How to Get Noticed [the Art of Positioning] (12)
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Jeremiah Owyang has written a good post today on how to get noticed. Getting noticed is a major problem for most bloggers starting out (and most who have been going for years also). Jeremiah’s suggestions are great: Have a goal, Develop a unique brand, Get personal, Attend local events, Lead events, Be interesting and Archive your achievements. He writes great thoughts on each of the above points - well worth the read. One other thought ...
The Power of Story on Blogs - ProBlogger (12)
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We live in a world where we’re literally bombarded with information all day every day. There’s nothing wrong with information, or having a blog that is ‘informational’ in nature - but if you want to make an impression on people, be the type of blog that people tell their friends about, that people want to ‘journey’ with - you need something more and ’story’ is one element that can bring this.
The Power of Story on Blogs (10)
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One book that I find myself delving into every six months or so is The Story Factor by Annette Simmonds. She writes about a topic that is close to my heart - the power of storytelling as a way to be influential. One of the points Annette makes early in her book that resonates with me most is that: people don’t need more information - they need ‘faith’ and that stories have the power to ...
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It's what @Ed_Dale has been teaching during the 30 Day Challenge.
Blog Hosting - Which Hosts Top Blogs Use (2)
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Who is Hosting This has put together a great little study into the blog hosts of the top 100 bloggers (according to Technorati). On top of the list is Media Temple, Datagram, BlogSpot and Six Apart. Yes you heard it, 8 of the top 100 blogs use Blogspot and 4 use Six Apart to host their blogs. It goes to show that while most (including me) would advise you set up your blog on your ...
Is Writing Great Content Enough to Build a Successful Blog? (24)
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At times you could be forgiven for thinking it is - if you read a lot of blogs on ‘how to blog’ that is. One of the first thing that most of us who write about blogging advise those starting out is to work on writing useful and unique content. Certainly at the core of most great blogs is useful and unique content that draws readers in and generates links from other blogs, builds the ...
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If you're still having problems understanding how to write content for your blog that will grab people's attention, this is a great post on doing just that.
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At times you could be forgiven for thinking it is - if you read a lot of blogs on ‘how to blog’ that is. One of the first thing that most of us who write about blogging advise those starting out is to work on writing useful and unique content. Certainly at the core of most great blogs is useful and unique content that draws readers in and generates links from other blogs, builds the ...
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Who is Hosting This has put together a great little study into the blog hosts of the top 100 bloggers (according to Technorati). On top of the list is Media Temple, Datagram, BlogSpot and Six Apart. Yes you heard it, 8 of the top 100 blogs use Blogspot and 4 use Six Apart to host their blogs. It goes to show that while most (including me) would advise you set up your blog on your ...
Applying for a Blogger Job? Treat it Seriously (2)
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Today I received an email from one of the advertisers on the ProBlogger Job Boards. They reflected back to me that they’d had a lot of ‘low quality’ job applications and made some suggestions for those looking to apply for a blogger job. I’ll include their suggestions below. Let me say that I get a variety of feedback from advertisers on the job boards. Most tell me that they get great applications and generally quickly ...
Applying for a Blogger Job? Treat it Seriously (3)
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Today I received an email from one of the advertisers on the ProBlogger Job Boards. They reflected back to me that they’d had a lot of ‘low quality’ job applications and made some suggestions for those looking to apply for a blogger job. I’ll include their suggestions below. Let me say that I get a variety of feedback from advertisers on the job boards. Most tell me that they get great applications and generally quickly ...
20 Types of Pages that Every Blogger Should Consider (6)
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When you use WordPress you’re given the choice when publishing between doing it as a ‘post’ or as a ‘page‘. Posts go up on your blog while ‘pages’ are static pages that you can publish without it having to go up on your blog. There’s a lot of reasons why you might choose a post over a page or a page over a post (that’s for another post) - but today I thought I’d highlight ...
Five Reasons Why Mom Blogs Are the Blogs to Watch (2)
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The following post exploring the rise of Mom Blogs is by Michelle Mitchell from Scribbit. In the Wall Street Journal’s April 10th issue Sue Shellenbarger interviewed Heather Armstrong (known to millions of fascinated fans as Dooce) and a gasp of surprise went up from print media around the country (even my hometown paper The Anchorage Daily News picked the article up off the AP wire). But I’m here to tell you that there’s nothing surprising ...
Intellectual Property Law Tips for Bloggers (16)
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Confused about Trademark, Copyright and other Intellectual Property Law issues as they pertain to your blog? Today Mark Patterson from Waddy & Patterson PC and the Tough Money Love Blog is going to explore some of these IP issues. I am fully aware of the risks of publishing a post with advice on intellectual property law. The return fire could be overwhelming. After all, the blogosphere is supposed to be a place for open and ...
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Confused about Trademark, Copyright and other Intellectual Property Law issues as they pertain to your blog? Today Mark Patterson from Waddy & Patterson PC and the Tough Money Love Blog is going to explore some of these IP issues. I am fully aware of the risks of publishing a post with advice on intellectual property law. The return fire could be overwhelming. After all, the blogosphere is supposed to be a place for open and ...
Authentic Blogging (2)
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Ever had a ‘defining moment’ that changed the direction of your blog? A moment of realization that makes you stop in your tracks and reinvent your approach? Maria Gajewski from Never The Same River Twice emailed me today to tell me about her recent defining moment which she calls her Authentic Blogging Manifesto in which she describes her quest to grow her blog by writing for social media (she describes herself getting to the point ...
Comment Moderation - How Do You Do It? (6)
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Today I came across a post on one of the NYT blogs on how the blogger there, Marci Alboher, moderates comments on her blog - via Steve Rubel. In the post Marci shares a few reasons why she doesn’t allow comments to go up: 1. It is too long (even though it might be well-written and make interesting points). 2. It is nasty, impolite or uses language that is unprintable in The New York Times. ...
Authentic Blogging (5)
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Ever had a ‘defining moment’ that changed the direction of your blog? A moment of realization that makes you stop in your tracks and reinvent your approach? Maria Gajewski from Never The Same River Twice emailed me today to tell me about her recent defining moment which she calls her Authentic Blogging Manifesto in which she describes her quest to grow her blog by writing for social media (she describes herself getting to the point ...
What to do when a PR Company Pitches to your Blog Badly (7)
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What to do when a PR company pitches to you badly Every day I get 5-10 emails from PR companies trying to pitch me with one of their client’s products or services. In my estimate - 1 in 10 do it well. The rest clearly either don’t know how to pitch to bloggers or don’t really care. Common mistakes in pitching to bloggers include: impersonal emails - emails that are clearly being sent to hundreds ...
