We’ve asked 1000 bloggers to tell us how they do it. How long is a typical blog post? What does it include? How is it promoted? Here is the complete report of blogging statistics, trends and insights, showing what bloggers are doing and what works now. Source: Blogging Statistics and Trends: The 2018 Survey of … Continue reading Blogging Statistics and Trends: The 2018 Survey of 1000+ Bloggers
Tag: Blogging
What Is The Purpose Of Your Website?
Why are we doing this and what will it get us are both great questions to back up and ask yourself from time to time...
WordPress.com Business Users: eCommerce Has Arrived!
Here's an important announcement from WordPress.com. Ecommerce is now available with the business package... We’re thrilled to announce that, starting today, WordPress.com Business users can connect their sites to their online stores. With three leading ecommerce partners to choose from — Ecwid, Shopify, and ShopLocket — you can showcase, promote, and sell products to your customers … Continue reading WordPress.com Business Users: eCommerce Has Arrived!
Google+ and Blogger; two Google tools that go great together…
Google+ and Blogger; two Google tools that go great together like [insert favorite food combo here]. I show you how in this video: http://youtu.be/gYipZdacLSA
Which blogging tool should I use; WordPress.com or tumblr?
The answer is yes! While I normally advise clients, students and readers to "never use two tools were one will do" here is a case here is a case where using both is not only acceptable but desirable. Here's why: WordPress.com is great at Search Engine Optimization [SEO] but it does not allow JavaScript or … Continue reading Which blogging tool should I use; WordPress.com or tumblr?
Blog This!
Perhaps the best advice on blogging I've ever seen... Go to the source: Blog This! Sometimes Going Back to Basics Leads to the Best Posts : @ProBlogger
Tell Your Business Story, One Blog Post at a Time…
Mike Allton [one of my new favorite bloggers] writes: Since pre-historical times, people have been using the art of storytelling to communicate. Cavemen drew pictures on cave walls depicting great hunts and deeds. As language developed, oral tradition started, where people would tell and retell the same stories over and over again to communicate their history and … Continue reading Tell Your Business Story, One Blog Post at a Time…
Hey, He Took My Blog Post Idea!
Mike Allton writes: Have you ever had an idea for a blog post, but before you can write about it, someone else beat you to it? If you write about social media and technology like I do, you probably answered "all the time!" It's actually quite rare for me to write on a topic that … Continue reading Hey, He Took My Blog Post Idea!
WordPress plugins I use on this site…
What is a blog?
What is a blog? It can be everything and it can be nothing. As the Bard said "Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so". During my blogging career, I estimate that I have created between 15 and 20,000 blog posts on every topic from A-to-Z — most of them, unfortunately, ineffective… In … Continue reading What is a blog?