Have Blog, Can it be Better?
Today I shall not focus, mention, whine, or elude to an all consuming issue I promised I wouldn’t type about again. Surely this is proof of the admirable will power I’ve gathered over the grace of time. But I am thinking about changing the title of my blog to “Pill Poppers Unite” and compare notes with others who have suffered misery under the guise of teeth maintenance.
Ignore that whole last paragraph.
Today, I decided I wanted to focus on helping other bloggers. When I changed blogs a few months back to seize and conquer my own domain space, I was pretty clueless and floundered through trial and error. Blogging for me, up until this point is pretty much like how I take pictures with my basic Nikon digital camera. I point (write), I shoot (publish), and hope for the best.
Many people have asked me questions, seeking direction and advice for their blogs lately. Things like, how to host your own blog, to how in the world do I continue to post daily entries. Honestly, I don’t have the best answers for those questions, remember, point and shoot, but I’ve started to follow a couple of blogs that have helped me along and I wanted to share them today. This lady can learn new tricks!
The first blog I highly recommend is called One Cool Site. Timethief is the Author of this blog and on her About Page she writes ” Blog description: Tips and Tutorials on How to Become a Better Blogger, How to Build a Better Blog and where to find free Blogging Tools and Resources” I think that describes her fantastic blog perfectly. I’ve gone through many, many of her entries and achieves and discovered valuable blogging information that frankly after 5 years of blogging, I was clueless about. Go visit her site, explore, and look at your own blog through a new light.
The other blog I’d like to point out today is Wright Creativity, authored by Kirsten. Click through her categories~This blog focuses on writing content and social networking. She provides tips on the many social networking sites available and often pens entries that inspire new writing topics and ways to improve your blog experience and interaction on your own blog. If you find yourself in a writing rut or trying to figure out how to mingle with the crowd, go visit and get back on the highway.
I also recommend joining the social network site Blog Catalog. It’s the mack daddy collection of blog sites on the Internet. For me, it’s like being a little kid in the biggest candy store ever built. Blogs, blogs, blogs galore and no end in sight to the potential discoveries. At the bottom of this page you can also click on my blogcatalog widget. That’s the easy way to find one another in the candy store~
Between those two blogs alone and joining the blog network site, I believe anyone could get down the basics without frustrating trial and errors. I know blogging is personal and everyone does it for their own reasons, but it never hurts to improve things around us. So, go forth, learn new tricks and above all, keep writing……….
Thank you so much for your kind words about my blog and for sharing the description and link to it with other bloggers.
My purpose is to provide instructional material and resources to bloggers, who are intent on improving their blogging skills, and on making their blogs more reader and search engine friendly.
I really appreciate the fact that you chose to blog about this, as most often blogging tips blogs like mine are like revolving doors. Bloggers read and use the content in my posts but as their own blogs are niche focused they rarely, if ever, write posts containing backlinks to blogs like mine.
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@Timethief Your welcome and thanks to you! I’ve learned a lot from your blog over the last month and I’m happy to share my discovery with the people who read my blog. I really appreciate how you write your entries in human terms, meaning, you don’t have to be a tech wiz to understand your explanation of SEO and the importance of tagging, categories, layout etc etc.. all the way down to choosing the colors of your blog. Well done. And hopefully everyone goes and visits your pages and takes a few gold nuggets of information to apply to their own blog~
Rebecca
Oooooh! Fun Techy things. I likey. Although I’m becoming the cliched cat blogger with nothing but kitty cuteness lately LOL! Must blog about something besides kitty, must blog about something besides kitty…. Maybe these sites will help. If nothing else they will fill up my Sunday Evening. ;p
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I love the suggestions. Nice picks!
I hope you are feeling much better today– I’m glad that you made it through the dentist alright.
xo
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very informative and I can still a bit of your vision and levity peeking through..Oh the pain of teef…I long ago surrendered to getting them all pulled out a decision I have never regretted since, because of Piaria I had picked up at a truck stop in my early youth (18) and massive doses of “Oragel” to help hold down the pain till I felt I needed to own stock in that company..finaly surrendered to getting them all pulled at age 21..another whole painful story there..as I am very resistant to any meds..taking double and tripple doses to take effect….glad you are on the road to mending and back to the important things like Blogging….lol.
Bob
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Y0u’ve posted some great information here Rebecca!! Thanks!
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Exactly what I need! Many thanks my friend!