How to Blog Nice – An Interview with Liz Strauss
So, I did say I’d talk about clients who don’t get blogs today, (and I will soon – promise), but yesterday I saw a question at a forum about people leaving rude comments at blogs. Mainly, this was...
View ArticleWhy I’m so Liberal with the Link Love
If you’re a regular visitor to my blogs, you know I like to end my weekly blogging with a link love post featuring news, tips and ideas from my favorite bloggers. I do this for several reasons: To...
View ArticleBeing A Team Player at A Blog Network
As a blogger at a blog network, what’s typical is to be split into sections (or niches or channels). It could be by blog topic (such as all the pregnancy and parenting blogs are grouped together), it...
View ArticleWhat To Do If Your Parachute Fails To Pop Open
You know what I think you shouldn’t be doing if your parachute fails to open; trying to figure out who the heck will take care of your blogs. Although, as bizarre as it sounds, without a solid...
View Article5 Lame Ways to Comment at Other Blogs
Looking to get your comment deleted from my blog? Comment like this… 1. “Hey, this doesn’t relate to your post at all but…. http://www.linkthatdoesnotrelate.com” – you lost me at “doesn’t relate.” 2....
View ArticleDiscuss…Full vs. Partial Feeds: What’s Best for a Network Blog?
Yesterday one of our commentators mentioned he wouldn’t visit our blog if we continued to shorten our feed. The truth is, we don’t shorten our feed, we shorten the post. There are steps we can take to...
View ArticleWhen Being Helpful Is A Time Waster
Last week I posted my time wasters (in case you forgot) and some solutions. Below are the time wasting activities; with solutions linked. Not knowing what to blog about first. Email, or should I say...
View Article10 Ways to Let Your Competition Be Your Guide
I’m always hesitant to use the word "competition" to describe other bloggers in my niche. I always like to look at them as colleagues in which to share ideas and community rather than the person whose...
View ArticleSome Basic Rules for Running A Blog Contest
Blog contests can bring in some good traffic, but you need to run them correctly, or they can be a total pain. I’ve run countless blog contests, some more successful than others. When I first started...
View ArticleWhen Do You Stop Being Polite?
I only have one rule on my blogs, be nice. With Freelance Writing Jobs, which receives thousands of visitors on a daily basis, I’m forever asking people, well one or two people in particular, to please...
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