Blogging is an art, same as any other method of self-expression. Some are better at it than others. Hugh Macleod “Blogging” just isn’t a very graceful word. For many, it sounds a lot like the words drudgery or slogging or dragging through something unpleasant. However, widespread blogging is nevertheless one of the [...]
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Blogging 101
Don’t focus on having a great blog. Focus on producing a blog that’s great for your readers. Brian Clark It is still early in the year. Perhaps one of your New Year’s resolutions or goals is to write more. Maybe you have been promising yourself for several years that you’d finally get started [...]
5 Common mistakes that make your blog useless
Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time. Bruce Springsteen All too often bloggers complain that after what seems like a great start, perhaps a year later, their blog is as dead as the proverbial doorknob. [...]
You’ve decided to start a blog. Cool! (part 6)
the instructions. You have your saved article, retrieve it. Re-read “how to post” Re-read “How to insert media” (meaning pictures, film, etc) into post 9. Insert the article Save as a draft Preview Spell check Proof-read again. Sometimes the spell-check is deceptive, and you click on a [...]
You’ve decided to start a blog. Cool! (part 5)
5. I have written my blog site and I have post, what do I do with them now? You need to fill out the information about yourself. The “About Me” page. This is where people will go to find out about you, your blog and what they can learn here. (we will talk [...]
You’ve decided to start a blog. Cool! (part 4)
Everything in life, every activity we embark upon starts with an idea. You’re still reading, so you’ve decided to pull the proverbial trigger and move forward with your plan to blog. Good. Let me start with a couple of disclaimers: First and foremost, I am a newbie. I will likely consider myself to be one for [...]
You’ve decided to start a blog. Cool! (part 3)
5. Share There are several blogs that I subscribe to and write comment to on a regular basis. There are many that merely scan the title. I do, after all still have a day-job; and a life. Commenting on other people’s blogs comes with many benefits, and a few pitfalls: It can provide an [...]
You’ve decided to start a blog. Cool! (part 2)
An important thing to keep in mind when writing and editing the blog is that your reader’s time, like our own, is valuable and limited. If we can try to conjure up a “typical reader,” they will in all probability read several blogs and news items daily. They want to get in, get out, leave [...]
You’ve decided to start a blog. Cool! (part 1)
When I first started blogging, I didn’t see myself as much of a writer, but I thought I might have something worth saying. I don’t really think most bloggers consider themselves writers who are on their way to their first best seller. When I started out, I thought it would be easy…it’s not. I [...]
Martina G. McGowan
