Sharing your blog posts on Facebook
If you are a blogger, you would probably like people to read your blog posts. Maybe you have several blogs you would like people to read. You most likely have a Facebook account too, with people who are interested about what you’re up to on your friends list. Why not offer them your blog feed without having to teach them how to use a news reader? And the How To: If you have one blog Facebook allows you to directly import one blog into your notes. Every time you update, a note is automatically created including your post in whole,...
read moreAvatar as a part of your online presence
If you are serious about your online presence or otherwise just everywhere and want people to recognise you outside your normal circles, avatar is the best way to do this. Online world relies heavily on written word and images. Images, I think we all agree, draw our attention more efficiently than text. This means, that when people are reading your words, they won’t necessarily spend time memorising your name but they will probably at least take a glance at your avatar. In addition, your user name might not be always available for every...
read moreBlogging quality over quantity
When we start blogging, we are advised that blogging should be done regularly and preferably as frequently as possible to be “done right”. Some bloggers take this to heart and start blogging vigorously to keep up with the Joneses, even if they wrote with a language other than their own. This can seriously damage the quality of blogs you write. Therefore, you should pick a publishing schedule, maybe a post or two a week, or as many as you can comfortably write well. The more serious blogger you are, the more time you should take, as...
read moreSezWho?
When I moved my blog from .net/blog to just .net, the SezWho plugin stopped working. SezWho is a plugin that promotes commenting on your blog, by allowing visitors to rate each others answers which will be collected to an universal profile. You can also follow your conversations, or another members conversations, through SezWho. I contacted the support the day before yesterday when I felt up to it, and got very personal help for my problem. People often complain about customer service especially on free services like SezWho, but I have to say...
read moreWhere the hell did they go?
Some time ago, I rewarded a few blogs with the Kick Ass Blogger Award. Now, my broken link checker flagged two blogs out of the 5. Where did Brutally Honest Blonde Go? She got married, did she turn into a liar now? Unfortunately I found out what happened to Monkey Fables and Tales. The guy who wrote the content found out about the Monkey Man reposting it as his own. I mean wow. I loved the blog and the writing, and now I find that he’s not a kick-ass-blogger, he’s not a blogger at all! How bloody miserable. The good news is, that...
read moreWhat bloggers look like
There’s currently 2 discussions about the handsomest / most beautiful blogger on BlogCatalog.com. This made me think about the importance of letting your readers know what you look like. I don’t know if it is that important to other people, but to me it is… For one thing, you can tell a lot about the person by the photo. The age, the style, the gender – you might be surprised how often people think you’re the other gender if you don’t have a photo of yourself! Some topics are gender biased, like…...
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