Writing for the web – successfully – involves many things, but in this post let’s just concentrate on two: breaking up the text on a page and adding headers, sectioning off the page in a logical, legible way. This is part of better blog writing and will improve the look of your blog as well. Read more »

You’ve been giving blogging your best shot – producing content regularly, frequenting the usual social networking sites – spending hours upon hours in the blogosphere.  Yet, no matter how hard you try, you just can’t seem to get any comments, retweets, and some days if feels as if Google has applied an insect-repellent like traffic block to your site only. Read more »

Guest post by Mark Johnson

As I see it there are 3 phases of blogging, that all successful bloggers have to go through. Whether or not you reach your goals might even be as simple as whether you can keep going until you reach that third phase where all of the success is hiding. Read more »

Guest post by Eric Rea

What’s the difference between a blogger and a journalist?  Read more »

A while back, I read an article on SourceBlogger.com that talked about how badly Google will penalize you for posting duplicate content.  This blogger and I actually had a brief discussion about this and while I agree that if you blatantly plagiarize another blog’s content without crediting or acknowledging the author – you definitely deserved to be penalized – I didn’t wholeheartedly agree that duplicate content should be avoided at all costs. Read more »

No matter where I go these days, when folks find out I write a blog for beginning bloggers they want to know if I have a magical tip to help them blog better. Read more »

Writing fresh content is the #1 priority for bloggers – we all know this, yet so many other tasks get the attention because writing is not only the most thought-intensive activity, but it takes time. Read more »

Why I try to avoid reading them and why bloggers should think before writing them

The paradox here, is that in essence this very post is a rant about blog rants, yes, I’m aware of that. Read more »

I found so many great reads last week – but I’m sticking to my rule.  Only 10 awesome distractions to keep you busy.  They might be distractions, but there’s still much to gain from reading them.  :)

Can you Prevent Yourself from Falling Down Creative Rabbit Holes? Read more »

A call to action at the end of a post means nothing if you can’t keep your readers engaged long enough to reach the end.

Find out how to mesmerize your readers and capture their undivided attention in my  T.I.P. Team post for today:

Why Storytelling Works Better than Advertising

I’d love to hear your input, please be sure to leave a comment and retweet the post. Read more »