Top Blogging Tips From … Influential Bloggers

February 6, 2011

Blogging Tips

Introduction

Blogging Success Summit 2011 (“The Web’s Largest Online Business Blogging Conference”) is in full swing.  We’ve identified recent blog postings on the topic of … Blogging Best Practices and wanted to share them here.

Heidi Cohen: Why Above-the-Fold Matters for Blogs

Heidi provides a great list of “16 Must-Have Elements to Put At Top of Your Blog” (above the fold).  I reviewed this list against this blog … and it seems I have some work to do!  The link to the article:

http://heidicohen.com/blog-above-the-fold/

Lisa Barone: A Quick & Dirty Legal Guide For Bloggers

If I could sum up Lisa’s post in a few words, it would be “blogging: be careful out there”.  Lisa provides a list of five myths and then provides details to dispel those myths.  Many of her points I had not considered.  The link to the article:

http://outspokenmedia.com/blogging/blogging-laws/

Joe Pulizzi: 10 Blogging Tips for Beginners and Experts

Joe shares the 10 tips that were included in his presentation at Blogging Success Summit.  I think I need to focus more on Joe’s #3 – “Less is More”, since I tend to go on and on!  The link to the article:

http://blog.junta42.com/2011/02/blogging-tips-beginners-experts/

Jeff Bullas: Are You Making These 10 Mistakes On Your Blog?

Jeff provides a list of 10 things you ought to have on your blog – the good news is, you can quickly and easily implement the majority of Jeff’s list right from your blogging platform’s dashboard.  I know that in WordPress, I can knock out many of these items quickly. So what are you waiting for? The link to the article:

http://www.jeffbullas.com/2011/02/03/are-you-making-these-10-mistakes-on-your-blog/

Conclusion

Even for those of us who have been blogging for a while, there are new things to learn, each and every day.


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