Many bloggers come to a point in their blogging journey when they feel they’ve written all there was to be written about a certain topic. What are you going to do then? If you’ve run out of new things to say, how do you keep producing content? Well…
Read moreUnderstand The Feedback: The Numbers Never Lie
Self-awareness is the closest thing to a super power that a blogger can have. This means understanding the feedback (or lack of it.) Your statistics are not just to give you an ego boost (or to make you want to give up blogging forever). Most of us look at our stats more than we probably […]
Read moreHow to Be a Boss at Blogging When You Have 0 Followers
Sometimes I like to pretend I’m a photographer. Mostly with other people’s cameras. And the results are oftentimes… not as bad as you’d expect. I do not research the subject, I do not take classes, I do not read about photography, I do not actively aim to become better. Yet, somehow, I am becoming better […]
Read moreHow Often Should You Post?
For those of you who don’t have the time to read through this blog post: blogging is a conversation. You blog as often as it takes for it to still be a conversation. Okay, now let me explain.
Read moreThe Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To Blogging
Let’s be honest for a moment. There’s no substitute for hard work, dedication, time, energy, and passion, and those of you who want a shortcut will be disappointed by this guide. Of course, there are some things that you must do in order to be successful as a blogger. So, yeah, let’s get down to […]
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 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 7 Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers
Do you want to be a successful blogger? Do ideas for posts randomly pop into your head whenever, wherever? Do you think about ways to improve your blog? How to write more? Better? Faster? Do you study what the most successful bloggers have done to get to where they are right now? You are not […]
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 moreDoes Your Blog Suck?
Does your blog suck? How do you even know? You write posts, you’re excited about writing them, you publish them, and then… well, some folks do say they like them, but you’re not getting the kind of results you were hoping for. But does this mean your blog sucks? Does this mean your content is […]
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