Published on August 10th, 2007 Read the 19 comments »
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 niche experts, asking if they could get involved and offer a prize. The result so far has been fantastic! You really don’t want to miss out on this one, and thank you so much to everyone giving their valuable time to help.
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Archived under Blogs, Personal.
Published on August 7th, 2007 Read the 77 comments »
I use WordPress to power my website. One of the benefits is the number of plugins available. They’re simple to install and can improve your blog’s user-friendliness and functionality.
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Archived under Blogs.
Published on August 2nd, 2007 Read the 20 comments »
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 Thomas of Technical Blogger sent me a message asking if I was going to update the original list.
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Archived under Blogs, Photography.
Published on July 30th, 2007 Read the 160 comments »
I’ve made quite a few mistakes since I started authoring a blog. By giving you a look at my errors hopefully you can avoid doing the same. Here are my top 7 blog mistakes.
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Published on July 20th, 2007 Read the 25 comments »
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 do this in my right sidebar, under the ‘featured sites’ heading).
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Archived under Blogs, Web.
Published on July 12th, 2007 Read the 31 comments »
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.
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Archived under Blogs, Your design critiqued.
Published on July 10th, 2007 Read the 84 comments »
It’s the little things that make all the difference when you’re dealing with customers. If you’re launching a WordPress blog for a client I’d highly recommend making this small, yet important, inclusion. Here’s how.
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Published on July 4th, 2007 Read the 35 comments »
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 psychology around publishing a blog, and here I highlight just a few of the thoughts that I’m prompted into thinking.
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Published on July 2nd, 2007 Read the 20 comments »
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.
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Archived under Blogs, Your design critiqued.
Published on June 26th, 2007 Read the 26 comments »
If you’ve been reading blogs for any amount of time, you’re probably familiar with the term ‘speed linking’. If not, 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. Here’s why they can be of benefit.
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