The Secret to Writing a Successful and Outstanding Blog Ebook

June 24, 2008 | Filed Under Editorial, Featured, Features, Guides and Tutorials, News, Passion, Professional Bloggers, Professional Blogging, Publishing, Recommended, Reviews, Social Media | 3 Comments

Liz Strauss released her new ebook, The Secret to Writing a Successful and Outstanding Blog — The Insider’s Guide to the Conversation That’s Changing How Business Works, this weekend to rave reviews.
Based upon the lessons she learned on her own blogs, Successful and Outstanding Bloggers and Liz Strauss, as a long time writer for the [...]

Why Does a Blog Post Fail?

June 23, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Editorial, Featured, Features, Guides and Tutorials, Passion, SEO | Leave a Comment

In Blog Challenge: What Are Your Most Favorite Blog Post Failures, one of the regular blog challenges I issue to “kick your blogging butt,” Atul Sabnis of Gaizabonts accepted the challenge to describe one of your favorite blog posts to write, one you were sure would get a lot of attention, but didn’t.
The challenge was [...]

How Do You Turn a Spark of an Idea Into a Blog Post?

June 13, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Editorial, Features, Guides and Tutorials, Passion, Social Media, research | 2 Comments

Recently, I wrote a series of articles offering tips and suggestions on a variety of research resources to help bloggers blog better. I’ve also written up many sources for blog content ideas.
In the early days of web publishing, the Slashdot Effect could bring a site to its knees, as Slashdot was a source for inspiration [...]

Want More Comments: Start a Conversation

June 3, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Relationships, Blogging, Comments, Editorial, Featured, Features, Guides and Tutorials, Passion | Leave a Comment

Do you want more comments on your blog? The most common whines from new bloggers are the lack of traffic and the lack of comments.
It takes a while, sometimes a few weeks, maybe months, or possibly a year or more before a blog generates enough consistent traffic, and in turn, comments. So many are [...]

Finding Passion in Your Blog

May 30, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Relationships, Blogging, Editorial, Features, Guides and Tutorials, Passion | 2 Comments

I had that sense of recognition…here was something which I had known all my life, only I didn’t know it…
Ralph Vaughan Williams
A blogger recently contacted me with the announcement, “I finally found my passion on my blog! Thank you!”
I wasn’t sure why I was specifically being thanked, but I love it when people finally find [...]

Have You Helped Someone Today?

May 29, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Relationships, Blogging, Editorial, Features, Guides and Tutorials, PageRank, Passion, SEO | Leave a Comment

I’m not bragging. It’s a fact. My blogs get a lot of attention. They win awards. I have a lot of incoming links, and a lot of steady traffic. The PageRank of my blog - well, actually, I don’t know. I have no idea and haven’t paid attention for several years. It doesn’t matter.
Most [...]

Why Am I Doing This Blogging Thing?

May 26, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Relationships, Blogging, Editorial, Featured, Features, Guides and Tutorials, Passion | Leave a Comment

A reader of mine left an impassioned comment on my blog recently asking:
Tell me if I should be doing this? I’m busting my head against the wall with my blog. I’m trying so hard to get readers and it’s just not happening. What am I doing wrong? Should I be doing this? Why am I [...]

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UK companies aren’t clear on new “fake blogging” laws
July 4, 2008 | By Andy Merrett | Leave a Comment

British companies which pretend to blog as ordinary members of the public, or post multiple positive reviews as if from consumers, are now breaking UK law, yet many don’t know anything about the new legislation, according to Brands2Life.
Its director, Gareth Thomas, said that, “Most people don’t know about this law,” adding, “there is a misconception [...]

Berocca sends out Blogger Relief Packs
July 4, 2008 | By Andy Merrett | 2 Comments

The concept may not be that new, but a couple of weeks ago a colleague introduced me to Berocca’s Blogger Relief Pack. I signed up with one of my blogs, and yesterday received the pack.

While it’s not the complete answer to managing the stress of blogging, a tube of Berocca and a nice glass to [...]

ScribeFire 2.2.8 Released
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

ScribeFire is a popular desktop blogging application hosted in a Firefox extension. Version 2.2.8 includes fixes and some brush-ups. The extension is free to download from Mozilla Add-ons, and works with both Firefox 2 and 3.

Two New b5media Blogs Launched
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

Another two b5media blogs launched recently. Marye Audet edits Simply Home Remedies, which is about just that. This from the launch post:
For the past 20 years or so my family has lived without the assistance of commercial medicines or doctors, except for things like broken arms and emergency surgeries on retro-pharyngeal abscesses. You know, the [...]

Hitting the Frontpage of Digg
July 3, 2008 | By Matt Craven | 1 Comment

Skelliewag takes a look at playing the odds and trying to “win” with Digg - a great article with some fantastic tips on how to promote your site using Digg.
Most bloggers would love their content to hit the front page of Digg. Unfortunately, most of those bloggers are never able to experience the huge spike [...]

Firefox 3 Plugin Roundup
July 3, 2008 | By Matt Craven | Leave a Comment

Now that Firefox 3 has been out for more than a week - and has set a new Guinness World Record for the most downloads in a single day - several websites have begun recapping the plugin/addon situation for Firefox.
BSPCN outlines the 30 “Must Have” Firefox Extensions, including del.icio.us toolbar, Foxmarks, and Greasemonkey.
PC World looks [...]

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