20 Tips That’ll Make Your Blog Work

20 Tips That’ll Make Your Blog Work

Lifehack has a good list on things that make blogging work.

01. Pick a topic for your blog.
02. Encourage comments.
03. Make it easy to subscribe.
04. Include an About page.
05. Present your ideas visually.
06. Keep posts short and to the point.
07. Use subheadings for long posts.
08. Link abundantly.
09. Make headlines descriptive.
10. Archive by topic.

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20 Tips That’ll Make Your Blog Work

April 11th, 2007 | Posted in blogging tips | Leave a Comment »

5 Ways To Appreciate Your Readers

5 Ways To Appreciate Your Readers

Nate Whitehill has a good list on how to appreciate your blog readers. Use these methods.

01. Install the Top Commentators Plugin
02. Link to Your Reader’s Blogs
03. Visit Your Fellow Blogger’s Blogs and Participate
04. Send Your New Commentators a “Thank You” Email
05. Host a Contest

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5 Ways To Appreciate Your Readers

April 10th, 2007 | Posted in traffic tips | Leave a Comment »

7 Ways to Promote your Site with a Bit of Money

7 Ways to Promote your Site with a Bit of Money

DailyBlogTips has a good list on advertising promotions that don’t break the bank and can be tested with small amounts of money.

01. AdWords
02. Site-Specific AdWords
03. StumbleUpon Ads
04. Text Link Ads
05. Direct Banner Sales
06. Sponsored Reviews
07. Blog Networks

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7 Ways to Promote your Site with a Bit of Money

7 Ways to Promote your Site with a Bit of Money

March 29th, 2007 | Posted in blog promotion | Leave a Comment »

5 Ways to Spice Up Your Relationship with Your Blog

5 Ways to Spice Up Your Relationship with Your Blog

Performancing has a good list on how to break the monotony of blog posts.

01. Change the header.
02. Find 5 ways to clean up things.
03. Do 5 days of beginning blogger behavior.
04. Invite 5 bloggers to guest post.
05. Rewrite your first 5 blog posts.

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5 Ways to Spice Up Your Relationship with Your Blog

March 27th, 2007 | Posted in blogging tips | Leave a Comment »

9 More Lessons for Would-Be Bloggers

9 More Lessons for Would-Be Bloggers

Bokardo has a good list on how to be a better blogger.

01. Write Follow-up Posts
02. When you screw up, say so immediately
03. Know when to take it offline
04. Link back to your good stuff
05. Reread to yourself
06. Treat every post as a possible later reference
07. Keep updating your best posts
08. Name things
09. Link to the quiet, unknown ones

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9 More Lessons for Would-Be Bloggers

March 26th, 2007 | Posted in blogging tips | Leave a Comment »

10 Ways to make your Blog more Attractive to Advertisers

10 Ways to make your Blog more Attractive to Advertisers

Problogger has a good list on how to attract more advertisers.

01. Have an “Advertise with Us” Banner on your site
02. Keep the ads on your site specific to your site
03. Show them the banners
04. Throw up a free bonus ad.
05. Show your site stats.
06. User demographic information. Know your audience.
07. Have an ‘About Us’ section.
08. Don’t use Google AdSense on your site.
09. Keep your blog on topic.
10. Keep your blog professional.

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10 Ways to make your Blog more Attractive to Advertisers

10 Ways to make your Blog more Attractive to Advertisers

March 22nd, 2007 | Posted in making money | Leave a Comment »

10 Ways to Make Your Words Captivate

10 Ways to Make Your Words Captivate

WritingWhitePapers has a good list on writing exciting blog content. Use these tips constantly.

01. Get motivated by reading good writing
02. Write like you speak
03. Concept, then refine
04. It’s about you
05. Address the why
06. Use word pictures
07. Think like an advertiser
08. Keep it short
09. Okay, “Action!”
10. Percolate

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10 Ways to Make Your Words Captivate

10 Ways to Make Your Words Captivate

March 20th, 2007 | Posted in writing tips | Leave a Comment »

9 Lessons for Would-be Bloggers

9 Lessons for Would-be Bloggers

Bokardo has a good list on how to find your unique blogging voice.

01. It’s only an initial fear.
02. You have something valuable to say.
03. When in doubt, post.
04. Use the comments for refining your point.
05. Everything is beta.
06. Have a schtick.
07. Correct English be-damned.
08. Show your greatest hits.
09. People are listening.

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9 Lessons for Would-be Bloggers

March 11th, 2007 | Posted in blogging tips | Leave a Comment »

4 Easy Steps to Kill Blog Spam Forever

4 Easy Steps to Kill Blog Spam Forever

Helpero has a good list on Wordpress plugins to kill spam.

01. Akismet
02. Math Comment Spam Protection Plugin
03. Simple Trackback Validation Plugin
04. Enhanced WordPress Contact Form

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4 Easy Steps to Kill Blog Spam Forever

4 Easy Steps to Kill Blog Spam Forever

March 9th, 2007 | Posted in online tools | Leave a Comment »

4 Ways to Successfully Re-Post Others Content

4 Ways to Successfully Re-Post Others Content

TopRankBlog has a good list on how to re-contextualize content from other blogs.

01. Your Thoughts.
02. Expand upon it.
03. Summarize.
04. Time Travel.

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4 Ways to Successfully Re-Post Others Content

March 7th, 2007 | Posted in blogging tips | Leave a Comment »