In another thread, I mentioned that I would be coming out with an article on how to use the FeedBurner service and thought since it was within a different thread, not everyone may know that it's available.
The article ended up growing into a full 22 page report on using and building traffic...
Hello 5 Star readers...new to blogging and RSS?
I just stumbled across a great video that explains RSS in plain English. Of course, there are some areas where I wish he'd slowed down or explained a little more, but definitely a great start. It's short (about 4 minutes), so I recommend...
There has been a lot of buzz in the blogosphere recently about a new company called Buy Blog Comments. (I won't link to them here, however, I did a complete write up called Buy Blog Comments - The Changing Face of Comment Spam.)
From the company website:
Did you catch that? They actually keep...
There was a fleeting discussion here recently about using software to create blog content automatically and I wanted to make a formal discussion out of it to educate others who may be going down the same road.
Auto generated blog content is not a solution to anything and could actually land...
This thread is actually a spin-off of another great topic started by Linda. Somewhere along the lines, the conversation veered off onto the topic of good business books to read when you're just getting started and felt the topic deserved its own thread.
So, I'll be the first to start, but I'm...
Yes, they are two different things.
WordPress is the standalone version of WordPress that can be downloaded from the .org website. You can modify this until your heart is content, however, it implies that you do not fear installing software and have a bit of tech savvy to you. (You don't need...
It started a while ago, but I didn't pay much attention. Then one day I received a sale notification for an affiliate program I didn't think I signed up with. Curious, I went to the site to see if I had signed up and forgotten, but none of my standard affiliate e-mail addresses worked. Something...
Hello fellow 5 Star members,
I'm finally plunging into the deep waters of website sales. The first site I've decided to put on the auction block is already an established, revenue generating site that I simply do not have the time for anymore. But, before I actually list the website for sale, I...
Not too long ago, Yahoo! Inc scooped up the blog networking service MyBlogLog. It's reported that the price tag is $10 million - wowsa.
Wonder what changes lay in store for the website now that it is Yahoo! owned. If Yahoo! follows the trend, not much will change. Case and point, look at...
To all the bloggers out there, how many blogs do you manage and, by manage, I mean blogs that are fully launched and are regularly updated (you may count your client's blogs if you have any and networks you participate in)?
Now, I'm aware that it's not always nice to ask a question you...
Over the years, I've noticed that third party blogging tools can make updating a blog much easier -- and in some cases, especially when you need to update multiple blogs, it can be a godsend.
For the past year an a half, I've been using w.bloggar (and am even toying with the idea of compiling...
You know, this completely slipped my mind. A little while back, I wrote a very short WordPress guide geared towards the WordPress newbie.
The guide is only 7 pages (so it should be a quick read and easy to digest), and each section has a link to tutorials/further information.
The topics...
Taking a cue from Mike, I'm just dropping a note about being quoted in an article on blog jargon (aptly named "Blargon") by William Safire in the Sunday New York Times Magazine.
Now, if only I can get a nice mention in the WSJ :D
I was reading about Darren's ordeal with a blog stalker, and recently I was asked by a potential client why I don't list my phone number/physical address on my websites and I thought it would be a good topic to discuss here.
Do you really know who is reading your blogs and gathering...
The blogonomics blog cruise is coming to town. If you're a business blogger, or want to learn more about business blogging, then this can be a great opportunity for you.
Some of the speakers include Darren Rowse, Tris Hussey, Robert Scoble, et al.
The cruise is scheduled for mid-Oct, but...
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott is a very well written and hilarious book on writing.
I gathered quite a bit of insight and inspiration from Anne's book, much of which can be applied to blogging.
The essense of blogging and the blogosphere is...
I just finished a post on managing a large number of blogs and thought that I should pop over and add some of the tips here :).
Managing just a few websites can pose problems, but when you start getting into the double digits, that's when the trouble really starts...if you're not organized...
A hot question being asked about blogs right now is whether to go with a hosted solution or a non-hosted solution.
First, what does hosted/non-hosted blog solution mean?
A hosted blog is a blog that resides on someone else's servers. A couple of the most widely known hosted blog services...
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