So, You Want To Suck At Blogging

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So, you’ve officially sucked at Facebook, blown a fat one on Twitter and destroyed LinkedIn with your crappiness and you want to make the move to blogging. Sucking at blogging, though, is pretty easy compared to all the others. Don’t believe me? Well, then, but let’s dive in and get you on your way to [...]

What Is Your Blog Actually Saying?

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“Mel Funn: Mr. Marceau, how would you like to appear in the first silent movie made in nearly 50 years? Marcel Marceau: No!” Mel Brooks‘ Silent Movie What is clever/funny/ironic/brilliant about the above piece of dialogue from Mel Brooks’ 1976 Silent Movie is, that line is the only line of dialogue heard in the entire film and it is spoken [...]

Blog: For A Limited Time Only!

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My favorite part of almost every episode of Inspector Gadget was when Chief Quimby would show up in a garbage can, or locker, or sewer grate and give Gadget his assignment. The best part was that each time Gadget would finish the letter it would self-destruct, making the message all the more important and secret. [...]

Get Your Livefyre Commenting System Walk-through

Livefyre Commenting System

Here at For Bloggers, By Bloggers, we have talked a lot about Livefyre, our preferred commenting system.  And we proudly use it here on this blog. If you compare Livefyre to the WordPress vanilla commenting system, social sharing and realtime conversations are only two of the reasons to use Livefyre to turn your readers and [...]

Give In To Your Inner Blogger

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A lot of people talk about connecting with your inner child. Normally, I’d be all over that advice. Hell, your inner child likes ice cream and Xbox games, singing along to New Kids on the Block and silly string, but the problem with bringing up the advice to connect with your inner child on a [...]

Do You Brand Your Blog?

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You’re undoubtedly familiar with branding in business and in life. So does branding apply to blogs? If I show you 4 overlapping silver rings, you’re going to recognise the logo as Audi. If it’s five coloured, overlapping rings you might think Olympics. If I say, “just do it,” you’re going to think Nike and visualise [...]

4 Old School Ways to Promote a Brand New Blog

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Starting a brand new blog can be a daunting task. It is filled with things like: Discovering your passion Researching a niche Designing the site Writing content Finding your voice Implementing Search Engine Optimization Promotion That’s a lot to think about and do. Here’s a tip right off the bat. All of the topics I [...]

5 Ways To Attract More Comments On Your Blog

Attracting More Comments to Your Blog

Getting more comments on your blog has many benefits to you and your readership. Before we take a look at ways to attract more comments, let’s take a look at those benefits.

This Is It: The #1 Tip Ever In The History of Blogging!

#1 Blogging Tip

This blog is full of tips. Tips to help you write better. Tips to encourage comments and shares. Tips to find your voice. Tips for using WordPress effectively. We even supply tips to ensure that your blog doesn’t suck eggs. Lots of helpful, useful, easy to integrate into your blogging strategy kind of tips. I want [...]