Posts Tagged ‘Blogging’
What Are the 6 Rules of Blogging?
The following is a Guest post by Tom Walker.
Tom Walker is a blogger and designer who works for an ecommerce store (offering HP supplies) as the lead editor and writer on their blog about vintage advertising and print media design.
Successful blog authors have learned that reaching their goals comes through following proven strategies that [...]
10 Types of blogs that you should STOP reading now!
1. Blogs that disguise affiliate products as posts all the time.
2. Blogs that always talk about what to do, but provide very little information on how to do it.
3. Blogs that churn out very basic content again and again.
4. Blogs that talk all sorts of topics without any focus.
5. Blogs where the blogger does not [...]
How to prevent displaying Adsense Ads while you are logged into Wordpress.
Displaying Google Adsense ads while you are logged in to your Wordpress blog can be problematic for 2 reasons:
1. Your page impressions stats are skewed.
Each time when you preview your own post the Google Ads are displayed. As a result your page impressions stats are skewed. You do not know how many of those page [...]
101 Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers (Part 3)
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Part 3 – Habits 41 to 60
41. Eliminate bottlenecks
If you closely examine your blogging activities you will identify areas that slow down your productivity. For example, your bottleneck might be slower typing speed or lack of technical knowledge. By identifying and eliminating bottlenecks you [...]
101 Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers (Part 2)
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Part 2 – Habits 21 to 40
21. Writes timely content
In this point, timely content refers to new and latest information that is much sought after during a specific time period. For example, during the launch of a product there will be a great demand [...]
101 Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers (Part 1)
In this 5 part series, I look at 101 habits of highly effective bloggers. I crafted this list based on my observation of successful bloggers and their blogs. I do not intend to elaborate too much on each point. I want to keep each point as short as possible, so that you can reflect upon [...]
Your name and your blog
Today, in a post titled “The Choice of Associating Your Name with Your Blog”, Darren Rowse of problogger.net, identified the following 4 categories of blogging.
Blog under your personal name and promote it prominently on your blog
Blog under your personal name but don’t really promote yourself
Blog under an alias and promote that name
Blog without any name [...]
Blog vs CMS, which one to choose?
Blogs and Content Management Systems (CMS) are two popular platforms for creating a website. Both platforms have their own strengths and weaknesses. Therefore it is often hard to decide on which platform is more suitable for your website.
When I decided to start TechThinker.com, I was torn between Blogs and CMS. I like the features of [...]
What bloggers can learn from Barack Obama?
I am a Canadian following the 2008 US presidential nominations with great interest. Out of the many candidates I find Illinois Senator Barack Obama to be inspiring and motivational.
I personally believe that everyone can learn something from Obama and his speeches, including bloggers. In this post I explain how new bloggers can use some of [...]
