WritingThoughts

Recently, I read a blog post about how that particular blog had eliminated comments. The change was hailed as an improvement, but was it really? Eliminating blog comments is nothing new. Several blogs have taken this approach. And some blogs never had comments in the first place. In this post, I’ll discuss whether comments are […]

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Let’s face it, your business blog is in trouble. You had hoped it would attract customers to your business. Perhaps you even hoped to earn some money with your website. But it’s been a big disappointment. You get no traffic and certainly no customers. What could be wrong? Well, let’s take a look at your […]

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Content is the hot topic right now. You’ve probably read a lot about the importance of content lately, but do you really understand it? To make full use of content for your business, you need to understand both content creation and content curation. Many businesses lean towards one or the other, but both are important.

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It’s just too expensive to give my writing away. Unless, of course, it’s for a publication that’s at the top of its game–say, somewhere like Copyblogger or The New York Times. Even then, I couldn’t keep up writing for free for long. You see, writing is my profession. It’s how I earn my living.

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The idea that great content draws great traffic is a common misperception. Many website owners believe that all they need to generate traffic is great content. While great content has the potential to attract visitors, you need more of a strategy than just slapping it on your website and waiting for people to come. Yet, […]

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Are list posts the sign of a lazy blogger, or an incredibly effective way to draw traffic to your blog? As someone who has blogged professionally for over five years now, I vote for the second option. List posts, done right, are an effective way to draw traffic to your blog. In this post, I’ll […]

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One of the things I’ve noticed over my years of blogging is that there’s a fair amount of ranting and raving going on in the blogosphere. Such bloggers even appear to get attention at times. So, is it worth it? Should you be the negative writer on your blog? Many bloggers claim that negativity makes […]

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Recently, I read some great advice from my friend James Chartrand over at Men With Pens. Last week, James explained Why You Should Ditch Your Blogging Schedule. James is right with this advice! And then again, she’s not. Let me explain. You see, there are at least three different types of blogs out there. And, […]

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I might have been a bit moody as a teen. I remember dragging a notebook around (it wasn’t really a journal–just an ordinary composition book) and jotting down poems and other thoughts as they occurred to me. Why would I do such a thing? I attribute my early scribblings to something many of us who […]

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Recently I read a comment from a social media specialist that mentioned wishing that blogging reciprocity would no longer be as important in 2012 as it has been in the past. Blogging reciprocity, in case you were wondering, refers to the practice of visiting the blogs of your commenters and repaying a comment left on […]

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