Some Days You Just Have to Walk. Away

BACK AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER.
NICE. AND. SLOWLY.
Ever had one of those days where you would dearly love to THROW your computer out the window?
I don’t care what anyone says. Computers. Are. Stupid.
I know there are lots of operator errors. I know that I’m STUPID when it comes to operating computers.
But honest, […]


It’s Been a Big Week In Lightening’s Blogworld This Week

Image via WikipediaDaily Blogging Tips posted a guest post by Joshua Clanton on Star Trek Blogging : The Klingon Way. Well, I have to admit that the Klingons are not my favourite Star Trek characters. Just the food they consume makes me shudder!!!! But the post does present some important points about blogging, in a […]


Zemanta

Image via WikipediaOver the past week or so, I have been trialing Zemanta, a firefox plug-in. You may have noticed a small orange button at the bottom of my posts that says “Zemified”. That indicates that I have used the program at some point in my post.
Once installed, Zemanta works with certain […]


The Cow and The Conn Face Off In Lightening’s Blogworld This Week

I haven’t been reading John Cow for all that long but a recent announcement that he was challenging Garry Conn (who I’d not even heard of up until that moment) to a blog building contest. They each have 30 days to build up a blog AND earn money from it. John Cow has […]


Should You Put Ads On Your Blog?

Image via WikipediaThose of you who’ve followed my blogging path for a while now will be aware that I struggled with this question for a while. It’s a “no brainer” for bloggers who begin their blogging journey with the intent for making money.
For a “personal blogger”, it seems to be a much more difficult […]


Blogging Statistics

If we are really honest with ourselves, we’ll realise that most bloggers are interested in their site statistics.
Whether it’s something as simple as how many people have commented on a post or how many visitors we get each day.
Or something more complicated like google page rank and listing in “top lists”.
Most of us blog because […]


Full Tilt Blogging

I have been a subscriber to this blog for a short time now and at the moment the blog author is offering to mentor those wanting to expand their blogging in some way.
I’m seriously thinking about taking them up on this offer (although hopefully it doesn’t require too much technical knowledge in order to link […]


Responding to Comments on Your Blog

This is a topic that has been debated back and forth for some time now. I recently wrote a post on Lightening Online on this very topic. I think it may be my most responded to post to date. The responses ranged from having a definite opinion on what should happen to […]


5 Steps to Hosting a Successful Blog Party

You’ve decided you want to have a party (blog) and why.
You’ve chosen a location (where your blog is) and got all the decorations up (template, colours and maybe some sidebar widgets) so your party looks pretty.
Now where are the guests? You want to start the party games. But party games are no fun […]