CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

Today’s task is to create a Sneeze Page for your blog. What is a Sneeze Page? The term ‘sneeze page’ is one that I came up with for the 2007 version of the 31 Days to Build a Better blog and is a concept that I’ve been using as a ...more

This post is an excerpt from the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook New readers to your blog are making decisions within seconds of arriving at your blog that will determine how (and if) they’ll use your blog. In the same way that first impressions can be vital ...more

Today your task in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog is to Find a Blog Buddy. While I’m an introvert and get energy by spending time alone – I’ve found that it is when I work together with other bloggers that my blogs grow fastest. Let me start ...more

This post is an excerpt from the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook Today your task is to update some of the key pages and posts on your blog. What are the most important pages on your blog? This is an interesting question to ponder for a few ...more

This post is an excerpt from the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook Today’s task in the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog project is to go Shopping! OK – I can hear what you’re probably thinking: “What? This ProBlogger dude has lost his mind – what ...more

This post is an excerpt from the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook I’m often asked by friends, family and readers how I spend my time on an average day of blogging. Those asking are often surprised to hear that while ‘writing‘ is one definitely one activity that ...more

This post is an excerpt from the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook Today I’m presenting you with a task that is perhaps a little less involved than some of the days so far. I wanted to give you something that would both help improve your blog but ...more

Today your task in the 31 Day challenge to Build a Better Blog is to do some learning from successful bloggers. To do this I’ve asked nine bloggers that I know and respect to nominate a few posts from their own blogs archives that they believe would be most helpful ...more

You task today in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge is to spend some time on a successful blog in your niche. The purpose of this task is not to promote yourself on the blog – but rather to spend time watching, listening and observing how the ...more