Blogging Backgrounders
What Are Tags and Categories?
For blogs, categories and tags are single words or simple phrases that are used to describe the type of blog post (news, sports, opinion), what a post is about (tractors, precision farming, corps), or possibly to highlight a theme of a post (spring planting, bad weather).
50 Qualities of the Best Business Blogs in the World
There are certain actions and qualities that one must take in order to rise above the chatter and receive the love from their readers, their industry, and the other master of all—Google. So that’s what this post is about, 50 of the most essential qualities of some of the greatest business blogs in the world.
20 Blog How-Tos
Here’s a blogging 911 to give you the answers to the top-twenty, distressing, blogging questions.
The Ultimate WordPress Cheat Sheet
Messing around in WordPress is a pure knowledge thing. It’s the premiere blogging platform for blog owners, and it’s one of the easiest ways to set up your own blog whether you want to monetize it or just share the wondrous magic of your inner world.
Blogging isn’t Dead, It’s Evolving
There’s been a bit of commentary and opinion in recent weeks that blogging (meaning, written content longer than just a paragraph or two) as we know it is dying or even already dead when compared to the rise of Facebook and Twitter.
How to Write Magnetic Headlines
Your headline is the first, and perhaps only, impression you make on a prospective reader. Without a compelling promise that turns a browser into a reader, the rest of your words may as well not even exist.
How to Respond to Comments on Your Company Blog
Over the past couple years, I’ve had several conversations around how to manage comments — not just the workflow with respect to approving, reading, responding — but also the perspective necessary to have thick enough skin to distance yourself a bit from the sentiment or opinion being expressed.
Blogging Rising
Blogging continues to grow in spite of all the naysayers who have thought it wouldn’t “go anywhere.” In fact, I’d dare say that many people who read online content don’t even know they’re on a blog and don’t really care.
