CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.” – Napoleon Hill Over the last few years I’ve put on a little weight. Actually – a more accurate statement would be – each year over the last ...more

Glen has posted a nice post at LifeDev titled Let Your Blog Posts Marinate (4 Steps to Forming Great Ideas) which uses the great image of marinating your ideas for a while before posting them. Below I’ll share 10 steps on how I let ideas marinate and become posts – ...more

“Strong convictions precede great actions.” – Louisa May Alcott We’ve been talking this week about how to be a persuasive blogger and so far I’ve spoken about getting attention to your posts and going deeper to create interest in your post. Today I want to go a step deeper again ...more

Have you ever picked up a novel in a bookstore that just jumped out at you from the display and screamed ‘read me’. Perhaps it was the title that got your attention, perhaps it was the design of the front cover, or perhaps it was a recommendation that some newspaper ...more

Getting eyeballs on your post is the first crucial step in it being persuasive. Read the Introduction to this mini-series on persuasive blogging. In order to persuade your reader to take a certain action you need to find a way to get their attention – otherwise they’ll never read your ...more

Have you ever wanted to be more persuasive in your writing? If so, this is the first post in a series that is designed to help you achieve just that. Warning – Tangent Ahead Lessons from a New Car Salesman A few months back, in the lead up to our ...more

Rachel’s posted a great video titled WordPress Quickstart Screencast Tutorial which is well worth looking at if you’re at the start of your WordPress journey. She covers: 1. Installing a free FTP program and connecting to your website 2. Creating a database for WordPress. 3. Installing WordPress. 4. Configuring WordPress ...more

I just found out that I missed one link in the group writing project that for some reason didn’t make it to my inbox despite it’s blogger sending it to me multiple times. Sorry to Wendy from eMoms at Home for that. As I looked over the post I realized ...more

Many bloggers are sitting on a treasure trove and don’t even know it (or don’t know how to use it). The treasure is in their archives – hundreds, if not thousands of posts that they’ve slaved over for hundreds of hours that unfortunately are rarely seen by readers. This post ...more