Do You Need a Photograph?

July 4, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Guides and Tutorials | 6 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:

© Copyright 2007 The Blog Herald | Article written by Chris Garrett

Hitting the Frontpage of Digg

July 3, 2008 | Filed Under Guides and Tutorials, News, Social Media | 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 [...]

© Copyright 2007 The Blog Herald | Article written by Matt Craven

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?

© Copyright 2007 The Blog Herald | Article written by Chris Garrett

How Long Does It Take You to Write a Blog Post?

July 1, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Editorial, Featured, Features, Guides and Tutorials, Publishing | 10 Comments

I’m often asked how long it takes me to write a blog post or web article. My answer is: until it’s done.
Some blog posts take only a few minutes from idea to finished product. A few minutes to edit and clean it up, making sure I’ve got all the bits and pieces in the [...]

© Copyright 2007 The Blog Herald | Article written by Lorelle VanFossen

Doubting the Legitimacy of Blog Comments

June 30, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Comments, Editorial, Featured, Features, Guides and Tutorials, WordPress | 5 Comments

When you get a comment such as:
Teens are upward on the drooling era because they aren’t unmarried to scrimp joyous and attractive proclamations and they are amorously the depressing to be the looks of hollywood icons.
And it arrives on a blog post about your favorite WordPress Plugins, it’s really clear that this is comment spam, [...]

© Copyright 2007 The Blog Herald | Article written by Lorelle VanFossen

Do You Podcast? Are You Going to Podcast on Your Blog?

June 27, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Editorial, Featured, Features, Guides and Tutorials, Multimedia, Podcasting | 4 Comments

Yesterday, I brought up the issue of podcasts in What Makes Podcasts Fun To Listen To? The post asked what makes your favorite podcasts fun and successful in your eyes in format and structure.
Podcasts on blogs are growing in popularity. With portable media players, especially iPods, more affordable and accessible, people are downloading podcasts [...]

© Copyright 2007 The Blog Herald | Article written by Lorelle VanFossen

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 [...]

© Copyright 2007 The Blog Herald | Article written by Chris Garrett

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