Lady Pens » Blogging Tips

Are Your RSS Feeds Auto Discovery Friendly?

Lynette Chandler — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:05:04 +0000

What is auto discovery? To understand auto discovery you first need to understand how it works. If your blog or web page is auto discovery enabled when someone lands on your page, the browser will notify the reader you have an RSS feed available. If the visitor is interested in subscribing, they will simply click subscribe - much like bookmarking a page. Here’s a quick 1 minute video how it works in Firefox.

Where Should You Host Your Blog?

Lynette Chandler — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:58:09 +0000

Should you host your blog yourself or pay someone to host it? It doesn’t matter if you’re a newbie or a veteran this question always comes up when creating a new blog. Usually someone new to blogging would gravitate to hosting a blog themselves or get a free blog and as time goes by with experience they begin to ponder maybe paid blog hosting isn’t so bad after all. So what is better?

5 Ways To Save Work Blogging

Lynette Chandler — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:57:44 +0000

1.Create a Team Blog. Gather up people who’s business or blog
topic matches your own and set it up so that everyone has access
to post. You can have anywhere from 2-5 people (or more!) on
your team blog. By blogging as a team you will gain more visitors
and traffic because: You are combining the traffic of multiple
contributors and you will have more content for the search engines
to pick up

Blogging and Your Privacy

Lynette Chandler — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:56:27 +0000

It’s a fact; if you’re on the internet then you’re probably a bit
concerned about your privacy. With so many ways to have private
information online, it’s easy to forget to consider just what you’re
posting and weather you should or not.

How To Keep Your Blog Busy During The Holidays

Lynette Chandler — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:55:25 +0000

Ok, you’ve got a great blog going; with newsletter subscribes
coming in more often, traffic building and people posting
comments. There’s only one problem now. The holidays are here
and that means you’re business than ever (especially if you sell
retail goods) and don’t have time to blog! You worked hard to
create a successful blog and don’t want to let it slip at all over the
holidays. Besides, it’s the long term marketing that will help you
over the slower periods of the year. What can you do?

5 Things NOT to do With Your Blog

Lynette Chandler — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:54:53 +0000

Are you fed up with your blog? Do you feel it’s not giving you the
results you’re hoping for? Don’t feel bad. Chances are, some
missteps were made along the way that contributed to that. Here
are the most common ones.

10 Way To Increase The Comments On Your Blog

Lynette Chandler — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:54:07 +0000

Does your blog look lonely because you rarely (if ever) get people
commenting on it? Want more comments? Try out a few or all of
these ten easy ways to get more comments.

How To Get Your Blog Comments Deleted

Lynette Chandler — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:53:40 +0000

Blogs are very much a social tool. When you visit blogs and leave
comments responsibly it doesn’t take long before people will be
visiting your blog and returning the favor. It can be an all around
great experience to comment on blogs because you are getting
involved in a community by building relationships, which will also
bring you traffic to your site. Unfortunately, with all the comment
spam going on, many bloggers become wary. If you commonly
leave legitimate comments on other people’s blog, these pointers
will help you stay on the good side of the blogs you visit.

Ideas To Banish a Dry Blog

Lynette Chandler — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:44:17 +0000

At one time or another every blogger experiences some kind of
block and wonders what they should be writing about. It is just
the same with business blogs. The fear of not knowing what to
say on a blog is in fact one of the most common laments I hear
from business bloggers.

Negative Blog Comments Are Not a Bad Thing

Lynette Chandler — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:38:49 +0000

Anyone who has a blog knows that the more visitors you get, the
more common negative comments will become. Even if you
normally don’t bother about what others think of you, sometimes
these comments can be very hurtful. Just step back for a minute
before you respond and take time to think. Here are some tips to
help you keep your sanity and make full claim on your blog.

One Comment Became a New Marketing Strategy

Lynette Chandler — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:32:36 +0000

I was recently on a teleconference call where a customer let
everyone on the call know about an amazing story. She said she
had been reading different blogs on the internet and came across
a particular comment that made her take note.

What the BLOG???

Lorrie Morgan Ferrero — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:27:37 +0000

Blogs Are the NEW Secret Weapon for Reaching Your Tarket (target market). Just like you, I hate being marketed to. Every day we’re bombarded with over 3,500 marketing messages. And frankly I’m sick of it! But blogs are different. Blogs are a two-way conversation between blogger and bloggee (plus all the readers in between). Through commenting and cross-linking, you can share feedback. You can build your network. You can become, dare I say it, an Internet celebrity!

Quick Start To Setting Up Your First Blog

Lynn Terry — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:01:23 +0000

If you would like to set up your own blog, just follow these quick and easy steps to get started. You’ll be blogging in a matter of minutes!