And as I was saying…

I have run across a few posts (not many) that start out as if they are talking mid-stream.  Like if your older sister was on the phone and you picked up the hall phone mid conversation. Personally, think this is annoying and bad form.
A blog generally sets out to communicate some idea.  It must be [...]

SEO

For anyone is using WordPress, the All In One SEO Pack is a great tool to make sure your blog is getting read and reaches everyone you want it to reach. The SEO pack allows you to edit or include Meta Data to your posts and blog. This allows search engines to crawl [...]

Letting Content Sit

On July 4th I was inspired.  I saw a James Dean movie that my boyfriend left out of the case and thought, “America is like James Dean, young, reckless and filled with too many drugs”.  Then I thought, “Wow, that was brilliant!  Write a post with that in it right away!” 
Once my thought process slowed [...]

An excellent Blogging Book

Darren Rowse of ProBlogger wrote a book (finally) called ProBlogger Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income.  I highly recommend it.  It has great ideas for anyone who wants to blog on a professional level or as an expert in a profession. 

Critique of Another’s Blog

Here’s an email I sent to http://readingjunky.blogspot.com/ in response to a request for any suggestions.  This information is useful for other bloggers as well: 
“Hi!
“You have sure been busy on your blog!  I love it.
“If you want to mess around with formatting, I can give you a couple of suggestions.
“- Since blogs put one post on top of [...]

Categorizing

I talked to someone today about her blog and she wasn’t sure about categorizing or tagging her posts.
I am not sure how it works with search engines, but categorizing and tagging posts make your site much more user friendly and navigable. 
Basically, my opinion is that you can design your blog however you want, just make [...]

Pet Peeve

Why must everyone use the word “powerful” when describing a marketing tool?  Are they trying to make you think of a power tool?  I have read and heard that word more times then I care to count in podcasts and blog posts.  I won’t be mean and point fingers… but seriously people… can we please find [...]

Two Interesting Links

I found some interesting links in my daily blog reading that I thought people would like to check out:
CopyBlogger has a post on eliciting emotional response in readers.
Chris Brogan specifically talks about personal branding. My favorite part of his post is the following quote: “Confidence (not arrogance) is the secret sauce to everything you do [...]

Top 5 “Don’ts” in Blogging

1. Don’t assume your audience are idiots
2. Don’t misspell or use poor grammar
3. Don’t try to be interesting – be yourself
4. Don’t only state things – ask questions and encourage interaction
5. Don’t write something you’re going to regret later
Is there anything I missed?

To Be or Not To Be Consistent

You may look at my title and laugh. You could say, “hey, you’ve been inconsistent! Why should I listen to you?” I’ll tell you why. If you read my little “About Me” blurb, you will find that I say I won’t post consistently. In fact, there are only a select [...]