How to Tell if Your Blog Has a Brand: The One-Word Test

what one word describes your blog

You have a blog, unless you are blogging for a corporation, the blog is what it is because of you—I mean, you, the person. It’s a personal blog or it’s a business blog. But it’s you. So who are you? Recently, Danny Brown talked about how important it is to not only to serve up [...]

Full or Truncated RSS Feed – Which Is Best for Your Blog?

Full or truncated RSS feed

As a blogger, the first thing you want to do is set up an easy subscription service for your readers. Every blog comes with a standard RSS feed to subscribe to, but that can be limited, so you want to offer dedicated subscription options for your visitors. (If you’re unsure what RSS is, this site [...]

Lose the Resolutions: 21 Smart Ways to Get More Readers in 2011

New Year's dog

I swear this will be the year I finally do it. Lose 10 pounds. Really, I will.  I’ll hop on that elliptical machine at 5:30 every morning and push those pedals for 60 minutes. Every day. I’ll never take another bite of Dreyer’s Fudge Swirl ice cream. I will finish my book. Are you an [...]

Emotional Buy-in: How to Engage Your Blog’s Readers with Humor

using humor in blogs

Have you ever noticed that making someone laugh brings them closer to you? That you feel more connected to that person? Humor is one of the best ways to connect emotionally with our readers. We laugh with each other and all of a sudden we have a bond. It’s like laughter becomes a bridge between [...]

7 Vital Steps You Must Take To Boost Your Blog’s Readership

Blog comment exchanges

This is the first contributor post to For Bloggers by Bloggers. It stemmed from this comment, and I thought it was so good it deserved to be a post in its own right. I reached out to Patrick and he kindly agreed. Enjoy. DB. If you run a blog and want it to grow by [...]

5 Ways to Foster Community on Your Blog

Social communities

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found the answer is community. – Dorothy Day If you have community, you have a lot. This is even true when it comes to your blog. There is no better feeling than building a growing and interactive community of readers on your site. That amazing [...]