I recommend DailyBlogTips.com written by Daniel Scocco. I've learned lots of good blogging tips from him.
The Trick I Used to Double The Number of Guest Posts on This Blog
by Daniel Scocco
The following is a post from Daniel Scocco, author of Daily Blogging Tips.
I was browsing through my RSS reader today and came across an interesting post from Brian Clark, titled Since When Are Blogs Not Social Media?. Here is a quote from it:
I’ve noticed a strange trend lately.
For some reason, people seem to be equating social media with social networking.
At the same time, they seem to be treating blogging as something other than social media.
Last night I attended the Vancouver Entrepreneur's Meetup at the Network Hub in downtown Vancouver. I met Tyler Wright the guest speaker. He asked me how to integrate his blog and his website together. Right now his blog is here: http://megawattpr.wordpress.com and his website is here: www.megawattpr.com
Here's the advice I gave him. Maybe you will find it helpful, too.
If you are new to blogging, you may be wondering what do I write about and who would want to read it? These are common questions. When you are starting your own small business, you may not feel like an expert in your field. But you are an expert. Your customers come to you because you provide a valuable service that they need.
If you are new to blogging, you may be wondering what do I write about and who would want to read it? These are common questions. When you are starting your own small business, you may not feel like an expert in your field. But you are an expert. Your customers come to you because you provide a valuable service that they need.
Good blogs to read for Blog writing tips:
Daily Blog Tips
Here's an excellent blog post on 101 Blog Tips.
For more blog writing tips, visit the blog: www.DailyBlogTips.com
Out-Smarts.com
- Exellent resource for online marketing with social media
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Good blogs to read for Blog writing tips:
Daily Blog Tips
Here's an excellent blog post on 101 Blog Tips. For more blog writing tips, visit the blog: www.DailyBlogTips.com
I recently attended a workshop on Blogging for Business given by Mhairi Petrovic on June 17th.
One of the attendees piped up: What does a blog look like? I imagine little comment balloons popping up when someone makes a comment on a blog.
(By the way, that's a great visual idea - having comments pop up in balloons when commenting on blogs.)
That is a very good question. What does a blog look like?
Most definitions say a blog is an online diary or journal. Sort of but not quite. Does anyone want the whole world to read what's in your private diary? I think not. They forget to add a very important qualifier to their definition of blog. It's a very public online journal. More like a column in a newspaper. I like this definition found on blogger.com:
A blog is a website. (It looks like a webpage.)
It's a website where you write stuff on an ongoing basis.
New stuff shows up on top so your visitors can read what's new right away.
And blogs are more interactive than the normal website. Visitors can comment on each blog entry and add their opinion or facts thereby creating a discussion rather than just a static webpage. And the blog poster can respond to the comments and the visitor can respond again. So then we have a conversation. This builds community.
If you're new to blogging, a good place to start is at
http://www.blogger.com. This blog is built on blogger.com. It's free to sign up and start a blog. They have a tour explaining the features of the blog. And you can restrict you views your blog. If you're a bit shy at first, you can show your blog only to your friends and family. And then later on you can show it to the world.
