Here is the newest WordPress plugin I installed on The Friendly Blogger: BlogGlue Related Posts Network Plugin, which I strongly recommend you to install on your blog. Why? Well, the number one reason I can think of is that bloggers often can’t grow his or her own blog without the help of other bloggers recommending…
When you are looking for free images to accompany your blog post, you need to understand that – unless you are using your own images – there are copyrights and attribution rules to follow. Let’s take Flickr for example – one of the image sites I usually refer to when looking for images for my…
Enjoying surprises? Well, then what I’m about to write wouldn’t interest you… but you should read this blog post, anyway 🙂 If you are running a blog and want to better engage your readers by offering them to join your mailing list for regular newsletters (and blurbs of special offers,) you need to use email…
Bloggers blog for many reasons – to share their thoughts, to promote their “real” business, or to make money online via their own blogs. As of for me, I blog not because I like to write – I’m not a good writer and writing a 400-word article always a tough one for me. I blog…
There are times in your blogging days that you can’t blog as often as before for some reasons: Busy with your day job, having kids to take care, or simply want to take a break once and a while. If you experience such situation, you might want to consider hiring a ghost blogger. Who is…
Did you know that your blog site speed will affect your search engine rankings? Big G let us know about site speed’s role in search rankings in the Official Google Webmaster Central Blog about a year ago. From the blog post: Like us, our users place a lot of value in speed – that’s why…
Is self-promotional good for your blog and personal branding? Many would disagree with me, but I would say yes. Here’s why. For years, I used to bookmark the majority of newly published blog posts. I Digg ’em; I StumbleUpon ’em; I submit ’em to many other social bookmarking/networking sites. While many try to rank high…
Are you interested in free giveaway with no catch? If so, well, you have come to the right place! Via this blog post I would like to start a good habit of offering freebies for The Friendly Blogger’s readers – something to give back to the community 🙂 Up for grab – a free WordPress…
