Yes, there will be a 2012 WordCount Blogathon
The annual month-long community blogging challenge returns in May. Not sure what it entails? Get all the details here. Registration opens in March.
6 reasons your blog is begging for a ‘Greatest Hits’ page
Running a list of your best-ever posts is great for driving traffic or introducing yourself to new readers. Read on for more reasons and how to create your own.
Dear WordCount: How long should a blog post be?
The proper length for a post depends on what you’re writing about and what you have to say. It also helps to maintain a mix of long and short.
The bad, good and very, very good of the 2011 blogathon
What can you get from blogging 31 days straight? Bloggers in the May 2011 blogathon shared lessons learned in a June 1 #blog2011 chat. Here are the highlights.
Poll: How can we build a better blogathon?
Take this poll to make suggestions for making the next WordCount Blogathon month-long blogging challenge even better.
Dear WordCount: How should I choose a blog topic?
The latest installment of the Dear WordCount advice column for freelance writers tackles how to choose a subject for a blog.
8 essential reasons to put links in blog posts
For a post to be ready to publish, it’s got to have links – adding them shows you’re helpful, in on the conversation, and know how to curate content.
Best of WordCount: write killer blog post titles
This edition of Best of WordCount is devoted to blog post titles. What good’s a post without a great title? Find out how to take yours from ‘meh’ to marvelous.
2011 WordCount Blogathon is here: Get started blogging
Here are tips taken from previous WordCount posts you can use to make a blog look professional from the get go.
Blogathon poll: What blogging basics do you want to learn?
During the course of the 2011 WordCount Blogathon in May, I’ll devote my own posts to covering blogging basics. Take this poll to tell me what I should write about.
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