The Secret About Secret Posts

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Shhh…I have a secret. Come closer so I can tell you. Closer. Closer. Well, to be honest, this is text not spoken word, so it isn’t like you actually have to come closer. Unless you have bad eyesight. That’s right, I have a big secret, and I’m going to share it on my blog. And … [Read more]

Love your Blog? I suggest not…

Earlier this evening Alli wrote a thought-provoking posting here entitled Overheard on #Blogchat: Love Your Blog! but the more I think about it, the more I think that’s not such good advice after all. Let me explain before y’all get your knickers in a twist… I find a lot of personal blogs to be boring. … [Read more]

Overheard on #Blogchat: Love Your Blog!

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Every Sunday night, bloggers can participate in #blogchat, a weekly Twitter discussion about the weekly topic. It was started by @MackCollier and, in my opinion, is a good example of what a Twitter chat should be. I thought it would be fun to comment here on some of the tweets made during #blogchat every week, … [Read more]

How to Blog with a “Roommate”

Me and my roommate - both literally and at Binge Gamer.

Having a roommate is tough. On July 1, I moved in with my best friend, and even though we have similar hobbies, share a need for privacy, and fully respect one another and our space needs, we still get frustrated with one another at times. It’s bound to happen, no matter how much you like … [Read more]

Getting Readers to Love Your Link Love

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Link love makes the blogging world go ’round. It’s really a form of social networking within your blog post. After all, if I see that someone linked me in one of their blog posts, I’m likely going to stop by their site and leave a comment, even if we aren’t friends. There’s no wrong way … [Read more]

How to Get Published on a Premium Tech Blog

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The word “influence” has become one of the most popular buzzwords across the blogosphere and apparently there’s a right way to garner influence, and a wrong way. For most tech bloggers, influence is about becoming a thought leader on a specific topic in order to reach a business or personal goal. So whether you’re the … [Read more]

To Blogroll or Not to Blogroll…

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When I first started blogging, everyone had a blogroll. I mean everyone. It was only natural to show some link love on your sidebar to people you enjoyed reading and people writing about similar topics. Slowly, blogrolls began to disappear, to the point where they’re now pretty old skool. At first, it was just the … [Read more]

Blogging Fear and the Kitty Door

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I have this incredible fat cat named Godiva. She’s my best friend in the the whole world – one of those animals who knows when something is wrong and firmly plants herself by your side when you’re upset. Today, I’d like to tell you the story of how I came about to own Godiva, and … [Read more]

There’s Plenty of Crying in Blogging

One of my favorite movies is A League of Their Own, which had the infamous line, “There’s no crying in baseball!” There might not be crying in baseball, but in the blogging world? There’s plenty of crying. Plenty of crying. Yesterday, some people I follow tweeted a link to Erica Douglass’ blog, specifically to a … [Read more]

More about the Ant Mentality: Every Reader is a Scout

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Yesterday, I talked a little about the ant mentality and how you can use it to grow your readership. The basis of the ant mentality is that people will follow the crowd, so you can tap into that to bring more traffic to your blog. Not only do you need to write great content, but … [Read more]