Does Your Blog Pass The ‘So What’ Test?
Posted by Sharon Hurley Hall on February 9th, 2010
So what? A long time ago I was told that if you wrote something and readers said ’so what?’ then you had failed. I think the same is true of blogging. Your blog may have bells and whistles, but what do readers really think?
Shiny Intro Page, So What?
Sometimes it’s tempting to go for the latest web design craze or to include all the elements we like to play with ourselves. We have all visited […] Continue Reading…
TwitTangle Tries To Declutter Twitter
Posted by Sharon Hurley Hall on January 26th, 2010
If you have a Twitter account to go along with your blog, sooner or later you’ll get to the point where you can’t keep up with all your followers any more. TwitTangle offers one way to sort them out.
To get started, login with your Twitter credentials. The application will take you to your Twitter profile with the TwitTangle interface overlaid. Within a couple of minutes you will see a menu bar across the top […] Continue Reading…
My Essentials For Blogging On The Move
Posted by Sharon Hurley Hall on January 21st, 2010
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As a location independent freelance blogger, I often have to keep up with my blogging schedule while on the move. As of today, that consists of:
two posts a week on a travel blog
one post a week on a blog about blogging
five posts every so often for a blog about new things on the web
10 posts a month for another blog about blogging
at least one post a week on my own blog
occasional […] Continue Reading…
Three Key Places To Promote Your Blog
Posted by Sharon Hurley Hall on January 11th, 2010
If you only had to pick three social media/networking sites to promote your blog, which ones would you pick? With new social media and social networking sites springing up every day, it’s sometimes tempting to think that you should belong to all of them.
Since I love shiny new web stuff, I sign up for most of them, but I’ve found that only a few sites help me connect with the people I want to […] Continue Reading…
A New eBook for the New Year
Posted by Charles on January 6th, 2010
Last year Sharon put together an excellent Getting Started in Blogging series here at PiggyBankPie, and now you can also get the ebook based on this series.
For anyone who’s not familiar with it, the series covered everything you need to know when starting a blog, from hosting and where to find free themes to building up a readership through link building and promotion.
Although it’s titled ‘Getting Started in Blogging’ the ebook also includes many […] Continue Reading…
