Take the Vanilla OUT of Your Website Content
I don’t know about you but when I read a book, a website, a blog or other media I like to be informed, entertained or maybe amused. I want to feel the fear if I’m reading a thriller or mystery. Maybe I need a good case of the giggles or I might want to make myself a better person so I pick up a few self-help books. Students must read in order to become educated and parents read to their children not only to entertain them but to teach them any number of things. The list goes on...
Read MoreShould You DATE Your Blog Posts?
I’ve had people ask me if they should date their blog posts. My personal opinion is that to some degree this option falls into one of those “personal preferences” categories. I’m not aware of any strict blogging rule that says you must do this and when it comes right down to it, it’s your blog and you can do what you want with it. It’s more of an option, than a requirement but keep in mind that dates can be very important. Before you decide, I think...
Read MoreWant to See Your Face in Your Blog Posts?
When you visit a blog you will often see thumbnail images of the blog posters. This is that little bitty thumbnail picture of the person who wrote the post that you see usually (but not always) sitting on the top left side of their post. These thumbnails are called “gravatars.” If you still don’t know what I’m talking about, you can check out some of my blog posts. Want one for yourself and don’t know how to do it? Answer: Get a Gravatar! I was utterly amazed at...
Read MoreHow High is YOUR Blog Fence?
I’ve been trying to spend a bit more time visiting other blogs and making an effort to write comments but only when I feel I have something valuable or useful to say. The idea isn’t to just get out there and yammer on every blog you can find just so you can say you left a comment. What you say is supposed to relate well to the original blog post and/or to the corresponding conversation generated by the post. It’s not a contest to see how many blogs you can post meaningless...
Read MorePut a Leash on Endless Comment Chatter
I’m totally enjoying my new adventure into blogging but like anything else its pretty much guaranteed there’s going to be something you don’t like about anything no matter what it is and no matter how much you might love it overall. One of the biggest turn-offs for me about blogging is going to a site to read a blog post and finding a page full of endless comments below the article which can cause issues with read-ability and printing. I’m referring to those mile-long...
Read MoreHow I Caught the Blogging Bug
Wow, have I ever been going through an eye-opening learning curve experience! As you all know from my recent posts on my newfound Twitter experience, a few weeks ago I not-so-whole-heartedly came to the conclusion that I really should get more into social media and blogging. I knew I needed to do this and that if I did it, I should learn to do it the right way. Not that the way I’ve been doing it is necessarily wrong. I don’t know (yet) if there is a right or wrong way to blog....
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