Feb | 19 | 2008

Blog for a Rainy Day (Trust Me)

Posted by Andrew G.R. as Blog Tutorial, Tips, Writing Back in my days working in television news, I was taught the importance of having "evergreen" material ready to air in case of an emergency. Basically, this was generic content without any dates, names or specifics attached to it. Yes, like the plant, it has leaves all year round. If you're serious about your blogging, and pride yourself on regular updates, I would recommend creating a contingency plan in case life gets in the way. PHASE 1: Create several evergreen posts. Choose an area within your niche that is broad and has a long (or infinite) shelf life. Make a pact with ...

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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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Apr | 28 | 2007

Staying On-Topic When Blogging

Posted by Professor as Blog Tutorial, Creating a Blog, Terminology, Templates, Hosting, Design and Themes, Tips For most bloggers, the ideas running in their heads will most likely become distorted due to anxiety and the desire to be able to expound on various topics of concern properly. This is only normal but just like in any activity that they are very much inclined to prove, the need to discipline and take into consideration that they should not get off topic must be observed. Focused Writer

The issue here is that readers will not be too forgiving in making criticism, taking them to levels where they would bash bloggers at will once they have ...

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Apr | 26 | 2007

Instant Blogging Mind Rush

Posted by Professor as Blog Tutorial, Creating a Blog, Terminology, Design and Themes, Tips, Opinion The key towards creating sensible blog content is through immediately putting the thoughts in mind into writing. People who use the habit of saving them for later are likely to lose that thought and end up recalling endlessly the series of events that let them to actually putting these ideas into perspective. Instant Ideas

The spur of the moment ideology is only normal and usually, it is these thoughts that attract attention on the web. People may not think of them to highly but the truth of it all is the fact that they are indeed ...

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Apr | 24 | 2007

Image Relevance in Blog Posts

Posted by Professor as Blog Tutorial, Creating a Blog, Terminology, Templates, Images, Design and Themes, Submissions, Tips, Promotion, Community Building, Design Bloggers can use any image of their liking to act as supporting designs for usual blogs that want to prove a point. Some insights may not be shared by other people, but from the viewpoint of one person alone, a broad image to support blog entries would need in-depth content meaning for the whole entry to be justified. Graphics Artist Blogger

Irrelevant images pointing towards the actual gist of a blog entry is something that may be risky. For one thing, not all people would understand the actual intent of the blogger. To some people, blogs ...

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Apr | 21 | 2007

An Apprenticeship for Promising Blog Careers

Posted by Professor as Blog Tutorial, Creating a Blog, Terminology, Templates, Design and Themes, Monetization, Submissions, Plugins, Spam, Tips, Promotion, Opinion, Syndication, Design Many see blogging as a plain write and post scenario. Others use it as a means of training themselves for better things to look forward to such as perhaps leading towards being among the professional bloggers that are in demand today. Anyone can be a problogger if they so choose. All it needs is exposure and practice. Blogger Apprenticeship Program

All probloggers have started from the same area. It just needs to be remembered that all things need practice. This is what new bloggers are up to today. Blogging starts from an apprenticeship stage to ...

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Apr | 20 | 2007

Blog within Your Comfort Zone

Posted by Professor as Blog Tutorial, Creating a Blog, Terminology, Templates, Design and Themes, Monetization, Tips, Promotion, Syndication Many people take up blogging for a purpose. People blog to share insights, talk about issues and topics and about things where they are good at. However, today people have seen blogging more than just pure freedom of speech. It has become a weapon to make assaults towards issues as well, something that has triggered governing bodies to step in and put a control to such. Comfort Zone Blogging

There are limitations to blogging. One of them is to watch whom you would bump off or attack. Sincerity and respect should still be in line although most ...

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Apr | 19 | 2007

Blog Freely, Blog Wisely

Posted by Professor as Blog Tutorial, Creating a Blog, Terminology, Tips, Writing, Community Building Blog Freedom

There are no barriers towards blogging as we all know by now, but each person should know what they are talking about. While the freestyle of an approach may indeed be something for consideration, the fact remains that people blog to unwind and share opinions and views with other people for the sake of expanding issues on certain topics of interest. Blog do not have to be consistent. They are present for the sake of allowing people their own way of freedom of speech. This is something that allows them to voice out their concerns ...

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Apr | 18 | 2007

The Language of Blogging

Posted by Professor as Blog Tutorial, Creating a Blog, Terminology, Templates, Design and Themes, Submissions, Writing, Opinion Blog Languages

Simply put, blogging is the simplest form of being able to explain and stress issues, topics and views in the eyes of people as they see it. If we all recall our early education days, it can be typified to a reaction paper to which we are given something to read and understand initially. Afterwards, we are asked by our professors or teachers to later on make our own evaluation on what we understood about them and in our own words. In the same way, blogging does not always mean that it is consistent. Unless citations, ...

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Apr | 17 | 2007

Technical Words May Dismay Your Blog Audience

Posted by Professor as Blog Tutorial, Creating a Blog, Terminology, Templates, Design and Themes, Monetization, Spam, Tips, Promotion, Opinion a puzzled reader

Anyone who blogs is out to impress people. The use of deep-meaning words, technical adages, and uncommon terminologies may be appreciated in some ways. But they can also be a means of turning away the blog reader class you may cater to for the reason that they are too hard to understand. One thing about blogs is that they were made for a reason. This reason is that of easily understanding the usual hard to understand terminologies in the easiest way possible through detailed explanation through the view of a professional. This is the level to ...

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