Ping.fm managed to get some heavy buzz in the blogosphere almost overnight. So when I didn’t stop hearing of the new service, I decided to signup. What I discovered is that I’m now microblogging and updating my status more often with significantly less time involved.

Is there a point to pinging your own blog posts when referencing them in other posts? Some bloggers say yes and some bloggers say no. To weight in on the idea, here’s my ideas of why you should ping your posts and how to make those pings worthwhile for readers.

Do you ever feel like you’re writing is the same in every single blog post? Maybe it’s time to mix up that style and give your readers something new to go over. In this post, I’ll suggest 8 different styles you can use to give your writing a fresh new look with same great information you always post.

Our readers allow us very little time to get our message, point, or lesson across to them. Writing for ease of scanning will help to grab our reader’s attention, enable them to get through our posts faster, and keep them coming back for more. Here’s a few tips to creating scannable posts for your readers.