It’s getting to be that time of year: The holidays are done, the calendar is preparing to roll over to a new year and everyone is looking for a fresh start. Even if 2011 was a great year, upon reflection, there is always room for improvement and the New Year, though really just another date, […]
Should I Write for Myself or For Someone Else?
One of the questions which many online copywriters ask themselves is whether they should keep on writing for other people’s sites and get paid for it or start to write on their own sites which they could make money from. It isn’t a question which can be answered with a quick and simple “yes†or […]
What to Do When Blogging Isn’t Fun
It’s a day that every blogger dreads. You wake up and, though you feel pretty good, you don’t really feel like blogging. Maybe you feel like working on your car, going for a walk or simply doing something else. No matter what though, you know you definitely don’t want to sit down and write a […]
Blogging Pitfalls: How To Avoid an International Incident
It can be easy to forget that the Web is a truly international phenomenon and that people visit and view our sites from every continent and from all over the world. While this is a truly amazing thing as it means that our message and our information can, quite literally, spread all across the globe […]
Blogging Pitfalls: How to Avoid Blogging Overload
Nearly every blogger has had this experience. You fall ill, go on vacation or otherwise miss a day or two of posting and then come back to a serious mess. With so much to catch up on, only 24 hours in the day and a workload that could crush any mortal, many either just give […]
Blogging Pitfalls: How to Avoid Lazy Writing and Editing
At the end of the day, the most basic activity a blogger must do is write. While it is true that bloggers are, with good reason, expending more and more into video and audio, at some point every blogger is going to have to write something. It might be a description, a bio or even […]
5+7 Tips to Spark Blogging Inspiration
If you’ve written or blogged for at least a few months, you know that inspiration comes and goes. It’s not always lack of ideas that stop you from getting that next blog post out — often it’s having too many ideas and having doubts about what to write. Here are a few tips to spark […]
Blogging: Outdoors vs. Indoors
One of the things I love about writing is that I can do it from anywhere. Whether I’m perched atop the Himalayas or laying poolside in Vegas, all I need is a pen and paper and a money-making creative purge is right around the corner. That’s a sexy thought, one that has spawned many people […]
The Beauty of Blogs
This is a guest entry by Pamela Ferdinand, a Chicago-based journalist and co-author of the triple memoir “Three Wishes: A True Story of Good Friends, Crushing Heartbreak, and Astonishing Luck on Our Way to Love and Motherhood” I never thought I would be a blogger. Then again, I never thought I would write a memoir. […]
4 Things Today’s Bloggers Can Learn From American Idol!
Okay, after much deliberation, I’ve decided to go public with a personal confession. As they say, confession is good for the soul. Right? So, here it goes… Other than Keanu Reeves, Jazz music, herbal tea, and your “garden variety†50% off sale, there are few things that I’m fonder of than American Idol. Now that […]
