Tag Archive for ‘tips’
Defining & Publicizing Your Blog’s Advertising Policy
This post is by the lovely Ashe Mischief of Dramatis Personae.
Why Should I Define An Advertising Policy For My Blog?
There comes a time in every blogger’s life when they start getting approached for various advertising and monetizing opportunities by marketing and pr companies. My first one was a jewelry company wanting to purchase [...]
How to Write ‘How to’ Posts
To have a successful blog, you need to provide your readers with something useful. As Darren Rowse is always saying, it is quality content that counts when it comes to traffic building, reputation and monetization; pillar articles that support your overall vision or niche topic.
You may provide this usefulness through entertainment, through breaking news, through [...]
Rhythm is Gonna Getcha: Maintaining Consistency in Your Blog
By: Beka Mercurio of reLYME.com
Once upon a time, I used to help bloggers expand their brand online. I watched tiny blogs grow to very big blogs, and very big blogs grow to take over the Web. All the while, I preached the gospel of consistency.
I would tell my clients that you must find your rhythm [...]
Blog Interview Do’s and Don’ts
Blog interviews can be a lot of fun, they really can help you get out of your shell, get some fresh perspective on your blog and from my own experience with some of my interviews, I’ve established a connection with my interviewees that has lasted over the years. On IFB, Mademoiselle Robot gave some great [...]
So You Want a Review Sample
This post is by Sonja, the beauty editor at The Coveted I asked her to write this post because of the great way she’s built relationships with beauty companies over the past months since she’s started to write on our blog. ~Jennine
The Challenge
You see pics of lovely clothes and beauty products and want to write [...]
How to Customize Blogger Post Templates
Hi there again, Icy of IndividualChic.com here. I hope you found my last post on how to make your Blogger blog more searchable useful. Thanks very much for all the lovely comments and suggestions, they’ve inspired me to write another post.
Are you the sort of person who uses a consistent sign-off on every [...]
FTC plans to crack down blogger freebies…and what that means to you.
With the rise in power of blogs, also comes responsibility. By late summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) plans start monitoring blogs for non-disclosure of free products, sponsored posts and affiliate links. Since the rise in popularity of using blogs to research products, many readers have been unclear or even unsuspecting that the blogger may [...]
You Just Don’t Compare
Comparing seems to be a good way to determine how good something is. When you go shopping you compare who has the best prices, the nicest shop, the best selections. Comparing works great for finding car insurance, but when it comes to personal matters such as self esteem, comparing doesn’t offer the most help. In [...]
Get Real: How to Beat Blogging Perfectionism
“Perfectionism…the persistence which keeps great artists at their easels until their creation matches their conception” W.C. Roedell
A little perfectionism in terms of our blog’s appearance is something I’m sure we’ve all struggled with. You want it to look professional, but not like you tried to hard; you want to include all the important elements, but [...]
Sites to promote your giveaways… free! grechen
I have a giveaway on my blog… now what?
I pretty much think that’s what I said when I ran my first giveaway last December, I didn’t have a clue. While we have some great tips on how to give stylish giveways, like announcing/twitter/facebook trifecta for your giveaway, finding threads to announce in forums (IFB has [...]
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