Photo by Joy Banerjee
In just a few days, my family and I will be traveling almost 7,000 miles and through seven time zones. I have a sneaky suspicion I’ll be busier dealing with two preschoolers wanting to sleep all day and party all night than I will blogging.
But since blogging provides my family a [...]

The blogosphere is growing in leaps and bounds, and it’s showing no signs of stopping. It has become a beautiful community of friends, an even playing field for successful networking, and a veritable gold mine for advertisers. But because there are so many blogs out there, the party is teeming with people, and it’s getting [...]

Even though I’ve been a blogger since 2005, I’ve learned so much about blogging from others just this past year. Sometimes, it’s reinventing the wheel to regurgitate the tips and tricks others have already said. So without adieu, here are some great meta blogs (blogs about blogging), and a few of their best articles.
ProBlogger | [...]

Photo by Rodrick Reidsma
We research, write, edit, tweak, search for photos, download, upload, design, write code, align, adjust, and obsess.  Blogging involves a lot of tasks, and it can easily suck away valuable hours.
It’s always great to find little sources online that speed up the process.  Here are a few I use constantly:
1. Find basic [...]

Photo by Tamelyn Feinstein
Comments – bloggers lust after them.  They make our day, and many times, it’s what we use to measure the “success” of a post.
But they can be hard to get, can’t they?
This may sound obvious, but a post won’t generate a lot of comments unless it’s a comment-worthy post.  And a blog [...]

Photo by Gaetan Lee
If your blog is a business you’d like to promote, then there’s a few simple ways to get your link out there and to expand your readership.
Here are a few ideas.
1.  Your Email Signature
Take advantage of the “settings” feature in services like Gmail, and add a simple signature that includes your blog’s [...]

Photo by Dave Shea
Blogging is more than just writing. Add all the feed reading, topic researching, photo selecting, social networking and promoting, and comment moderating – blogging can unintentionally become a full-time job.
Here are a few tips I’ve applied in my own life to set healthy parameters around my time spent blogging and my time [...]

I’ve recently heard from a number of folks wanting to start a blog, but aren’t sure where to start.  So to kick off this new site of mine, I’m going to write a six-part series on how to start a blog from the very beginning.  Expect it to take about six weeks, since I’m sticking [...]

Photo by Athena
If you want to be a trusted, valuable resource in your blog’s niche, you’ll want to write posts that stand out.  Posts that people will bookmark, e-mail to their friends, mention on their own blogs, or even simply print out and stick on the fridge – these are the types of posts that [...]