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drop dead chris · 1 year ago

Thanks for putting this together! Excellent advice! Thanks!

Hercules K · 3 weeks ago

I agree. Excellent stuff

Saravanan Sahadevan · 1 year ago

Chris... You never failed to astound me! Been reading and reading.. and I bet you are right! Reading improves writing a lot!

Nicole Leon · 1 year ago

Wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together. I have enjoyed your site for the last several months and I have learned a lot from you. I look forward to reading more of your work.

blogger · 1 year ago

hi , i you have highlighted very important thing in your blog

Freelance Web Design · 1 year ago

Keeping the Blogging Fires Burning - Great advice here. It's all to easy to get burnt out or to start strong and slowly either lose motivation or let other things crowd out your allotted blogging time.

Jeroen de Miranda · 1 year ago

Chris, great summary post! This is also useful for beginning bloggers; I will refer to it when talking with other people about blogging!

Melody Campbell, The Small Bus · 1 year ago

Great "short list" of best advice on blogging; especially the one "A Sample Blogging Workflow" For new bloggers it's important to see the how and understand the why of blogging.
@SmBizGuru

Frank Bolton · 1 year ago

Chris - Thank you for sharing your insight into improving blog posts! Scheduling some time to read it in detail this evening. I appreciate your information! Sharing everything I find valuable with my clients. - Frank

Jason · 1 year ago

If you are a beginner than the best tool on the net as of right now is Posterous.com. You simply send an email to these guys and they will turn it into a blog post. No login/signup etc needed to start. Off course you will need to login later if you want to edit etc...but as far as posting it s as simple as sending an email. If you send pictures by email, they will turn it into a post/picture gallery. Simply said, GREAT.

Hayk Hakobyan · 1 year ago

Hi Chris,

I have read many "how to.." articles on making blogs effective, attractive and all kinds of stuff. But yours is ba far the most comprehensive, the simplest and the most informative of all.

I thank you for that.

H.

Amrita Chandra · 1 year ago

Hi Chris,

Great tips - should be an e-book! :) I especially liked the tips on Blog Design as I am refreshing my blog right now. Not sure if I can incorporate all your suggestions given my platform but there are some good tips in there.

One thing I can suggest for a future tip -- I know you mentioned platforms don't really matter but for a complete non-techie beginner it would be helpful to understand the pros and cons with going with a particular platform. I realize there are others out there who may have written about Typepad vs Wordpress vs Blogger but it would be good to get your take on it.

Dana Lookadoo · 1 year ago

Thanks for the Table of Contents approach! You win a Gold Medal for the sport of Blogging!

Don't Let Negativity Kill your · 1 year ago

Great stuff, thanks Chris!

Susan Musich · 12 months ago

Fantastic post! As I gear up to start my own blog, a friend just emailed the link to this posting. I feel much more focused and in control of what I need to do to make my blog work for the readers and for me. Many thanks! -Susan

Kelly · 11 months ago

One of the best thought out posts on things to help a beginning blogger as well as someone with experience. I will be watching for future posts as I think anyone knows that the hardest thing about blogging, is getting visitors, even harder is visitors interested enough to comment.

ptamaro · 11 months ago

I know the tips obviously won't guarantee success -- there's a lot more to it like actual traffic, regular readers, etc. -- but but they will make me a better blogger.... eventually. I blog for fun and that keeps my expectations realistic. Thanks!
:-D

Kelly · 11 months ago

ptamaro has the best advice. Blog for fun and enjoy it. If something happens great, if not, so what. Evaluate each step on a site like this. Put each in to work as you have time, but don't rush, and in time, things really do begin to happen.

Sushant · 11 months ago

wonderful post!i Usually, I link to my press releases as well. I guess it helps improve the link flow although Im not very sure. I also link back to related blogs or articles I find on other website. The secret to successful blogging is to offer your audience something short yet interesting every time. Make them read not only your post but also other posts relevant to your current post. I call it organic blogging :)

Keg of Wisdom · 11 months ago

Great tips....very useful to someone like me at the beginning stages of their blogging journey...

jarwadi · 10 months ago

hmmmm ... the trick also aplied to this posts, nice idea

Fasil · 10 months ago

Hi Chris..
Great resources which would transform a newbie blogger from no where to now here.. as I did followed your simple tips on http://smashtech.blogspot.com

abdel · 9 months ago

massive thanks for those advices ^^

Book Calendar · 9 months ago

I enjoyed hearing you speak on Monday at the O'Reilly conference. I am going to take a look at your blog tips. I am hoping they will improve the quality of my blog and make it easier for my readers.

Jim Simcoe · 7 months ago

Enjoyed the article, this has really helped me define my writing style and audience. it has changed the way I write and allowed me to be more conversant in my blog.

AdamZakiHassan · 5 months ago

Hi Chris, great tips, indeed,

Agnes Ikotun · 5 months ago

One of my favorite aspects of Wordpress templates is having the ability to use it over and over again and it's almost impossible to tell it is designed from the same theme.

Steve Dison · 1 month ago

Great information, really a wealth of knowlege...Thank you much!

Jerry S. George · 1 month ago

Hey Chris, thanks for this, you certainly have made it seem achieveable with this advice. Am setting to work!

Marie OBrien · 2 weeks ago

Thanks for sharing your best tips about blogging. I know that some weeks are easier than others for finding 'good content' for our blog, TheJuice.BlueTangerineSolutions.com, and you've inspired me to 'keep going.' It seems obvious, but your tips to 'show up, deliver value and improve' are a great reminder. Thanks for being such a consistent resource of great information.

Jaypee of enjayneer.com · 2 weeks ago

thanks for this. i learned a lot! very informative..

Nathan Hangen · 2 weeks ago

Hell yes it can be tough at times. There are days when I'm just not feeling it, but it's that sense of obligation, that duty to my readers, that reminds me that it's not about me. The obligation can feel like a burden until you remember that without that obligation, you'd have no platform. So it is a good sign.

Victoria · 2 weeks ago

I agree with everybody else, excellent resource! Thank you so much for sharing all this information with us. I learn something new every time I visit your blog!

RANDYWEBSTER · 1 week ago

Chris,

Thanks for laying this out for clarity! I am learning a great deal from you, and it helps, just having a plan and routine.. Thanks for being there.