LOST IN THE DARK RIDE

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Yesterday I wrote about how to choose a topic to write about for blog posts and today in this video post I want to follow up this topic with a [...]

Today SixApart have launched Movable Type 4.2 and Movable Type Pro.
MT was the first blogging platform that I experienced (after a brief stint with blogger.com) and for a long while it had everything that I needed - however in time it became a little slow and problematic and with the surge in popularity around WordPress [...]

Ever had a ‘defining moment’ that changed the direction of your blog? A moment of realization that makes you stop in your tracks and reinvent your approach?
Maria Gajewski from Never The Same River Twice emailed me today to tell me about her recent defining moment which she calls her Authentic Blogging Manifesto in which she [...]

Today I’d like to talk about choosing topics for blog posts as part of our series on how to craft a blog post.
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Choosing the right topic to write about on your blog is vital if you want to write a post that engages your reader.

Rushing the choice of topic can set you [...]

It has been two weeks since the launch of the BlogMastermind blog mentoring program and today I thought I’d ask some of those that I referred to the program to review it for me. While I think it’s a great resource I wanted to give actual participants in the program the opportunity to have their [...]

‘How do I make my page load faster?’ - it’s a question I get a bit so I thought I’d ask Aaron Brazell from Technosailor to tackle the question and offer some suggestions around enhancing page load times.
“The internet is dying.”
This phrase, though probably a bit sensationalist, is also not far from the truth. As [...]

This morning I got on the phone with internet marketer Jack Humphrey as part of his webside chats series of interviews. It was an enjoyable 45 minutes which you can listen into here:

Jack also has some other great interviews in his series - check them out here.
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It hits you like a TON of BRICKS! It’s an idea for that KILLER blog post that is just bound to bring you all the traffic that you’ve ever dreamed of.

With the idea fresh in your mind you sit down at your keyboard and BANG it out - desperate to hit publish as quickly as [...]

What to do when a PR company pitches to you badly
Every day I get 5-10 emails from PR companies trying to pitch me with one of their client’s products or services.
In my estimate - 1 in 10 do it well.
The rest clearly either don’t know how to pitch to bloggers or don’t really care.
Common mistakes [...]

In this post Glen Allsopp from Pluginid.com takes a look at passion and how to choose what to write about. I’ve included a few links to other posts on this topic below also. Image by Dario.

“Don’t do it for the money, do it because you love it!”
Sound familiar? It should do, because almost every blog [...]