Blog Tips

Why your blog was an epic fail.

September 28, 2010

I’m going to pretend to know what I’m talking about as I write this post. If it doesn’t make any sense… I apologize, I already told you I was pretending. “I Could be Fake” is not my first blog attempt. Oh no, not even close to being my first attempt. I’ve had several blogs,...

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What’s a Niche? And do you really need one? Who says so?

September 25, 2010

What is a niche anyway? In the blog world it’s basically the focus of your blog. I am Niche-less. I realized this when I read a post titled “Defying Definition, One Niche at a Time” by Maranda {one of my fav bloggy friends}. In it, she says: I transcend niches. I move in and...

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WordPress Security Plugins.

September 23, 2010

I figured I should do whatever I can from my end to keep my site secure, even if Bluehost isn’t willing to help me out in any way. I can at least be responsible from this side, right? You just never know when you will be attacked. And you may think it can’t happen...

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Copywriting Scrorecard for Bloggers

September 4, 2010

The other day I purchased Problogger’s eBook ‘Copywriting Scorecard for Bloggers‘. It explains how to write better posts and it has a scorecard for you to print out {repeatedly, for each post}. I was curious how my blog posts would score and suspected they wouldn’t score well. So I browsed through my blog’s archives,...

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My must-have plugins.

September 3, 2010

It’s been a while since I’ve posted about WordPress plugins that I’m liking. I’ve added more plugins {they’re slightly addicting} and thought I would share. Broken Link Checker – Suggested in a blog post by Mama Kat, this plugin checks your entire site for broken links and posts them on your dashboard where you...

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How NOT to comment on blogs.

July 12, 2010
How NOT to comment on blogs.

I’m a Googler. I Google just about everything. My latest Google search: “How not to comment on blogs”. Are you wondering why I would Google such a thing? It’s because I get comments like this: I’m a new follower via Google Friend Connect Found you through Follow Me Back Tuesday. I’m a new Follower...

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More WordPress Plugins I love!

July 5, 2010

If you haven’t read my first set of  WordPress Plugins I love, click here to read that! I have added a few new plugins to my list of Plugin Loves: TweetMeme Retweet Button – This plugin quickly and easily adds the Tweet button and tweet count to your blog posts. You want your readers...

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WordPress Plugins I Love!

June 17, 2010

I’m sure those of us who use self-hosted WordPress for our blogs each have our own set of plug-ins that we love. Here is my list of “must-have” plugins for WordPress: Comment Luv – Who doesn’t want to show a little love on their blog to the people that take the time to comment??...

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Photos in your posts.

June 8, 2010
Photos in your posts.

It is well known that breaking up your blog posts with images helps your readers stay on your page. If you’re a scrapbooker and your blog is about scrapbooking or making cards or anything of that nature, then you really don’t have a problem! But for the rest of the blogs, I have come...

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