If you just started your blog like me, you will notice that everyone who is writing about blogging will tell you that list posts are the most popular of them all. And they are right. Even in the short life of my own blog my list posts were the most succesful. Blogs like smashing magazine […]
3 WordPress Plugins to Use When Doing Maintenance
Nobody can sit back and relax forever after creating a blog. You have to periodically upgrade its plugins and themes. Sometimes the total installation, which means WordPress, needs to be upgraded. Sometimes you just want to make some modification in your theme, add a few extra functionality to your blog or change your CSS. While you’re doing this, you wouldn’t want your visitors to get distracted. How do you let your visitors know that the site is undergoing maintenance?
Content IS NOT king… Relationship is
In case you haven’t noticed, people are social animals. (As an aside, having just graduated college, the question of whether they’re more social or more animals is still up in the air haha). As social animals, a part of us seems to yearn for connectivity; to share, to be acknowledged and to acknowledge others. This, […]
How to Start a Blog in a Crowded Niche
It’s getting hot in here. Day 1: You were SUPER gung-ho to start blogging. “Yay, a way to make money!” you said to yourself as you began clicking away at your keyboard. “Connect with new friends!” “Sell my stuff!” “Get the word out!” “Yee-haw!” You thought to yourself, “No other dentist in [insert your town/city […]
Getting Your Readers Interact More with Your Blog
Have you thought about setting up a community news plugin on your blog? it’s a way to interact more with those who submit links to their own articles to your blog! Isn’t it wonderful to see your readers getting involved with your blog? This is often achieved through feedbacks. By commenting on an article, your readers start […]
Choose Quality over Quantity When Blogging
Blogging tips that include writing for quality instead of quantity to ensure you attract and keep readers for your website.