Three years ago I never imagined how blogging would change my life. I would have never thought that I would meet a few friends through blogging that are now my best friends. If you would have told me that my career was going to be in blogging and social media down the road, I might…
Yesterday I stumbled on an intriguing blog post by Ana Hoffman, titled in a slightly provocative manner: “The Slow Rotting of the Web and Blogosphere.” Ana shares a pretty scary picture of where blogging and the web are heading to today. To sum up Ana’s blog post: Blogging and blogs are heading toward extinction. Talk…
This question has always been difficult to answer: How often should you publish a blog post? For me a blog post every two or three days is adequate – however, I do post (almost) everyday on several blogs I own. The Friendly Blogger is updated every 2 or 3 days – sometimes everyday (thanks, Lisa,…
College is rife with educational and extracurricular opportunities. Between going to class, studying, and attending club meetings, students are certainly kept busy. Some may find it difficult to stay current with non-academic pursuits, such as maintaining a personal blog, but there is good news. Applying the same kind of discipline to blogging that one directs…
I know you are thinking right now that I am nuts, however, we have already established that fact! 🙂 Why would you want to check your spam box? I mean, that’s what your anti-spam plug in is for. To grab all that nasty spam and keep away from your eyeballs, right? Well, technically yes. However,…
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…
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…
People blog for many reasons. Some blogs to share the world what they think about a particular issue. Some blogs about anything come across their mind. Some blog with money comes first as their to priority (hence the booming of autoblogging and MFA – Made For AdSense blogs.) Some even blog to rants and attack…
