13 WordPress Blog Design ‘Don’ts’

13 WordPress Blog design don'ts

This is a hectic week for me. I’m headed for the BlogWorld and New Media Expo in Los Angeles, where I’ll be speaking on how to make your blog user-friendly. Doing the final touches on my presentation, and writing a post, “What I Won’t Do at BlogWorld,” got me thinking about things people shouldn’t do [...]

8 Bloggers You Should Be Reading Right Now

Blog Block

I’ll start this off be saying this is an idea I’m borrowing from Marcus Sheridan, AKA The Sales Lion. He highlighted 15 bloggers who he said were changing the blogosphere and I think he had an amazing list. I am in no way writing this post to take away from those highlighted in Marcus’ list [...]

What Michael Jackson Can Teach Us About Blogging

Michael Jackson blog

He is an American icon, having over 12 Number 1 singles (more than any other male artist) and won 13 Grammy Awards and 26 American Music Awards.  As a musician he is a legend, but just what can the King of Pop teach us about great blogging? Let’s take a look at some his most [...]

10 Secret Fears of Bloggers

frightened baby

Blogging fears. We all have them. And we don’t always want to talk about them. But when we sit down to write, they rear their ugly heads, those nasty trolls with the beady eyes and crazy orange hair: “What makes you think you can write?” “Why would anyone be interested in what you have to [...]

7 Reasons I Hate Your Blog

Angry Kid

Blogging is a personal thing.  The name alone comes from a combination of “web” and “log” as they began simply as personal, online logs of activity and opinion.  No one can tell you the right way or wrong way to blog, that’s true.  You hold the right to write how you want, blogging is a [...]

Everything You Know About Blogging Is Wrong

Blogging the wrong way

“Don’t listen to a word I’ve said, yet do everything I’ve told you.” It’s time you heard it. No more beating around the bush. Everything you know and everything you’ve been told about blogging is totally, 100% wrong. And because of that, you’re doing it wrong. 7 Easy Steps To Blogging Wrong Let’s start from [...]

The 7 Stages of Blogging Grief

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Whether you are brand new to blogging, have been doing it for years, or are just thinking about getting started, you’ve dealt with it: Blogging Grief. Don’t worry, it happens to the best of us. It’ll happen again and again, but just know that we are here for you. Your community supports you. You may [...]