Why do most bloggers never gain any sort of momentum while others grow at an exponential rate? Much of the reason has to do with a few mistakes that even those who have been blogging for a while make. As a matter of fact, you probably weren’t even aware of these mistakes Keep these points […]
Read moreHow to Be More Than Just a Blogger
Let’s be honest, shall we? You don’t just want people to subscribe to your blog. You want them to keep coming back to read, share, and comment on your articles. You want to build an online community, you want your readers to forget themselves reading your content. You want your blog to be so immersive […]
Read moreDo You Want to Be a Prolific Blogger? Here’s How
I did a bit of counting today: this year I wrote 318 blog posts on this blog, 234 blog posts on my main blog, plus 373 posts on irevuo, for a total of 925 posts. Granted, let’s say half of those are reposts, advertising, or not that long to be considered actual writing, like Quote […]
Read moreWrite Like Yourself
Let’s face it: most people can’t write their way out of a paper bag. Further, most bloggers are boring, most journalists are so heavily edited that any personality they’ve added to a story has long since been weaned out by the editorial process. I want to let you in on a secret, though: it’s not […]
Read moreFive Simple Steps to Editing Your Blog Posts
In a ideal world, you’d never have to edit your own work, but well, you know the drill… life’s not fair… So, how do you go about editing your posts? Here are five simple (and kind of easy) steps to editing your blog posts.
Read moreThe Truth about Blog Post Length
Some bloggers suffer from what I like to call verbal narcissism. Only it’s in writing. Anyway… To avoid this awful fate, you probably try to keep your posts short, sometimes writing series of blog posts. After all, you don’t want to scare away readers by dumping too much information on them all at once, right? […]
Read moreThe (Very Short) Ultimate Guide to Blogging
There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of writing guides out there. But in my opinion, none surpass the simple, direct advice of The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E.B.White. This classic serves up much good advice, especially in the last 20 pages in a section titled “An Approach to Style.” Nowhere have I seen more […]
Read moreHow to Blog in English Even If It’s Not Your First Language
Considering the fact that I am not a native English speaker, I thought I should write about one of those topics almost no one writes about: does it matter if English is not your first language, and you still decide to blog in this language? How do poor language skills affect your ability to share […]
Read moreHow Long Should Your Blog Posts Be?
Ever since blogging became mainstream people have been debating about a blog post’s perfect length. A lot of bloggers may read one or two articles about this, and try to follow the rules – never revisiting the issue for as long as they blog. This can be a mistake. For a definitive answer, the following […]
Read more10 Rules to Help You Punch Those Damn Keys
The blank page tends to scare people into a state of inactivity. The possibilities are endless, the desire to create perfection so intense that it is easier to do anything else. Perfectionism and procrastination have an awful lot in common, and the truth is that most bloggers waste an insane amount of time thinking about […]
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