When I’m helping people first start blogging, one of the first objections (fears, concerns) is that no one will be interested in what they have to say. In nearly six years of blogging I have yet to find someone start a blog that didn’t have some kind of audience.
Think about it this way, no matter what your topic, issue, hobby, whatever is there has got to be at least one other person (and most likely more) in the world who shares your feelings/experience/passion. The world is a huge place and [...]
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This is an excerpt from “Chapter 3: Writing & Creating a conversation”, that I’m using as an example for the book on writing your first post…
So your first post. The “Hello world, here I am. Time to listen up” statement.
Uh huh.
Right.
Chances are your first post will suck. Oh yeah, pretty much guaranteed, you’re going to look at it in month or so and die a little inside. You’ll want to delete it. Expunge this dreck from the world.
Don’t.
Your first post is something of a birthday statement. It’s what you’re going [...]
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Getting new, fresh ideas for posts can be really hard. Honestly, now that I’m not pro-blogging anymore I just don’t seem to have the post output I used to have. There are hundreds of posts on how to get ideas for posts, but this post from the Reachd blog caught my eye:
Here are the steps that I would follow if I were to use keyword research to generate blogging ideas
1. Go to Google Keyword Tool
2. Enter a broad keyword in the box on that page
3. Sort the keywords by “Average [...]
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Going to do this post in segments…first my slides:
How to use to build a website using WordPress: For normal people
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This is the “magic” code that fixes the problem with having a pre-set “Home” button:
<?phpwp_list_pages(‘exclude=2,10&title_li=&depth=1′); ?>
What this does is block the pages with IDs 2 and 10 from being listed. You’ll have to find out the page ID from your Edit Pages section in the admin panels. I mouse over the title and look at the URL in the status bar. Please, [...]
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I swear that Chris Brogan has got to be one of the smartest and affable people I know. I always read his stuff, usually the moment TwitterFeed pushes it out, and even if I might not learn something (which is rare) I often stash the posts away for later reference, inspiration, or the “here, read this post of Chris’, do what he says…”
Tonight Chris delivered another post that all of us should bookmark. No, print and laminate. Maybe etch into a wall. What are these words of wisdom you ask? [...]
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Tris Hussey is a writer, teacher, blogger, and speaker on all facets of Internet life, WordPress, and social media. He is the author of Create Your Own Blog: 6 Easy Blogging Projects to Start Blogging Like a Pro and Using WordPress.
10 Reasons Superbowl Commentators are Like Bloggers
by Tris Hussey on February 7, 2010 · 2 comments
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If you’ve watched even one Superbowl, Superbowl pre-game show or halftime show, heck even any NFL game during the year, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about here. Football commentators, and the ones for the Superbowl especially, are almost like no other group of folks in the world, well except for bloggers.
Bloggers? What, pray tell, do bloggers have in common with retired football players sitting in suits talking about football? Well the way I see it, a lot.
They have passion
The most important thing about being a blogger or a commentator [...]
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