Blogging in General
How Long Should a Blog Post Be?
325-350 words…or not. Actually, there is no such thing as the RIGHT length for a blog post. But here are some things you may want to consider.
Blog Posts Can Be ShortShort or LongLong
Let’s look at two of my favorite blogs: Dosh Dosh and Boing Boing. Now, immediately you may notice that they have [...]
Spamtastic Advice for Bloggers!
This is going to be one of my shortest posts, but an important one to all bloggers. I just finished doing regular maintenance on all my blogs and was amazed at the tremendous increase the amount of Spam during the past week. I had over 200 spam comments on this blog alone. [...]
Test Drives: How to Discover if Blogging is for You
So you’re thinking about starting a blog, but haven’t made the big step yet. Blogging sounds like a lot of fun, but you’d like to test the waters before you take the plunge. Hey, I understand. This is how I got started in blogging. For all you cautious individuals wanting to [...]
Where Does Blogging Fit Into Your Life?
Blogging often starts as a curiosity or minor interest. You write a few posts, get a few visitors and a subscriber or two. You start reading other blogs (if you’ve not been doing this already) and adding more and more to your RSS reader. After a couple weeks, you find that ideas [...]
5 Best Ways to Spend Your Blogging Time
You’ve started a new blog and still feel the euphoria brought on by a new adventure. There is so much to be done – tweak the design, find advertisers, read ebooks, and brag to the relatives who don’t know a blog from a wiki. You start reading other blogs, drawing pictures of how your [...]
Hi, My name’s Jim and I’m a Blogger…
I started blogging when a friend got me hooked. He said it was just for fun…nothing bad could happen. Well, so I tried it. At first I was nervous, but it felt good so I kept doing it. I only blogged on weekends, hiding my posts when anyone was around. But it wasn’t long before [...]