Archive for August, 2008
More Requirements for Blogging Success
Sunday, August 17th, 2008This is a short post following up on yesterdays. I have been thinking about it again and there is an obvious glaring omission. You have to be prepared to market,yes market your blog. This is something that I have not really concentrated on,mainly because it takes time to write the posts, write articles and all [...]
Requirements for Blogging Success
Saturday, August 16th, 2008I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how people get to be successful at blogging. At the very least there has to be a committment on the part of the blogger. It takes time and energy to keep going and lots of passion. You have to be prepared to spend a lot of time on [...]
Tips on Writing Blog Posts
Thursday, August 14th, 2008If you are struggling to write posts on your blog and want to improve your style there are a few things you can use to create more interesting blogs.
Think of a catchy headline. Often your potential reader surfing the net,stumbles across you via a search engine and all they have to go on is the title,so [...]
Finding Readers For Your Posts
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008I am writing this on my back up laptop ( I am very fortunate that I got one *free* when I went on a course in America earlier this year.) My other grown up laptop has been attacked by a trojan, the sort that friendly people attach to emails and websites to create havoc and [...]
Finding a Niche Topic For Your Blog Part 2
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008Yesterday,you may have started to think about blogging, how to find a niche, where to start looking and what to look for.
1 COMPETITION
It can be healthy to have competition. It shows that there is a market there. Too much competition can make your task an uphill battle, too little and you won’t have any readership! [...]
Finding a Niche Topic For your Blog Part 1
Monday, August 11th, 20081 FIND YOUR PASSION!
One of the first things you should ask yourself is “Am I interested in this subject?”If you are intent on building an interesting blog, it can take a good length of time and you will have to have sufficient interest in the topic to keep writing about in the long term. If [...]
Blog Posting:What Length should your Blog Post be?
Sunday, August 10th, 2008This is a thorny issue. There isn’t an easy answer and opinion is divided.
The first thing to bear in mind is that most readers have a short attention span. Think how long you take when you are looking at a site. The average reader doesnt stay around for long and that is something to bear [...]
Is there anybody out there?
Saturday, August 9th, 2008Do you ever feel that you are talking to yourself? One of the perils of blogging or updating any sort of website is the feeling of being on your own. If you are blogging successfully (congratulations) but when you are starting off it can be very lonely. There is a feeling in the first few [...]
3 Types of Blog Post
Friday, August 8th, 2008Well I didnt manage to get the courgette (zucchini) soup done. Neither did I manage to get the last post up because I forgot to publish it. Ah well, the perils of the internet.
I didnt get round to creating my soup because my sister called from her holidays asking me to sort out her house [...]
A quick post on blogs
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008This is going to be quick. I have just picked a load of courgettes from my garden and my soup pan awaits!
I have been thinking a bit more abouit blogs, what they are, how you get them etc. You might still have only a vague idea what they are despite the name being in common [...]