO: Add Multimedia to Your Blog
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
10 Tips for Corporate Blogging
How to Add Custom Fonts to Blogger
Official Sharing Buttons on Blogger
Blog your life with the Song Bloggie Mobile HD Snap camera
There have been lots of great mobile video cameras over the last few years which have been targeted towards video bloggers (e.g. the flip) but Sony’s Bloggie is the first camera from a major electronics company to include the word ‘Blog’ in the name of a device. By Kevin Muldoon
Significantly Speed Up Your WordPress Blog in 9 Easy Steps
You blog's loading speed affects more than just user experience but is now a factor used by google to determine an overall ranking for your site. By Robyn-Dale Samuda
WordPress Ponders Palm Pre App
In their quest to dominate the “mobileverse,” Automattic (the company behind WordPress) is planning on expanding their brand upon Palm Pre and Windows Mobile devices. By Darnell Clayton
Monday, July 19, 2010
Blogging SEO Tips (and pitfalls)
Blog SEO Tips and Tricks Writing a blog is a major part of internet marketing. Writing one that helps a site’s SEO and traffic generation is a little bit trickier. Here are some blog SEO tips and tricks to increase both. By Eric Gesinski
Blogger Live Stats Vs WordPress Stats: Which Is Better?
Despite being late to the analytics game, Blogger has recently unveiled live stats for BlogSpot fans in order to help their users attain a greater grasp of where their traffic is coming from. By Darnell Clayton
Tumblr Topples Typepad
TweetDeck Officially Loved By Millions
Need A Reason To Switch Blog Comments To Disqus? There’s An App For That
Blogosphere Trends + Handling High Word Counts
Kimberly Turner is often asked about the “ideal length” for a blog post. She's heard answers ranging from 200 to 800 words, but her answer is always the same: Enough to tell the story and not one word more. Writing short is actually considerably more difficult than writing long because every word has to truly pull its weight. There is no room for filler.
How to Take an Idea to Launch in 4 Steps
How do you know which projects to go with and which to leave behind? By Darren Rowse
The Complete Guide to Video Blogging
13 Apps to Turn Your iPhone into a Blogging Machine
3 Advanced SEO Tips Every Blogger Should Know
There can only be one person ranking for the number one position. In some niches, competition can be fierce and require extreme attention to detail in order to win and take that number “1” spot. By Jason Capshaw
Riding The Big Wave Of Blog Traffic
Watching trends is just a part of blogging. With information changing as fast as it does online, if you are not paying attention to what is going on around you, you might as well get used to being left in the dust. By Robb Sutton
Top 7 Technical Mistakes Bloggers Make
Translation Service for Bloggers
Have you ever considered the market potential of selling your products in other languages? By Mike's Life
4 Methods For Commenting On Blogs
Writing comments about blogs and forums inside your specific niche market is definitely a terrific way to push traffic towards your site.
Search-Plugins.com, A New Way to Power Your WordPress Search
For a long time the search function of WordPress has been the achilles heel of the publication platform and numerous plugins extending the WordPress search have been created and uploaded to WordPress Extend. By Franky Branckaute
How to Get Massive Traffic to Your Blog Contests for Free
Blog contests are a great way to drive short-term traffic to your blog, and hopefully, if your prize is relevant to your blog topic, some of those new visitors who come to enter the contest will poke around your blog, enjoy what they see, and return! By Susan Gunelius
Google Story And The Blogging Heroes
5 Reasons Why People Don’t Prefer Guest Blogging
Guest blogging for other blogs of a favorite niche is a kind of passion and another way of making money by just doing the same exact blogging tasks you are already used to follow on your own blog! By Murugappan
6 Tools For Better Blogging With An iPad
The upside to blogging with an iPad is that it’s portable and you can easily log your thoughts on a screen that is a lot more convenient than typing into an iPhone or other smartphone. Also, there are a number of apps to make it fairly easy. By Lee Odden
30 Day Blogging Challenge - Interview with Connie Ragen Green
Writing and blogging challenges have become popular over that last couple of years. Not only do they help you hone your writing skills, participation can generate a lot of buzz, traffic, visibility and opportunities for your business. By Denise Wakeman
4 Tips To Help You Stay Focused on Your Blog
Most people who blog also have a full time job or occupation (i.e., school), not to mention other personal activities (e.g., friends and family), so balancing everything can become tricky indeed. By Daniel Scocco
4 Tips To Help You Stay Focused on Your Blog
Most people who blog also have a full time job or occupation (i.e., school), not to mention other personal activities (e.g., friends and family), so balancing everything can become tricky indeed. By Daniel Scocco
Blogging Buddy Groups Now Forming - Social Success Story
Denise Wakeman shares a great story with you that demonstrates the power of social networking.
How to Find Thousands More Prospects for Your Business
Ever wonder why conversion rates are so low? By Sonia Simone
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Marketing the “You Know What Out” of Your Blog, Part 3
One of the best ways to market your blog and attract heaps of visitors is through social media. By Big Girl Branding
Marketing the “You Know What” Out of Your Blog, Part 2
How to use guest posting and blog commenting effectively to market the “you know what” out of your blog. By Big Girl Branding
Marketing the “You Know What” Out of Your Blog, Part 1
Marketing a blog is pretty much like marketing anything else. It requires time and commitment. It also requires patience and consistency, and a willingness to use a bit of elbow grease. By Big Girl Branding
Six Apart Goes Green
Six Apart (the company behind Typepad, Movabletype, and Vox) has dipped its toe in the green movement by purchasing an environmentally conscious network by the name of NaturalPath Media. By The Blog Herald
Blogger’s Template Designer Goes Public
After releasing the template designer upon Blogger in Draft (which is Blogger’s eternal beta site), Google has decided to drop the beta for BlogSpot’s theme feature and release the tool for the masses to try out. By The Blog Herald
LiveJournal Joins WordPress, Copies Tumblr
It looks like “Tumblr envy” is spreading throughout the blogosphere as LiveJournal has joined WordPress (not to mention Typepad as well) in copying a feature that has set apart Tumblr from the rest of its rivals. By The Blog Herald
Significantly Speed Up Your WordPress Blog in 9 Easy Steps
Your blog’s loading speed affects more Improve WordPress Speedthan just user experience but is now a factor used by google to determine an overall ranking for your site. By Robyn-Dale Samuda
Why Guest Blogging is Useless for Link Building
I used to be highly advocative of guest blogging as an effective link building strategy. I used to tell people that this way they could get a quality link back from a high-authority website for free. I used to say, these links (coming from high-quality content) are well-deserved and thus can’t be frowned upon by Google. By Ann Smarty
Tumblr Embraces Twitter On iPhone (Adds Extra Features)
After updating their iPhone app in order to be compatible with iOS 4, it looks as if Tumblr has added an extra feature that will please tweetaholics. By The Blog Herald
Tips on Promoting Your Blog
All right, so your blog is up and running and you have content on it. Now how do you bring people in to look at your blog? Here are a few suggestions, mostly taken from, “The Guide To Promoting Your Web Page”. By Blog Tutorials
5 Reasons Why You Should Respond to Every Comment
If you enable comments on your blog (which I’m sure most of you do), then you obviously want your readers to interact by leaving comments after your post. Then why, I ask, does it usually end up being a one-sided conversation? By Pat Flynn
How to use Google's font api with Blogger
Here's an overview of the Google Font API and how you can use this to enhance our Blogger-based designs.
What Is The Difference Between A Blog And A Website?
The everlasting battle between a blog and website to have the crown as the best way in advertising services by a company in the web is rarely ending. By Jeff Dedrick
The art of reading to become an amazing blogger
If you were born on a desert island, raised by a pack of wolves, would you make a good blogger? By Bamboo Forest
The Top 12 Success Killers In Blogging (with Solutions!)
Here are the top 12 success killers in blogging. If you do not get these items in check, you might as well pack up the laptop now and give up. By Robb Sutton
Benefits of Blogging – Building a Community
What could be better than gaining a worldwide audience with blogging? Taking that audience and creating a community. By Kristi Hines
Mobile Blogging – How to Make Your WordPress Blog Smartphone Ready
Here's an article covering HTC Droid Eris, about comparing two different plugins to make your WordPress sites more mobile friendly – WordPress Mobile Pack and WPtouch iPhone Theme. Both get the job done effectively – it is just a matter of whether you are looking for something simple or something with a lot of features. By Kristi Hines
5 Tactics Bloggers Should Borrow from Traditional PR
Bloggers have been hailed as “citizen journalists” and powerful influencers for years. But bloggers have another, less frequently discussed role – they’re also citizen PR experts. My Mickie Kennedy
How to: Build a more beautiful blog
Whether you’re blogging for business or pleasure, now is the time to take your little corner of the web to the next level. By Matt Silverman
How to: Create a Successful Company Blog
Blogging in your business is vital to creating a public personae and making your company more accessible. In an era where companies like Zappos have differentiated themselves based on service, it is important to be public and accessible. By Mark Suster
How To Harness The Power Within Your Readers’ Blog Comments
For many bloggers, a comment is a very valuable thing, especially for new bloggers who are looking for confirmation that their voices are being heard and visitors are actually engaging their new blog. By Robyn-Dale Samuda
12 Ways to Make Your Blog Posts more Credible
Today’s educated readers want information from a credible, trusted source, says researcher and writer Michael Low. When you convince them you are that source, they will believe and read what you have to say. By Darren Rowse
5 Blogging Myths That Are Killing Your Blog
As with all myths, there is always a little bit of truth behind them. That is exactly why myths spread and survive, even if they aren’t true. By John Chow
Friday, June 18, 2010
Use Share Options to Boost Your Blog Traffic and Visibility
Platforms have evolved enormously and with the introduction of social networking and sharing it's easier than ever for your readers to share your content with their friends and followers. So, you MUST have multiple ways for your content to be shared. By Denise Wakeman
Top 10 Tips to Sell Your Website or Blog on Flippa
If you are planning to buy or sell a website, you probably already heard about Flippa. It is the largest online marketplace for websites. Most people who list a website for sale there, however, end up selling it for peanuts (e.g., $100), or not selling at all. By Daniel Scocco
The Power of Blogs & Social Media in B2B Marketing
That’s what Forrester Research predicts for US B2B Social Media Marketing spending by 2014. By Lee Odden
8 Habits of Highly Excellent Bloggers
Ever wondered what are the traits of the top, successful and excellent bloggers? By Celestine Chua
Monday, May 24, 2010
How to remove quick edit and wrench icons on Blogger
You might have seen the Pencil , Screwdriver and Spanner links on blogger. It seems like these icons appear only when you are logged in to your blog. By Blogger Plugins
Create Newsletter for your Blogger Blog
Newsletter is a good option when you want to send custom mails to your blog readers. It lets you send content rich HTML emails to your readers. By Blogger Widgets
Blogger Widgets
Aneesh of Blogger Widgets has developed a new "Related Posts" script for Blogger which displays thumbnails of images in addition to linked post titles. By Bloggerbuster
80+ hand-picked beautiful and original Blogger designs
Customizing our Blogger blogs is now easier than ever. Aside from the hundreds of pre-made templates available for us to simply upload to our sites, there are innumerable tutorials helping us design more beautiful and interesting sites. By Bloggerbuster
How to use Google's font API with Blogger
Here's an overview of the Google Font API and how we can use this to enhance our Blogger-based designs. By Amanda Kay
Are you just Blogging or are you Blogging?
Blogging as it comes to mind creates opportunities and gives you the ability to create something of value. By Giovanni
Google Buzz button for your Blogger blog
In case you hadn't seen the news, the Buzz team announced the release of a set of buttons to make it easier for your readers to share your content with their friends via Google Buzz. By Rick Klau
7 Ways to Be a Different Blogger and Stand Out From the Crowd
You don’t hear “be different” as a means to blogging success very often, but let that not distract you from the message – Be Different! By Keller Hawthorne
Are you as social as your blog?
On and off your blog, you should have a reputation for connecting with others and being a friendly person. Being social is what blogging is all about. By Alex
Creating blog headers
So why do so many blogs skip out on such an important part of their blog posts? Certainly it’s not the lack of images available on the net. By Murray
Off Site Promotion Techniques That Dramatically Grow Your Blog
There is a lot of focus online about how to promote your blog to gain more readers through online avenues. By Robb Sutton
10 Tips to Boost Your Blog’s Loyal Readership
Building a group of loyal followers to your blog is probably one of the most difficult aspects of blogging. By Robb Sutton
What Is Your Blog Design Doing For You?
Blog and website design can be a tricky animal for bloggers that do not come from the design or marketing world. By Robb Sutton
Understanding the Concept of Shoutcasts for Blogs
The ability to have your kind of music played all the time is something that everyone desires. By Myhosting
Understanding Corporate Blogging: Why You Need It And How To Rawk It!
Corporate Blogging is gaining tremendous popularity, as several businesses today are going online. Corporate blogs have their own set of goals and agenda. By Melissa Smich
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Watch Out Tweetdeck! Seesmic For iPhone Is Here
Seesmic has (finally) launched their official iPhone app, which allows users to send status updates to Twitter, Google Buzz, WordPress, Facebook, Blogger and about 45 other social networks and blog platforms (thanks to Ping.fm). By Darnell Clayton
How To Easily Embed Your Favorite Tweet(s) Into Blog Posts
With BlackBird Pie all you need to do is:
1. Add the URL of a tweet
2. Click Bake It
3. Copy and paste the code into your post
Read more info here.
7 Essential SEO Tips for Small Businesses
When it comes to marketing in the current economy, small businesses need all the help they can get. By Glen
Leverage Your Blog Posts to Drive More Traffic Back to Your Blog
How many ways are you leveraging your business blog posts? Most people write a post and that's the end of it. By Denise Wakeman
Three Training Tips to Become a Better Blogger
James Chartrand keeps noticing bloggers out there who seem to believe that they can achieve writing prowess in just one blog post.
Why Professional Writers Need a Blog...Or Not
These days – and here comes the aforementioned point – you need to decide what kind of website is optimal for what you intend to accomplish. By Larry Brooks
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Launching a Blog Successfully in 15 Days
From would-be bloggers to potentially successful entrepreneurs, the number of people sharing the common goal of online success is staggering – a number rivaled only by the number of people wishing they knew how to achieve it. By Mathew Carpenter
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
7 Tips for Bootstrapping Your Blog Traffic
Any time you start a new blog, the biggest concern tends to be “how do I build traffic?” By Raj Dash
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Building SEO-friendlier blog categories
We all know which issues blog templates usually have with SEO – and one of the most wide-spread problems is a duplicate content one: blog home page, categories, tags and archives basically have same content. By Ann Smarty
Strictly Business B2B Blogging: Let’s Call It Something Else!
There seems to be a growing trend amongst some B2B marketers, albeit a disturbing one, that blogging just isn’t right for their business. By Barry Bowman
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