CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

“English cricketer Jim Young, 57, carried on batting after a heart attack at the crease in Buntingford, Hertfordshire. He scored another 12 for his village team despite crushing chest pains. He collapsed to his knees and was taken off but went back after a glass of water and scored four ...more

I am regularly asked how I started blogging and whether I’ve always been into making money from them. My first entry into blogging around four years ago was on a free blogspot blog which was largely a personal blog in which I reflected upon many aspects of life including spirituality, ...more

Creating Passionate Users has a great post on building community which I think can be applied to building community around a blog. “The best way to grow a user community is to get even the beginners to start answering questions. The more they become involved, the more likely they are ...more

Slacker Manager has a great post today on The Honor of Humility which I think is well worth reading for bloggers. I’m not sure whether blogging attracts big egos or creates them – but most bloggers that I know struggle with it at some time or another (or at least ...more

Devon at Ink in My Coffee has written a nice list of 17 questions for writers to reflect upon as the end of the year approaches – I think they are a good list for bloggers (and anyone actually) when reflecting upon a year of blogging and getting ready for ...more

Ririan Project has a great post with 22 Ways To Overclock Your Brain which should be essential reading for all bloggers wanting to get their brain in gear for some great blogging!

Earlier in the week I was asked the following question: ‘How long does it take a blog to come of age?’ It’s a question I get asked regularly, usually by bloggers who have been blogging for a month or two who are wondering how long to stick with it. I ...more

This reader ‘quick tip’ is from FMF from Free Money Finance If I had to pick one tip to give new and aspiring bloggers, it would be this: participate in blog carnivals. No, it’s not a new tip and it’s not particularly exciting, but it’s certainly effective. In particular, consider ...more

A massive thank you to all those readers who submitted reader ‘quick tips’ which I used as guest posts while traveling over the last couple of weeks. Over 50 tips were submitted (in fact more have been submitted in the last few days) – unfortunately I wasn’t able to use ...more