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The True Value of Blog Comments

Have you ever met a blogger who doesn’t thrive on the comment activity on their blog?  I know I haven’t.  I’ve even heard comments being described as “bloggers crack”.  You go from one hit to the next, waiting for the high from the next comment.
Until the comments slow down….
Or even stop….
Then what do you do?
My [...]


Do You Like List Posts?

Day 2 of the 31 Days to Build A Better Blog and the challenge today is to write a list post.  Hmmmm….
I’m not a big fan of list posts.  Trust me to go against what is “popular”.
I don’t enjoy reading them because I find them impersonal.
I don’t like writing them because I find them impersonal.
Perhaps [...]


Day 1 - The Elevator Pitch

Image by Marco Wessel via Flickr

Well, the 31 Days To a Better Blog Challenge is away and the first “assignment” is to write an elevator pitch for your blog.
Hmmm….
I’ve thought about elevator pitches before but always put it off because it’s “too hard”.
No more procrastination!!!!
Today is the day where I make a start, no matter [...]


Beginning the Problogger 31 Day Challenge

Well, it would seem the “31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge” has been delayed for a week.
However, Darren has indicated some “pre challenge” tasks to be done so I’m going to work my way through those this week.
They are:
1.  Install a metrics program
Done although I’m sure I could do much more with Analytics [...]


Probloggers “31 Days To Build a Better Blog” Challenge

Image by BenSpark via Flickr
Darren Rowse from Problogger has decided to run his “31 Days To Build A Better Blog” Challenge again and this time I’ve decided to give it a go.
For THIS blog.
This poor blog often lacks attention, coming in at second fiddle to my personal blog, Lightening Online.
It’s not that I don’t love [...]