Are You a Fence Sitter?

The Free Dictionary defines this expression as: fence sitter n. Informal One who takes a position of neutrality or indecision, as in a controversial matter. Take a look at some of your posts which feature particularly controversial topics. For example, when it comes to blogging practices, we have topics such as keyword density, black hat […]

Give Your Blog the Zing It Needs

  So what do you do to give your blog that extra zing to catch your readers’ attention?  Just about anyone can set up a blog account using a standard template.  You can do that as well but you will just be among the many.  If your blog is to stand out, it has to […]

Blog Entry – The Long and Short of It

Writing a blog post is a great way to send a message across to readers. Maximizing its potentials however to grab attention and retain it gives rise to the question as to its appropriate length. How long or short should a post be? That is the question. Long posts are said to generate more traffic […]

Beating the Blog Rut

Bloggers are very familiar with the blog rut. There are days when you simply can’t think of anything to write. This is where Jimmy’s series of posts on Tips On Coming Up with Topics (I, II & III) comes in very useful. However, for themed blogs there are those days when there doesn’t seem to […]

Successful Blogs Need a Paid Hosting Service

As you gain readers for your blog, you may find that the simple blog page that worked for you in the beginning is no longer accommodating all your needs. When you decide you want to graduate to a more sophisticated website that is when you should begin to look at paid blog hosting services. Free […]

What If You Hate What You Blog About?

The basic premise in blogging, I believe, is that you blog because you want to. As such, you should blog about things and topics that you actually care about. Why blog if you hate what you are blogging about? After all, who is forcing you to remain as a blogger? There are some special cases, […]