CategoryWriting Content

“How do you balance having pre-written posts with timely content – what’s a good balance to strike?” question submitted to me using #pbquestions by @crystalsquest Using pre-written and scheduled posts is a strategy that many bloggers use to help them keep fresh content appearing on their blogs while maintaining a ...more

A Guest post by Josh Hanagarne – World’s Strongest Librarian In this article I outline: Why I was scared to ask for big interviews How I got over the fear The results of my efforts, which I couldn’t be happier with Seven weeks ago, my blog was one day old ...more

This post is task #32 (a bonus one) in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge. Your task today is to rework the title of the next post that you write OK – so you need to have a post written before you can do this one but ...more

In the last task of our 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge I encouraged bloggers to set up a plan for the next steps in their blog. As an example I set up a hypothetical Blogging Calendar with an activity for each day of the next month. Here ...more

Today’s task in the 31 Days to Build a Better blog is another writing challenge – I’d like you to write a ‘review post’. I know that many bloggers already write ‘reviews’ on their blogs but you can never have enough practice on this type of post. The web is ...more

Today’s task in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challengeis to ask your readers a question. 10 Reasons to ask Your Readers Questions Asking readers questions is a fantastic way to grow you blog for a number of reasons – here are 10. It gives readers a sense ...more

Today’s task in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge is another writing oriented one – it’s to write a post that contains some kind of a ‘Call to Action’. While this type of post might not be one that you’ll use all of the time it is ...more

This post is an excerpt from the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook Let me be a little presumptuous and blunt – not every post in the archives of your blog is up to scratch. I know this because the statement is true of my own blogs. No ...more

This post is an excerpt from the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook Your task today is another writing oriented challenge and is all about expressing an opinion. There are many factors that set great bloggers apart from the rest but one that I’ve seen continually cropping up ...more