Tag Archive: blogging

Players and Spectators: Why Your Blog Needs Both

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Your blog’s readers are either players or spectators. Which is better?

What’s Under Your Bed?: 10 Monster Blogging Fears Worth Chasing Down

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Write for yourself. No, you should write for your readers. Posts over 500 words will bore your readers to death. But nothing worthwhile can be tackled in a post in fewer than 1,000 words. Your posts don’t need to be interesting; just instructive. Wait. Your posts had better be interesting or your visitors will click…

When Blogging Is Seriously Hard

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We have all been there before. We sit down at the keyboard, poised to crank out today’s blog post. We stare at the screen, willing the words to come. We type a bunch of garbage, in hopes that the good stuff will eventually spill out. We fidget. We frown. We try some more. But the…

The Major League Baseball Guide to Pulling Out of a Blogging Slump

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The 2011 baseball season is still in full swing (no pun intended.) For players, that means 162 games over 180 days. That’s a long season. Long enough for players to fall into a slump. My Seattle Mariners know something about slumps. But the funny thing is, all players go through them. Derek Jeter, the New…

Blogger’s Rehab: A Remote, Old Movies and Too Much Time

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Recovering from a broken wrist, Cat’s Eye Writer rediscovers three old movies that would make perfect remakes with bloggers in starring roles.

The Broken Limbs Edition: 3 Painlessly Simple ‘Evergreen’ Posts

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Three blog posts to help you write catchy headlines, use social media in a way that works best for you, and avoid blogger slump.

The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Bloggers: It’s Not All About Content

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Besides producing the most inspiring content in the world, what are the best practices of highly successful bloggers?

I Think, Therefore I Am: The ‘Make Believe’ World of Blogging

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When is a blog not a blog? Does just posting stuff online make us bloggers?

The Myth of Fairy Dust: One Reason I Never Get Blogger’s Block

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Find out one reason why CatsEyeWriter never gets blogger’s block.

Is Writing a Guest Blog Post Really Worth It?

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It’s hard enough to keep your own blog going. Why would you want to blog for other people? Find out why guest posting is a good promotional strategy—and how to do it right.

The Art of Turning A Negative Comment Into A Positive

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A guest post by Ollin Morales

When you blog consistently, sooner or later you are going to rub someone the wrong way—and that someone is going slap you with a negative comment.

Learn how to deal with a negative comment in a productive, positive way, so that comment doesn’t become one of the biggest downers of your week.

What to Do When Blogging Isn’t Fun Anymore

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5 things to do to put the fun back into blogging.