Have you ever been caught image-less when you’ve needed to publish a post? Perhaps you have resorted to trawling back through old, less-than-ideal shots in the hope of finding something to accompany your text? Sometimes this pays dividends, but…
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Blogging is an ever-changing, lovely beast. Not only are the platforms changing and improving all the time, the tools to promote your content are forever on the move too. And not only are those things changing, the access to…
Perhaps you are a bit like me? Perhaps you have your tried and true methods of banging out a great post? Maybe your blogging style is like an old pair of shoes? Comfy, quite stylish and reliable? I totally…
Blog manners. Is it a thing? Netiquette. Is it a word? Apparently it is because when I asked a bunch of bloggers about online manners the floodgates well and truly opened. Bloggers from all corners of the globe (if…
Granted we are all super busy, zipping about the place and trying to blog well in between the other important bits of life. That is all the more reason to grab this bunch of useful tools that will help…
While predominantly visual blogging platforms like Instagram and Tumblr are hugely successful, there’s no getting away from the fact that words and storytelling are a super important part of this blogging caper. For some, images speak far louder than…
Perhaps you want to mix things up and create some interesting multi-media content for your blog? Videos are a fun, not-too-tricky way to do that. Not only do they capture things that it can be hard to express in…
There are many different ways to approach writing a blog, I think. There are those of us who document our daily lives, speaking only to ourselves and our nearest and dearest, documenting last night’s dinner or tomorrow’s tantrum. I…
I’d never heard of Pat Flynn before – perhaps I was under a rock. I think it’s entirely possible! I’ve got some ace notes from Pat’s talk… but they are a bit messy (see below!) His keynote was on…
Hey! I’m at ProBlogger RIGHT NOW! Darren Rowse is giving his opening remarks and I thought I’d pop a post up here and add to it over the next day or so. Perhaps that will be helpful to you?…
Let’s dig a bit deeper, shall we? 1. Are you writing the way you really want to write? I see lots of great writing on the internet and I see lots of less perfect but still heartfelt writing, too.…
RSS means REALLY SIMPLE SYNDICATION. All blogs have RSS feeds (unless you use some weird platform!) Blogger and WordPress create the RSS feed automatically. If you are on WordPress yours will be something similar (http://yourblogaddress/feed) and if you are…
Let’s talk TOOLS! Photography Hardware, Software and Accessories: Phone Camera Digital SLR Point and Shoot (or a combination of all three!) DIY studio (discussed here) Tripod: really useful for taking photos in low light Props box (discussed here) Photoshop or Photoshop…
The internet is quite obviously built on links. One page leads to another and so it goes. We take these digital stepping-stones for granted, in many ways, but we shouldn’t. Linking is really important, although when you read…
From time to time I’ll cover some basic beginner skills, because we do have beginners in this group and I want to help as much as I can! Let’s talk about making a link today. Sometimes you don’t want…
Creating an interesting, interactive blog with compelling unique content is the very best way to grow your own community. Here are some other important ways to gather your people: 1. Promote others See someone doing something ace? Give them…
