CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

One of the first series of posts that I wrote on the topic of blogging was on the topic of Finding Readers for your blog. I originally wrote it way back in 2003 on another blog and transferred it to ProBlogger in 2004. While it’s from my very early days ...more

Over the next few days V and I are taking a few days break down the coast – a long weekend away of sorts – after what has been a rather full on few months. So in my absence I’ve decided to run a little series highlighting some posts from ...more

Do you ever get the feeling that a blog post is written directly for you? While I’m not sure this one is written with me in mind – it could well be! Top Ten Grammar Errors that Haunt Web Pages it’s = it is Web site (or page) vs. web ...more

moo printing have done it again. Last time they offered 10 free minicards in conjunction with Flickr – this time they’re doing it with Skype. Get in quick to be part of their 10,000 free 10 pack give away. I just ordered mine (it says ‘Call Me’) on the front ...more

A List Apart has a good tutorial on creating Print friendly versions of your pages Loren has decided to use Google’s new Custom Search to power the Blog Search Engine – submit your blogs to it today. Brian writes a great post on using Bullet Points in your posts Aviva ...more

A question that I’m increasingly being asked about is whether I agree with sponsored posts as a way to make money online from blogging. Sponsored posts are nothing new – bloggers have been doing it for years – writing posts in exchange for payments. What is new is the organized ...more

When I was 13 my life was fairly simple and largely revolved around one thing – Tennis. I was fortunate enough to live next door to two tennis courts and so most evenings after school involved hitting balls with friends, family or even practising with myself hitting against the blue ...more

This post builds on yesterday’s post on the Curious Blogger. Is curiosity a personality trait or can it be learned? I suspect that personality type does come into being curious. Some people seem to be naturally wired in a way where they’re doing the above things – however I also ...more

Curiosity might kill cats but it can bring life to a blog. One of the characteristics that I’ve observed many successful bloggers having is ‘curiosity’. Wikipedia defines curiosity as: “any natural inquisitive behaviour, evident by observation in many animal species, and is the emotional aspect of living beings that engenders ...more