When creating a blog or improving an existing one it’s important to focus on the area above the fold. “Above the fold” is a term used to descrbie the top half of a newspaper. Online it’s what a reader sees without any scrolling. It’s the first impression, and as we know it can be make or [...]

Why Post Time Is Important A lot of your regular readers will subscribe to your site and get a notice when you publish a new post. So what is the best time to interrupt them with that message. If I get an email while I am busy and it isn’t urgent it can just be [...]

8 simple pointers to make sure you’re not one of the idiots! Don’t Be “FIRST!” Although being the first to comment on a post is a good way to get more traffic, being the first and just saying “FIRST!” is idiotic and will most likely get you slandered by the following commenters. Don’t be First! [...]

This is the follow up post to the previous Blogging From Scratch – Don’t Reinvent The Wheel and as promised here is your way to shortcut the shortcuts by not actually comparing top blogs about blogging yourself, subscribe to blogs like this for all the latest tips to help you with your blogging. Please feel free to share [...]

There are two approaches to learning how to do something new, either try yourself and keep making mistakes until you find out what works (aka the hard way) OR you can copy someone who is already getting it right. As a blogger there are a few easy shortcuts you can take by copying others, today [...]