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.