Author Archive for J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma is the Editor in Chief of Blog Tutorials. As CMOTC of Splashpress Media (that means Chief Mover of the Cheese to the uninitiated), he acts in various capacities managing the creative, technical and administrative aspects of the network. He also serves as Assistant Editor of the Blog Herald, and blogs about technology and other stuff on his personal blog, the J Spot.

Sep | 04 | 2007

Single Big Blog vs. Numerous Niche Blogs? Or Both?

Posted by J. Angelo as Blog Tutorial, Community Building, Editorials, SEO Features, Tips Over at Performancing, Ahmed Bilal posts about the argument between running one big blog about a wide array of topics, or numerous blogs that focus on specific niches. He presents the pros and cons to both. A single big site benefits from economies of scale, is cost-effective, allows for a focused use of resources, requires less manpower to manage, can easily dominate search engine rankings in the long run, and can perhaps earn more revenue thanks to direct advertising deals. On the other hand, if you have several small sites, it is easier to build a passionate user-base, it's easier to be ...

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Jul | 20 | 2007

Time Saving Tips from Blogging Pointers

Posted by J. Angelo as Tips If you're blogging for income, then time management is an important skill you should have in order to be more efficient and productive. If you're a casual blogger, then saving time on your blogging would be helpful so that your blogging doesn't encroach on your other activities like work. Either way, trimming down the time you spend blogging would give you more time to do other stuff, like enjoy life and spend more time with your family and loved ones. Blogging Pointers has come up with a series entitled The Blogger's Guide to Time Saving Techniques, and here Patrick Herber ...

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Jun | 29 | 2007

Illacrimo Theme for WordPress Released

Posted by J. Angelo as Design, Design and Themes Bloggy Network has recently announced via LifeSpy the release of the Illacrimo theme for WordPress.

We have a great three column theme for you called Illacrimo. Created by Design Disease, and released here on LifeSpy. It is the third free theme that Bloggy Network has released. Illacrimo has a strong color set, that should appeal to many, and works well with the plugins we have included in the download file, or without. The theme is actually a creation by the very same designer that did the design overhaul of Blog Tutorials. The theme reminds me both of OS ...

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May | 02 | 2007

Something Big is Coming Soon!

Posted by J. Angelo as Blog Tutorials News There are going to be some shake ups here on Blog Tutorials these next few days. We're making some adjustments. Something big is coming soon, and I'm personally quite excited about it. We're refocusing our energies into converting most of our blogs to become more community-oriented. Somewhere along the way we got tired of niche blogging, and we thought of throwing the concept of the long tail out the window. Well, we're not exactly getting rid of the concept of niche blogging, but we discovered that if we spread ourselves too thin, then we run the risk of losing out in ...

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