Question: What is the right collective term for a large number of bloggers? (A note on collective terms. A “herd” is the right collective term for buffalo, a “mob” would be the term for angry people). Is it a swarm of bloggers? A school or a flock? I’m going with swarm since that carries the […]
We all read blogs. They give us instant access to information, insight into other people, and provide multiple viewpoints on specific subjects. But sometimes, reading a blog just doesn’t cut it. Sometimes, you realize YOU are the one who has something relevant to add to the online conversation. In those cases, starting your own blog may be […]
In grammar, an adjective is a ‘describing’ word; the main syntactic role of which, is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified. Adjectives assign value to the words they modify. They tell you how you should feel about those words. The New York Times ran an article in June of 2012 in which they actually scolded themselves for overusing the […]
Tim O’Reilly introduced the Blogger’s Code of Conduct as a means to help enforce civility. Tim’s idea was that if bloggers themselves were civil on their own blog, it would encourage others to be civil as well. He also suggested bloggers moderate comments on their blog. So why was the Blogger’s Code introduced in the first […]
It happens to everyone…writer’s block. You think you have written everything you can think of. You have tried brainstorming ideas with no luck. You are down to twiddling your thumbs in frustration. What’s a blog writer to do?? Maybe writer’s block isn’t your problem, maybe it’s poor writing in general. Don’t let poor writing contribute […]
What is the second most important part of your blog after the title? Eugene Schwartz was one of the very best copywriters ever. We still “borrow” his material today. It was not uncommon for him to spend an entire week on the first fifty words of an ad–the headline and the opening paragraph. His specialty was direct-mail […]
Blogging is such a great adventure. It gives you the fabulous opportunity to share what’s on your mind with millions of folks you will never meet. It gives you the opportunity to grow your business in a new direction. It gives you an opportunity to connect with family and friends. It gives you an opportunity […]
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language though it really isn’t a programming language. HTML is a way to describe how a set of text and images should be displayed to a viewer. It really is not that difficult to use. Writing an HTML file simply means you will compose the text you want to […]
Today we are sharing a post from Quaint Scribbles. This post discusses how a homeschool Mom, Jackie, uses blogging to help encourage her reluctant writer. The ideas in this post are great for not only homeschoolers, but non-homeschooled kids as well. So pull up a chair and find out to jump start your child’s writing […]
Guest Blogging
Guest blogging is one of the best ways to build traffic to your site and gain faithful new followers. So how do you accomplish this great feat? It’s not all that hard to do. Identify a blog that is similar to yours and already has a big following. Next, read that person’s blog. Look at […]