Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category

Coming Up with Blog Post Ideas

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Do you ever get blogger's block - feeling like you've already blogged about everything in your niche, where you just can't seem to come up with new blog ideas to write about? I do. I'd bet most bloggers do from time to time. No matter how much you've written, you probably ...

Score Points for Better Blogging

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Quite a while back, I was introduced to the blog points system from Passionate Blogger (referred by Judy Gombita of PR Conversations). I forgot all about it until today, and decided that this system would be a good tool to help me better manage my multiple blogs. The idea is simple... ...

7 Reasons I Won’t Read Your Blog

Monday, September 24th, 2007

I was tagged by Misti Sandefur of Life of a Writer to offer seven little pearls of blogging wisdom on what not to do as a blogger if you want to keep your readers, subscribers, and fellow bloggers in your network happy. So here you go... seven reasons I won't ...

Should I Host my New Blog on Blogspot or on My Own Host Using Wordpress?

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Carol asked a good, and common, question at the writing forums this week: "As well as writing blog entries for someone else, using Wordpress, I have a few ideas for blogs myself, and would like to create them. Which will lead to better monetization of the blogs do you think: a) doing them ...

Blog Earnings Update for July

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

I posted a little while ago about what I did to take my business blog from earning very little to over $2000 in June. This is just a quick update on that blog's earning progress.

Should You Disable the No-Follow Attribute on Your Blog Comments?

Monday, July 30th, 2007

I just read a post on Julia Temlyn's blog about her removing the no-follow attribute on her blog comments, encouraging others to do the same. Personally, I think that's a really bad idea, and would encourage just the opposite. Here's my response, posted to her blog:

5 Reasons to Launch a Writing Blog

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

Many writers launch their own writing blogs, whether the blog is to detail their own writing efforts or as a more general resource for other writers. Sometimes a writing blog is started to help a freelance writer demonstrate an expertise within a certain niche. There are plenty of reasons that ...

And the Scammer Returns

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Well, so much for trusting in hosts to enforce a little bit of honesty and legality. The site stealing my ChickTech.net blog is back online again - ChicksTech.com. I'm not sure if they BS'd their original host or got a new one - will be looking more into that tomorrow. At ...

The Big List of Writing Blogs - Coming Soon!

Friday, July 27th, 2007

I need your help! I'm working on compiling a "master list" of writing blogs. I'm currently planning on breaking the list down into three sections:

Another Blog Launched - About Green Living

Monday, July 16th, 2007

I launched another new blog a few days ago: About Green Living.  The blog is less about my writing ability (I'll be publishing plenty of content from other sources that allow it), and it's more about simply keeping a diary of my efforts to take baby steps towards living a ...