What the blogosphere has to say about blogging

Blogs are an excellent source of information. Below are some links to blog posts that you may want to check out.

Five Things you May Not Know about this little ProBloggerWell the five things meme has circulated backwards and forwards through the blogosphere and I thought I’d escaped it as it does seem to be whimpering out - however Chris Garrett posted today that I was the only slack one in his list of tagees not to respond which alerted me to the fact that […]

Keyword phrase selection: some helpful toolsYou should always write first and foremost for your readers - that is a rule which is key to achieving a successful blog. However, a blog is also an important tool in getting good rankings in the Search Engines for keyword phrases which are important to us and our businesses.We know that identifying the best […]

Starting to write your Business BlogIt is always an exciting (if slightly nerve racking) time when you actually start to write your Business Blog. It is also a very important time because in your first posts, you will be laying down the ground rules for what your readers can expect from you in the future.However, there are certain things […]

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Today?s Recommended BookCEO Kevin Roberts writes in his book Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands about how he believes that through Love, business will connect more deeply with consumers. As he delves into what secrets lie behind customer loyalty and the long term success of a business, he concludes that love is the answer.I know this sound wishy-washy […]

Blogging ScholarshipIf you are currently a student who blogs you can enter for a $5000 scholarship thanks to Scholarships Around The USA.We’re giving away $5,000 this year to a college student who blogs. Our scholarship is awarded annually.You have to write a 300 word maximum application essay about blogging to be considered. Yet another good reason […]

Blogging Tip: More Exposure with Related EntriesIncrease your blog traffic with creative use of the WordPress related entries plugin.

How To Use the Lightbox 2 Wordpress Plugin for Cool ImagesDownload and install the latest version of the Lightbox 2 Wordpress Plugin from here. The only thing you need to know is when you upload, don’t upload the entire lightbox2 folder, rather inside that there is a lightbox folder and a lightbox2.php file. Put both of these into your plug-ins directory.To use the file with […]

Setup RSS in WordPress using the Feedburner Replacement Plug-inRSS is a core and essential part of any blog. For a primer on what RSS is and how it is used, you can begin with this article, here we will stick to how to set it up on your site. WordPress blogs come with a complete RSS system right out of the box. It […]

Blogger Beta out of BetaThe new blogger is finally out of beta, and it seems the Blogger staff are excited about the transition.The new version of Blogger is metaphorically bursting with features, from the big guns like drag-and-drop template editing and post labels (which are perfect, by the way, for indexing the 131 historical figures you may have written […]

Linking out isn?t negative, it?s essential!Last week, I wrote - granted, tongue in cheek - a post called How to avoid negative comments which looked at the problem of companies which are reluctant to blog because they feel that they will open themselves up to an avalanche of negative comments.Another concern that I often experience (rather than hear expressed) is […]