Very simply put, Blog Carnivals are organized collections of blog articles around a theme. They’re a promotional tool for the blogger and an opportunity for the reader to find new blogs. Last week’s blog post on social networking for the local small business seemed like a good fit for Bootstrapper’s Carnival of Business & Entrepreneurship. [...]
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On Writer’s Block
Is it really writer’s block if you have an idea, but can’t seem to form the right words around it? Is it perfectionism rearing its annoying head? Whatever you name it, the effect is the same: sentence after sentence refusing to play nice together and paragraphs that just won’t flow. Experience has taught me to [...]
How are you serving your market?
On Saturday evening I commented on an excellent post by Lorelle VanFossen over at Blog Herald. Lorelle wrote about being bored by many blogs because many of them simply copy or reword information, without adding any value. In the vast sea of blogs, there seems to be a deficit of fresh, new content. If as [...]
Getting Organized with an Editorial Calendar
It doesn’t take long after beginning a blog, to realize that coming up with original content several days each week is a bit of a challenge. OK, it’s a huge challenge. But I think I’ve found a solution … an editorial calendar. It’s not a new idea. From what I’ve read elsewhere, some like them. [...]
Drive traffic to your web site with Stumble Upon
Have you heard about Stumble Upon? If not, I’ll warn you upfront that it’s addictive. What is Stumble Upon? Stumble Upon is a social media web site that allows its users to easily share and recommend web sites. “Stumblers” tag specific personal or professional interests and then “channel surf” the web via user-generated tags. Users [...]
