Having started my blog last October, it won’t be long before the one year anniversary. To celebrate, I’m running a graphic design / marketing / branding / SEO / blogging prize giveaway, with the aim of thanking each and every one of you for your valued contributions, subscriptions and site visits.
I recently contacted a few [...]
I use WordPress to power my website. One of the great aspects of using WordPress is the number of plugins available. They’re simple to install and can improve user-friendliness and functionality.
Here are 5 of the best WordPress plugins available:
#1 Subscribe to comments
The ‘subscribe to comments‘ plugin is, in my opinion, the most important plugin you [...]
When I first started The Face Behind The Blog Collection, I wasn’t sure if anyone would join in.
Back in May I posted a quick Face Behind The Blog update, giving a little extra interest in the meme. Since then, however, I thought that the idea had slowed and the momentum was gone. That was until [...]
I’ve been publishing blog articles for 9 months now, and I’ve made quite a few mistakes along the way. By giving a little insight into my errors hopefully you can avoid doing the same things yourself. Here I give you the top 7 blog mistakes that I’ve made since October 2006.
If you’re like me, you’ll be passionate about the subject you write about, caring less about any monetary gain and more about a genuine interest in the topic.
You’ll also want to cover the costs of your web hosting, and might place a few relevant ads across your site / blog (you can see how I [...]
Every now and again I like to ask you, my reader, what you think about my blog. You’re taking the time out of your day to visit, read and interact through the article comments, and it’s important for me to ask for your feedback.
I know that many of you reading are web designers / developers in some shape or form. I also know that more and more clients are integrating WordPress blogs into their web projects (although it’s something I’ve yet to do for a client).
One aspect of the design that I probably would’ve overlooked, had it not [...]
Starting your own blog can have many consequences on your train of thought. For instance, there isn’t a day that goes by where I haven’t wondered if something will make a good blog post. There’s a whole pyschology around publishing a blog, and here I highlight just a few of the thoughts that I’m prompted [...]
Comments are the life-blood of any blog community, and it’s with delight that I can give a special mention to the person who left the 3,000th comment here on my website.
If you’ve been reading blogs for any amount of time, you’re probably familiar with the term ’speed linking’.
What is speed linking?
Speed linking is a term used to describe a number of links from your website to another, taking the reader to various articles of interest.
Why speed link?
You’re providing your readers with a round-up of relevant [...]