Archive for the 'Various Blogging Topics' Category

Scholarship for Student Bloggers

Simonne at All Tips and Tricks asks Is Your Blog Worthy of a $10,000 Scholarship?
It might just well be.
CollegeScholarships.org is giving away $10,000 to a college student that blogs. Click the link for the details and the application procedures.
Good Luck!

Dress Up Your Blog

Simplehelp has a list of 30 Resources to Create Your Own Web 2.0 Site. There are interesting links and icons that you can use to dress up your blog.
And Christine Olinger has some free header graphics. Just make sure to give her credit somewhere on your page!

What is Holding You Back from Blogging?

John Chow asks - what is holding you back from blogging?
The simple answer - lack of time and technical knowledge.
The complicated answer - fear of wasting time on something that may not amount to much.
The hurdle - overcoming this fear because, ultimately, this attitude will keep my blog from being successful. You must believe, in [...]

Paid Reviews

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had an article on paid reviews. The story is about how one company/blog (Apogee Search) increased its readership by using paid reviews.
My mind immediately jumped to the conclusion that the blog was writing paid reviews when in actuality the blog was HIRING others to review it. The result was increased mentions [...]

Blog Design

Just as I am working on my first WordPress blog, Yaro at Entrepreneurs Journey has posted a short video on the importance of blog design.
His advice: Blog design is important but good content still prevails. Start off with a free theme or the default theme and work on writing good content. Once your readership and [...]