Viewing entries tagged with 'blogging'
The ProBlogger 7 Link Challenge
Darren Rowse from ProBlogger challenged his readers to a 7 Link Challenge. I was in the middle of writing another post but that can wait. This is a fun exercise and I don’t often take time to participate in the many blogging activities crossing my desk.
6 Lessons Bloggers Can Learn from Play School
Today is a public holiday in Western Australia. As I pottered with the breakfast dishes, the sounds of ”Play School” kept me company. If you’re not familiar with the program, Play School is a half hour children’s program aimed at encouraging a child to wonder, to think, to feel and to imagine. That’s not much different from the goal of most blogs. As I listened, it occurred to me bloggers could learn a lot from the Play School presenters. They certainly know how to hold a captive audience. Here are some of their tricks that easily translate into great blogging techniques.
9 Tips That Improved My Blog
Is your blog doing the job you want it to do? Are you looking for ways to get more interaction with your readers? If you’re like me, you’ve read dozens of articles on how to make your blog more effective. Some of them are useful. Some of them are hardly worth reading. I don’t have the luxury of being a full-time blogger and struggle every week to find time to fit it into my workload. (Sound familiar?) I have learned a few things that have made a significant impact on my blog traffic and thought I’d share them with you.
How to avoid the Post and Hope Syndrome
Is it too late to talk about resolutions for 2010? I’m asking because my resolution was to get my blog more interactive. It’s been a busy start to the year for me at Global Copywriting. Being late with my first post of the year isn’t a great start to my resolution.
Blogging: Full Circle
When I first started this blog, I was worried about being relevant. I had failed to understand that a blog is business writing. My concern was that I didn’t want to trivialize my business and potentially undermine my own efforts. It’s taken me less than two months to figure out that a company blog can be a powerful lead generation tool. I don’t know why I didn’t recognize it before.
Entering the Land of Blog
Along with the launch of my new website, I’m also launching my first blog. I’ve been dismissive of blogging in the past. I’ve been puzzled why anyone (and everyone, it seems) wants to express their opinion so openly. Why are so many people interested in reading the musings of total strangers? I’ll save you a rant about the poor quality of writing flourishing on the web. I’m not an English teacher and I’ll leave that campaign to the people that earn their livings trying to impress the importance of good grammar, punctuation and spelling.
