I started my problogging career as a corporate problogger, meaning I blogged mostly in the context of the company I worked for. Incidentally, I was also part of the company’s team that developed a blogging application, so it was very apt for an insider to blog about the product. I was the blogging evangelist.
Back then, […]

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I have seen many articles listing how to become a better blogger, and the latest one on Tech Republic is a little too common sense, but if you are not doing most if not all of these, you better get your act together.
Define your purpose
Create visual appeal
Use the proper tools
Make it easy to navigate
Stay in […]

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Shel Holtz has a great post about links and how deeplinking to articles and other types of files are still a bit of a legal question mark.
The article works on answering the question: “Do you need permission to link to somebody else’s content?�
My understanding is that, with some very narrow exceptions, any content that is […]

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Forty Media has a post up called “Five Rules for Great Websites”, and while it was specifically written for all websites, I think it would apply well specifically to blogs and more so to those that want to blog for an income.
The rules are as follows:
Rule #1: Challenge Assumptions
Rule #2: Provide Rich Content
Rule #3: Make […]

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Matthew Stibbe, from Bad Language, has a great post up which is a simple list of things to do to help you concentrate on writing. I, myself, have been having issues bunkering down and getting both work related and personal writing done, and so this is as much a resource and reminder for myself as […]

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Lorelle has a great article on Tagging and Tags, what they mean and what they do for you the blogger. There is also a great list of resources in the article.
1. A Tag is a Keyword in a Link
A tag is a keyword. It is created by adding the attribute rel=”tag” in any link going […]

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I recently contacted Liz Strauss about the WordPress Challenge I had imposed, as her audience was much the same as who I was hoping would participate in the challenge. I will have the results on that challenge later today or tomorrow, but right now I want to talk about Successful Blog, which is written by […]

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Darren Rowse tackles the subject of SEO a bit today, looking at the different ways you can set up your title, to best optimize your blog, and its posts, pages and whatnot.
He goes over some great tips, and as always practices what he preaches. Here is just one of the tips in this great article:
Factors […]

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One of the things I get asked most often by people looking to set up their first WordPress site, is how to do it. WordPress has one of the easiest set-up processes you can ask for, but it does take a fair bit of computer knowledge to get through it the first time. You have […]

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Over at Duct Tape Marketing there is a great post about tools that can be essential to your blogging routine.
Things like a feedreaders, e-mail subscription options, ping services, bookmark managers, blog stats tools, and desktop posting applications.
While he does not cover every option around these different topics, he does highlight some of the more […]

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Every business day, I wake up and shuffle over to my computer and breathe a sigh of relief as I read through the RSS feeds I subscribe to on various topics. I then get to do my dream job which is to research and write about the topics I love.
On Define Blog, Ryan Latham, has […]

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Jamsi from Workboxers.com comes at us with an interesting tip to help drive traffic to your sites or blogs: when starting an ad campaign, be it through Google Adwords or elsewhere, try to vary your approach for keyword selection.
Something like “Funny Vids” might be expensive to get good advertisement placement, but something like “funnyvids” […]

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To have a blog that performs well, there are certain things to keep in mind, and Jakob Nielsen over at Useit.com has come up with a list of the top ten design mistakes.
1. No Author Biographies
2. No Author Photo
3. Nondescript Posting Titles
4. Links Don’t Say Where They Go
5. Classic Hits are Buried
6. The Calendar is […]

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fernando_graphicos has a nice tutorial on styling your WordPress RSS Feed.

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How your blog will get discovered via Scoble

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Simon Willison discusses how to implement Plinks into your weblog. Plinks are permanent links attached to each paragraph giving the ability for bloggers to link directly to a specific paragraph in addition/instead of a permalink to the entire article. The author implements Plinks using JavaScript.
Apparently some think Plinks are a bad idea.

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