Sep | 20 | 2008

Are Paid Posts Ethical?

Posted by Jimmy as Opinion, Writing This question has been debated and discussed for a very long time now. Ever since pay per post platforms entered the blogosphere, the controversy has been around. On the one hand, there are those people who believe that bloggers should not receive any form of compensation for what they write – monetary or in kind. They liken bloggers to journalists and as such, hold up bloggers to the same standards of integrity. On the other hand, there are those people who believe that there is nothing wrong with making money off blogging. After all, it ...

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Sep | 10 | 2008

Long Or Short?

Posted by Jimmy as Tips, Writing No, I am not talking about the size of paper. I am, in fact, thinking about the length of a blog post. I have always been a proponent of short blog posts – not short short but roundabouts 200++ words. My rationale is that readers who frequent blogs may not have the luxury of time for reading through long and convoluted posts. These past few weeks, however, I have thought a bit on this topic and I think that I might have to qualify my stand. Don’t get me wrong, I still am a proponent of ...

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Sep | 06 | 2008

How Important Is Your Template?

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Opinion, Templates, Tips For my personal blog, I joined this web site wherein you generate traffic by visiting other blogs. The idea is that you review other web sites and they do the same thing. It is a fair exchange, I think. You get to discover other blogs and you also receive feedback that can help you improve your blog. One recurring feedback that I get is about my template. You see, back when I started, I used a default template. I liked it and have not had the time to change it yet. Taking into consideration the ...

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Aug | 30 | 2008

More Commonly Confused Words

Posted by Jimmy as Tips, Writing I think it is time for another post on commonly confused words. There are countless pairs of words that can be easily mistaken – one for the other – and I doubt that we will run out of them. So what do we have for today? Read on to find out. Stationary and stationery Which is which? The first word, stationary means to be standing still or not moving. The second one, stationery means a piece of paper, usually used for writing letters. They sound alike so it is very easy to make a slip and ...

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Aug | 26 | 2008

A Closer Look At Proofreading

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorials News We have talked about editing and proofreading several times – we just cannot emphasize this enough. Sometimes, however, our proofreading does not work. This could be due to a variety of reasons. So here are some tips that could help you proofread your work more effectively. Concentrate Sometimes, when you edit your work, you tend to be lax and your mind wanders. This could be due to tiredness – after all, you just spun out several hundred words. Still, if you want a clean piece of work, then you have to focus on your task tightly. ...

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Aug | 24 | 2008

How Do You Start Your Posts?

Posted by Jimmy as Tips, Writing The headline or title is the most important part of a blog post. At least that is what some people say. However, as important as the headline or title of a post is, you cannot discount the other parts and one other very important part is your opening line (or lines for that matter). How do you open your blog post? Remember, though you may have hooked readers due to your great headline, you still have to be able to keep them engaged with your opening line. That is how important it is. One of my favorite ways ...

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Aug | 23 | 2008

The Active And Passive Voice

Posted by Jimmy as Tips, Writing It’s ok, don’t panic. We are not going back to grades school English grammar lessons. I just thought that it would be good to have a refresher post on this topic as it would make a big difference on your writing. So which is which? The active voice is the sentence structure wherein the subject actually does the action. Here are some examples of sentences in the active voice: The girl hit her brother. The girl is the subject and she performs the action, which is to hit. Writers have expressed their concerns to the authorities. Writers is the subject and ...

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Aug | 20 | 2008

Some Commonly Confused Words

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Tips, Writing Good blogging is good writing. I have said that many times and stand by it. If you remember, I posted something on the difference between entitled and titled. To refresh your memory, entitled means to give someone the right to something while titled means having the title of (such as books, movies, and other works). In this post, let us look at a couple more pairs of commonly confused words. Affect versus effect Sometimes we see or hear one word being used instead of the other. This could be due to the fact that sometimes, when ...

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Aug | 16 | 2008

Finding Time To Write (Part 3)

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Tips, Writing Still don’t have enough time to write even with the tips we have been looking at for the past two blog posts? Well don’t fret, here are several more things that I have in mind that might just help you out. Make your lunch break more productive The average employee has 1 hour for lunch. Think about it, though, do you really need an hour to eat lunch every day? Perhaps two or three times a week, you can spend a shorter time for eating lunch. What you can do instead is to spend the remaining part of ...

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