Ethical Social Networking

Like most bloggers, I count on social networking sites as a means to promote my blog and my best content. I have very few goals when it comes to networking other than to gain sustainable visitors from people who enjoy my content. My measure for this is mostly the analytics of my repeat visitors, top [...]

Magazine vs. Traditional Themes

Which WordPress style of theme is right for your blog? See the pros, cons, and questions I asked myself before changing the I’m Blogging That design to a magazine style theme. With so many options for WordPress blogs, is the magazine style theme the one that is right for you content, visitors, and blog?

Brainstorm Successful Blogging Goals

What are your goals for your blog? Follow this simple guide to setup your blogging goals, reach your desired level of success, and stay on track. It won’t be long before working on your goals becomes not only a snap but time efficient as well.

Key Lessons for Starting a Blog

Take a lesson from me. Just a few things to consider when taking your blog in a new direction or starting a brand new blog.

Lead Visitors by Example

How many times have you read advice on a blog of “how to blah blah blah?” And the blogger proceeds to explain how to do something and why you do something yet when you look around they’re not following their own advice. Don’t you think that if the advice was so worthwhile that they indeed would be taking it, no matter the size of their website?

Technorati Guide: Network Using Tags

Perhaps you have read just as many posts as I have about finding your niche competitors. There are many tips out there to find your competitors and how to use that information to leverage your blog. However, few of those posts actually tell you to make friends with your competitors. Why not?

Technorati Guide: Finding Inspiration

Using the idea that most bloggers are not using Technorati to their full potential, I thought I’d start a mini-series and post from time to time how you can use Technorati as one of your everyday blogging tools.

Attract and Retain Blog Visitors

In nearly all niche blogging topics, there is competition to be the best and the biggest. Knowing that your visitors can go to any number of blogs and get similar information, how do you make your blog stand out from the rest? Tell me, what’s so unique about you?