How Writers Are Taught To Stink, And How To Throw The Smell Off Forever

I know. I get it. This should be a time for serving eggnog, not swift kicks to the pants. But there are too many people who need it this holiday season. If you’re a talented, creative, funny, one-in-a-million type of writer who isn’t getting any responses on your blog, you should ask yourself whether the [...]

7 Reasons Your Blog Post Might Not Be Ready to Publish

7 Reasons Your Blog Post Might Not Be Ready to Publish

Whether you post once a week on your WordPress blog or daily, there is nothing more satisfying then pushing that ‘publish’ button and sending your words of wisdom out to your loyal readers. Formatting done? Check. Photos placed? Check. Ready to hit publish? Check—er, wait. Is there something you’ve overlooked? Is your post ready for [...]

How to Use Your Blog as a Marketing Tool

Blogs for marketing

For many bloggers, using their blog as a marketing tool isn’t the prime reason for blogging. It’s more a personal journey and a way to share thoughts, ideas and more with anyone who cares to read. But for just as many others, a blog offers a great marketing platform to build from. This can be [...]

Your Blogging Superpower

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My friends and I play the game “Would You Rather…” quite a bit. It’s a game that’s only limited by your imagination, creativity and sometimes your calmness during offensive topics. No matter how many different times we play it and no matter how many different questions are asked, one that always makes the rounds is [...]

What You Can Learn About Blogging From Going Paleo

Paleolithic Blogger

For about a month now I’ve made the lifestyle and diet change known as “Going Paleo.” It goes by many names: The Caveman Diet, The Paleo Diet, Way Too Hard Diet, and so on. I won’t go into detail about what my experience has been since the change except to say that I’ve gotten the results I [...]

We Get It…Unless We Don’t: Content Clarity Counts

Vague

This post originally appeared on JoeyStrawn.com, but when writing it I knew it had implications for the For Bloggers, By Bloggers audience as well. So, I have adjusted the content and reposted an updated version here specifically for you guys. Enjoy! This is a story about miscommunication. It’s also a story about the importance of [...]

The Wizarding World of Harry Blogger

Potter Pals

Sometimes it seems like magic how writers and podcasters come up with new topics and angles to write about. It appears magical because there definitely is a extraordinary quality to people who can pump out quality content week after week without seemingly taking a break. I wanted to bring a little of that magic here [...]

Setting Up Your Blogging Paradise

Welcome to your writing paradise

Let’s take a journey to where your ideas come from. Let’s run through fields of caramelized clover and dance with Pepperidge Farm Puppies until we get to the valley of blogging paradise where you can sit in peace and write opus after manifesto and every one wins the Nobel Prize for Awesomeness. Yeah, so unfortunately [...]

Give Your Children Away

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Conception. Something beautiful happened and after a time of growth will be introduced to the world. You’ll work harder and longer than you ever have before, but will be strangely more fulfilled. You become attached. You’ve watched them grow and for the first part of their existence, their survival has relied completely upon you and your [...]