May 21 is Blogathon Guest Post Day
We’re a dozen days into the communal blogging experiment known as the 2nd Annual WordCount Blogathon and so far the reactions of the participating writers are all over the place. Some are enjoying it, and others finding it harder than they thought it would be. Some are getting creative – Sue Dickman devoted last Saturday’s [...]
The well-dressed blog post
The well-dressed blog post begins with good writing. The best posts are heavy on context. But that’s just the beginning. To make sure they’ve got that pulled together look before you send them out the door, they should also have: A catchy title – A clever headline will capture more attention than a dull one. [...]
5 ways to blog every day without freaking out
You signed up for a blogathon and realize you now have to blog about something every day for a month. Ack! There’s no getting around the fact daily blogging is work. But there are ways to minimize the extra effort. Writing short, planning ahead, mixing up the types of blog posts you write, creating standing features [...]
Welcome to the 2nd annual WordCount writers' blogathon
UPDATED ON MONDAY, MAY 4: I’ve added more participants and fixed a couple links, blog names and tag lines. – MVR UPDATED ON SUNDAY, MAY 3: I added a number of additional participants and put my own name on the list, for those of you who’re copying this to your own blogs. – MVR And [...]
Journalists, freelancers, bloggers invited to BarCampPortland III
Whatever you think will happen to the news business, its fate is becoming irrevocably entwined with the tech industry. So it makes sense that a discussion on the future of news should include representatives from both camps, the journalists, freelance writers and bloggers who report and write it, and the techies with the wherewithal to [...]
Sex sells, and other blogging lessons learned
Made you look. In the blogging world, a catchy title will make people click through to read your post. That’s just one lesson I learned since starting this blog a year ago. I still consider myself an advanced beginner, but I’ve picked up enough over the past 12 months to want to share. Here’s what [...]
WordCount recap – Weekly news from the digital media biz
A scenario for news – Prognosticating about the future of the news business on his BuzzMachine blog, industry guru Jeff Jarvis says there’s definitely a place for freelancers. The future of news is all about community – covering it and working with it. Examples of this already abound, such as the Seal Beach Daily community [...]
WordCount recap – weekly news from the digital media biz
News you can use from the online news business: Seal Beach Daily – Take two former reporters, add Web design and blogging skills and you’ve got the Seal Beach Daily, a virtual daily newspapers covering the neighborhoods in and around Seal Beach, a beach town that straddles the border of Orange and Los Angeles counties. [...]
City debates whether bloggers are reporters
There’s a debate brewing in the small Portland, Oregon, suburb of Lake Oswego that could have implications for any freelance writer who uses a blog to report the news. At the heart of the controversy is a simple question: are bloggers reporters? The city of Lake Oswego doesn’t think so, and is taking steps to [...]
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6 surefire strategies to get more comments on your blog
By Michelle V. Rafter on March 16, 2009 | 12 Responses
A freelance writer acquaintance recently asked how she could quickly and easily boost comments on her new blog. The good news is it is possible to get more people to leave comments on your blog. The bad news is may not be quick or easy. In the 15 months since I started blogging, I’ve seen [...]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged blog comments, blog comments plugins, Blogging, comment moderation, get people to leave blog comments, how to get blog comments | 12 Responses