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Chris is a professional blogger and internet marketing consultant. As well as Chris' blog tips at The Blog Herald you can read more of his blogging tips, internet marketing advice and copywriting articles over at chrisg.com and make sure you sign up for the Authority Blogger newsletter.

Making a Living Blogging - True or False?

July 18, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Guides and Tutorials | 6 Comments

Since the announcement of what I will be talking about at WordCamp UK this weekend, I have had some interesting feedback. The topic is “Making a Living from Blogging”. I didn’t realize the subject would be so controversial!

It Pays to Twitter

July 16, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Guides and Tutorials | Leave a Comment

In future when people tell me Twitter is a waste of time I will have a story to back up my claim that Twitter can really be useful.
My story in fact could turn out to have multiple digit ROI!

WordCamp UK Tickets on Sale and About Blogging Conferences

July 11, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Guides and Tutorials | 5 Comments

Being a blogger is not just about writing. Writing is a big part of it, of course, but to get anywhere you really have to make contacts, meet people, build friendly relationships. Success with any online endeavor is as much about people skills as creative or technical. Blogging conferences are an ideal and fun way [...]

Do You Accept Products for Review?

July 10, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Guides and Tutorials | 7 Comments

Do you accept products for review on your blog? Do you think it is a bad practice?
The last couple of days I have had some interesting conversations with bloggers about what they should do when approached for product reviews, and also from bloggers wondering why they are overlooked by companies.

Do You Need a Photograph?

July 4, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Guides and Tutorials | 10 Comments

One piece of advice I give bloggers is to show their photograph.
Lately I have been asked if it is really essential, are there cases where it might not be a good idea?
Here are the cases for and against:

Quality or Quantity?

July 2, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Guides and Tutorials | 6 Comments

So many bloggers look at Techcrunch and co churning out post after post and think quantity is the real trick to blogging success.

More posts equals more traffic
Lots of updates equals more favor from search
Posts make page views, which earns ad dollars
Etc

Is quantity all it takes? How important is quality?

3 Free and Instant Sources of News Content Ideas

June 27, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Guides and Tutorials | 9 Comments

“What should I write about?”
I am guessing for most people that is a familiar question. For people who set out to cover the news, it is an even more pressing question.
The Blog Herald, thankfully, allows both news and more opinion/tutorial type pieces. I don’t have to be on top of the latest happenings provided I [...]

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Ghost Bloggers Growing in Popularity?
July 18, 2008 | By Andrew G.R. | 2 Comments

Toronto’s Globe and Mail is asking the question that’s on everybody’s mind (sarcasm): Does rapper Kanye West have a “ghost blogger?”
While the concept of ghost writing is hardly new (celebs have been relying on professional writers to create content that is officially credited to them forever), it looks like ghost blogging is blipping onto [...]

PodPress Update in 10 Days
July 18, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 1 Comment

PodPress is probably the most used podcasting plugin for WordPress, and the one we’ve been using here at The Blog Herald. However, there have been issues with it since WordPress 2.5, and it doesn’t work with recently released 2.6. Among others that are frustrated are David Peralty, who’s written about the issue.
Luckily, the PodPress developer [...]

Twitter Outage Used to do Upgrades, New Design Being Tested
July 18, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

Twitter experienced an unplanned outage, and is down and out for maintenance. They are using this outage to upgrade the affected database, according to a blog post. The service is still down, but hopefully we’ll be getting our microblogging cravings satisfied soon.
Speaking of Twitter, they have apparently tested a new design on select users. SheGeeks [...]

Unannounced Blogging Hiatus
July 17, 2008 | By Andrew G.R. | Leave a Comment

I’m back after a three-week bout of NoBloggingitis (be careful, it might be contagious). I never intended not to blog. Simply put, life just got in the way. The big event in my life was selling my place and moving into a new one. While I expected it to be stressful, [...]

Female Bloggers Want Out of Playboy Poll
July 17, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 3 Comments

Veronica Belmont and Sarah Austin wants out of the sexiest female bloggers poll on Playboy, according to a story on TechCrunch, but Playboy says no. It would, of course disrupt the poll. While I have no love for these kind of polls, and the Playboy one is no exception, I do think that if you’ve [...]

Pownce App Updates
July 17, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 1 Comment

Microblogging service Pownce have updated their Pownce Desktop app to 2.0, which means you’ll get embedded media, notification alerts, friend management, and more. Pownce Desktop 2.0 is in alpha, and free to download.
The Pownce developers have also made an iPhone and iPod touch version available from the iTunes App store. Free, of course.

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