CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

A Guest Post by Johnny B Truant. I know what you’re thinking. You’re blogging to make money, or to express yourself. So why would you ever give something away? If you’re in this as a business, giving stuff away without charging for it seems counterintuitive. If you’re just out there ...more

Have you ever felt completely overwhelmed by some element of your online business? Image by Stephan Poff I’ve felt that way many times, both in the early days and even now. For me it usually comes when I’m working on a new venture or expanding something that I’m already doing ...more

A Guest Post by Chris Birk from Write Short Live Long and GrowthPartner.com. Blogging is neither dead nor for losers. Google Suggest would perhaps prefer to play devil’s advocate: The search engine’s auto-suggest feature has evolved into a key marketing and online reputation tool, providing users with suggestions shaped by ...more

Over the last couple of years a number of fairly prominent bloggers have decided to shut down their blogs and move their communications to subscription only email newsletters. Bloggers such as Jason Calacanis, Joel Spolsky and Sam Lessin were three (all mentioned in this post on Gigaom). Some of these ...more

How do YOU ‘give something back’ with your blogging? Blogging has given so much to me: financially it’s given me a living, paid my mortgage and put food on the table for my family now for 5 or so years. socially it’s opened up some fantastic opportunities for new friends. ...more

“Can you help me to become more Influential?“ This was the question I was asked by someone at a recent networking event. I replied: “Why do you want to be influential?” He responded: “I want more people to know about me.” I said: “Why?” He answered: “Because I’d be more ...more

A Guest post by Treacle from The Lingerie Addict. When the internet first became popular, many people loved the idea of creating a new identity online. Name, gender, age, hobbies …anything and everything could be fabricated. But in the era of Web 2.0, people have a new fixation–authenticity. Nowadays, your ...more

A Guest post by Cori Padgett from Big Girl Branding. Perfection is for losers. There, I said it. And I can say that because I used to be a bit of a perfectionist. I’m pot, you’re kettle, and we’re both freakin’ black. Feel better? And frankly, I still am if ...more

Thanks, as always, for stopping in for our weekly list of the ten most blogged-about stories, provided by Regator. This week, we’ll use posts about these hot topics to discuss thoroughness in blogging. “Thoroughness” can be a vague term, so I’ll define a thorough post as a post that tells the reader what they would want to know about a given topic and does not leave them with unanswered questions. Let’s take a look at some great examples: