Ideas for blog posts
Some people find this to be a stumbling block – what to write about beyond the immediately obvious topics directly related to your business/service/sector. Offering variety makes your blog something...
View ArticlePhlogging! Whatever next…
Yesterday I heard from the chaps over at ipadio that we can now post phonecasts direct into WordPress blogs – so we can now “phlog”! So what on earth is a phonecast? It’s basically a quick and easy...
View ArticleBloggers wanted – all levels, many topics – step forward!
It’s a privilege to work with and on a number of collaborative blogs, such as the “on the blog” brands – with Birds on the Blog proving to be a huge hit already, especially as Sarah only launched this...
View ArticleReview: How to become a successful freelance blogger
Now I’m not one for personally promoting just anything – it has to be fit for purpose and worth the investment – of time and money! And anything that’s potentially useful for us bloggers has to be...
View ArticleEncourage the Conversation – Nest Comments in WordPress
This is one of those “nice-to-have, wish-it-did” things that I keep forgetting to share with you. Rather than have your blog post comments in one long list, how about having the option to reply to...
View ArticleTags in WordPress Blog Posts
or “why the Blogmistress does not apply every possible tag to blog posts”, or if I was to get all “awesome” I’d title this “The Skinny on WordPress Tags” perhaps – but I digress already. After being...
View ArticleBlogging and Money – hmm
Not a day goes by when a tweet flitters through my twitter-stream with “How to make money with your blog” or “Blogging for $$ Profits” and I roll my eyes and move along to tweets that might actually be...
View ArticleWhen the brilliant blog in your head just seems to fizzle and flop
You have an idea for a blog post. Not just any blog post, this is one that will really mean something to lots of people. They will send others to read it. They will join in with comments and tweet that...
View Article“I need a blog”, you say…
More often we’re being asked to build a blog for clients who’ve been told they must. Of course it’s great that businesses large and small now accept the potential of blogging, and probably we should...
View ArticleWhat a polite WordPress plugin!
Some time ago a regular client tweeted me with a request to add the “Thank Me Later” plugin for him. This was a new one on me so off I went to see what had caught his eye… And how lovely – a simple...
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