You Missed the Inaugural Edition of Blog A Little Better This Week

By Brandon Cox, January 26, 2010 | 2 Comments

That’s right – I’ve got a fancy newsletter list and I plan on sending updates weekly – more than just a glorified rss feed but a nice resource for bloggers. You can see the inaugural edition of Blog A Little Better This Week but I’d really recommend you subscribe using one of the THREE forms on every single post page of this site.

Be Careful With the Word Spam

By Brandon Cox, December 1, 2009 | 19 Comments

Spam wallWho likes spam? Personally, I love it, seared in a pan with mayo on fresh bread with a slice of pepper jack! That’s one reason to be careful with the word spam. It’s pretty good stuff, and if everything washes away or burns up in December of 2012, the few who survive could live off of a stockpile of spam for quite some time.

Obviously, in the world of the internet, the word spam has come to refer to unsolicited commercial emails. There are rules about spam, and rightly so. I’m as opposed to spammy practices as anybody, but I also have another pet peeve and that is when people abuse the word spam, applying it to almost anything they don’t particularly like. For example…

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Email Newsletter Sweetness from Themeforest

By Brandon Cox, November 18, 2009 | 4 Comments

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Designing email newsletters stinks! Someone had to say it. Some look nice, but any designer knows you have to go back at least five years in modern design and development practices to design for email clients. Tables… ugh!

Well, Themeforest has a solution – a whole new category of some rather sweet looking email templates! And they’re just $8 – $10 each! Like I said… sweet!

So head over and check out the new email templates.

Subscribe to We Blog Better’s (Future) Mailing List

By Brandon Cox, November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I’m going to publish a newsletter chock-full of blogging tips, links, and resources… eventually. It may be January 2010, but rather than issue a guaranteed date just yet, I’ll just tell you that when the content of this blog is ripened and matured to just the right point, you’ll be the first to be notified, but only if you’re on the list to begin with.

So why not sign up today?

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