According to The Competitive Advantage Ezine, teens don’t talk, they blog. And while teens do shop and read online, their greatest use of the Web is communication. Instead of chatting on the phone for hours on end as their parents did, teens now frequent chat rooms and message boards that link them to Web sites … Read More
Blogging
3 Reasons to Blog for Business
Despite all the hype and publicity surrounding blogging, businesses still are slow to enter the blogosphere. Why? ContentRobot believes it’s mainly because they they really just don’t know enough about what blogging is and the value it provides. We offer 3 reasons why blogs are good for business. 1. To open the lines of communication … Read More
Add a Tag Cloud to Your Blog – It’s Easy!
Tag clouds visually depict the contents of a web site or blog. The first tag cloud appeared on Flickr (the photo sharing site) and was based on Jim Flanagan’s Search Referral Zeitgeist, which visualized web site referrers. These weighted lists show the most popular categorizes in an emphasized manner while displaying them alphabetically. Larger fonts … Read More
Blog Design & Spring Cleaning
If you have been managing your blog for a while, you might notice that things have been getting cluttered as you’ve added new features, buttons and widgets – it’s time for spring cleaning! Blog Design Even if you feel you haven’t done alot of modifications to your blog’s design, be sure to take the time … Read More
5 Ways to Quickly Lose Your Subscribers
No one wants to lose their hard-earned blog readers, but here are some reasons why visitors might turn off your feed. 1. Infrequent Posting If you hardly post, and then post only with apologies for not posting, it’s a surefire way to bore your audience. Irregular posting can be OK, if what you eventually post … Read More
Use Feedburner to Fight Splogging and Scraping
Do you know where your feeds are? Do you know who is reading them? Feedburner gives bloggers a simple way of finding out exactly how many people were reading your feed, how many of those people were clicking on items and which items they were following up on. It’s an extremely useful service. You can … Read More
How to Treat Your Readers: The Dos and Don’ts
When you are blogging, do you realize that your readers are your customers? As such, you should treat them right so they’ll keep coming back. We’ve outlined some dos and don’ts to help you along the way. DO … Make your design as pleasing as you can and your navigation as intutive as can be. … Read More
5 Tips for Crafting Blog Post Titles
When bloggers go into their blog editors, the first thing they are encouraged to do is to write a post title followed by the content itself. Actually, it should be one of the last things you do. When the post is ready for publishing, go back and check to see if the title reflects the … Read More