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Jul | 04 | 2008

Keeping Your News Fresh

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Blog Tutorials News, Opinion, Tips, Writing There comes a time in a blogger’s life when he simply cannot find topics to write about. What happens then depends on the blogger. He can either not write at all or he can rehash old topics. I have nothing against old topics as long as there is some new twist or angle that is added to the blog post. After all, things that have happened in the past (especially in your personal life, if your blog is a personal blog) can always be viewed in different ways. However, if you are writing about current events, there ...

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Jun | 29 | 2008

Do You Fear To Speak Your Mind?

Posted by Jimmy as Opinion, Tips, Writing There is nothing to fear but fear itself. This is one of my favorite quotes, even if I am not so sure who said it first. I like how it gives me the courage to do what I want to do, knowing that at the end of the day, there is really nothing to fear. Why am I writing about this? It is simply because of the fact that I noticed that some bloggers are sometimes wary of speaking their mind when writing in their blogs. Some people like to play on the safe side. They ...

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Jun | 28 | 2008

Entitled vs. Titled

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Tips, Writing There are many things that we take for granted when it comes to the English language. This is even truer for us bloggers, I suppose. Perhaps many do not really pay attention to grammar and word usage when writing for blogs but we should all realize that these things are just as important as the idea of our posts. Yesterday, I was talking to a colleague who was evaluating a report of one of their employees. She was surprised to see the line “The article is titled so and so” so we went ahead and looked ...

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Jun | 23 | 2008

How Is Your Blog Template?

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Design and Themes, Templates When you first set your blog up, how much thought did you put on your blog template? If it was your first time blogging, you might have spent some time trying to decide on which template to use. You probably started with a free blogging template and realized early on that the template choices were limited. Then again, you didn’t really have much of a choice, did you? So now that your blog is up and running and you have built up your readership a bit, have you been having thoughts on how to improve your blog template? ...

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Jun | 21 | 2008

How Often Do You Read Other Blogs?

Posted by Jimmy as Community Building, Opinion This question popped into my mind while I was talking to another blogger friend. We both blog a lot – in fact, she maintains several blogs at the same. However, when we started talking about other blogs that we read, she gave me an almost blank look. Her unspoken question was “Do you really read other people’s blogs a lot?” I think that this is one very important aspect of blogging. One of the basic principles of blogs is the free exchange of information. More than this, blogs exist because people want to read about the ...

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Jun | 19 | 2008

Music And Blogging (Part 3)

Posted by Jimmy as Tips, Writing Here’s the last installment for this series on how you can apply musical principles to enhance your blogging experience. Hans talks about 2 remaining points – engagement and attraction. What does he mean by engagement? He highlights Bono: I think that we all have high respect for engaged singer. Maybe we don’t always share the same ideological thoughts, but being engaged inspires respect from others! The lead signer of U2, Bono seems to me like a great example of an engaged singer. His songs are engaged and the words are meaningful. In addition, he is personally a militant for ...

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Jun | 14 | 2008

Music And Blogging (Part 2)

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Opinion, Tips, Writing In the last post, we talked about the similarities between music and blogging as presented by Hans over at Daily Blog Tips. We were only able to look at one element – rhythm. Let us take a look at the other similarities. Style For many, style is everything. Though it may be true, style is also relative. When it comes to music, you have the blues, rock, jazz, pop, classical, grunge, techno, and so on. Though we do not really have such classifications when it comes to writing blogs, we do have our own different styles. ...

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Jun | 11 | 2008

Music And Blogging

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Tips, Writing I love music – who doesn’t? For many people, music is an important part of their lives. Have you ever thought that musical elements can be applied to your blogging? I have to give credit for this thought to Hans over at Daily Blogging Tips. Let me share with you some of his ideas. He starts his list off with RHYTHM. Merriam-Webster defines rhythm as “the aspect of music comprising all the elements (as accent, meter, and tempo) that relate to forward movement.” This denotes a pattern. According to Hans, your blogging rhythm is ...

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Jun | 10 | 2008

How To Try New Topics

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Tips, Writing If you are maintaining a personal blog, then this post is not for you. How so? Simply because of the fact that in personal blogs, anything goes when it comes to topics. You can talk about anything under the sun and your readership will probably not be affected simply because you did so. I guess that is one reason I love writing for my personal blog. However, if one of your blogs is targeted at a specific audience, then posting new topics – especially those that are not really related to your theme – might not be ...

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Jun | 05 | 2008

Story Telling In Your Blog (Part 2)

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Tips, Writing In the previous post, we highlighted the importance of starting BIG when telling stories in your blog. We also emphasized the need for being sure of what you want to convey and conveying your idea in a definite manner. Let us look at some more pointers in telling stories in your blog. Dialogues You have to include dialogues in your story. They do not have to be longwinded ones. In fact, the shorter, the better – at least in my book. But when you do use dialogues, make sure that they have an impact and that ...

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