Favorite Blogging Resources
Favorite Blogging Resources
There are thousands of blogging related resources on the Internet which can create an overwhelming experience for anyone looking to get into blogging.
Blogs/Articles
Blogs are great resources for up-to-date information on blogging. Here is a list of blogs and articles that are worth reading.
- Introduction to Blogging
- Problogger – A blog that helps bloggers to add income streams to their blogs.
- Copyblogger – Copywriting tips for your blog.
- 21 Surefire Tips for a Successful Blog Launch
- Scobleizer – Robert Scoble’s blog, one of the authors of Naked Conversations.
- 5 Quick and Easy Ways To Stop Blog Spam Before It Hits Your Blog – Shoe Money breaks down how to fight spam before it hits.
- 10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog
- Writing for the Web – Detailed 6 page pdf that covers writing for the web.
- 10 Sure-Fire Headline Formulas That Work – So, you’re seeing too many of those “how to” and list headlines, and want to try a few different angles? Let’s move beyond those common headline formulas you see over and over, and add some new blood to your attention-grabbing arsenal.
- 7 More Sure-Fire Headline Templates That Work
- Tips to Better Blogging
- Structured Blogging – Structured Blogging is all about giving bloggers the tools to create and syndicate structured information, such as reviews and events.
- Blogging Pro – News, plugins and themes for blogging applications.
Blogging Platforms
There are many different blogging platforms that you can choose from. Some are hosted while others are not; here are some that are worth looking into.
- WordPress
- Blogger
- Movable Type
- TypePad
- Vox
- LiveJournal
- Text Pattern
- Boast Machine
- Blog.com
- B2evolution
- pMachine
Design/Templates
One of the most important things about a blog is the way it looks. Whether you are looking to design your own blog or use a free template, here are some articles that will help guide you in the right direction.
- Weblog Usability – Top 10 blog design mistakes.
- Blog Tutorial – Tips for blog templates & blog design in Photoshop.
- Blog Interface Design 2.0
- WordPress Theme Browser – Free WordPress themes for your blog.
- Comprehensive list of 980+ Free WordPress 1.5 and 2.0 Themes / Templates available for download
- Blog Layout Styles – List of free blog designs for Blogger, TypePad, WordPress, and MySpce.
- Blog Credibility and Blog Design – How the design of a blog affects credibility.
Marketing
You can have the best blog in the world, but if no one knows about it what’s the point of even blogging. Here are some marketing techniques that you can use to help increase your blogs popularity.
- 21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic
- WordPress and SEO – Step by step guide to optimizing your WordPress blog for search engines.
- How To Build Traffic To Your Blog
- Building blog traffic for newbies
- How To: Boost Your Blog Traffic – Many first time bloggers automatically assume that once their blog is setup and they put a few posts on it, they will get some hits and regular readers. This is quite untrue. You won’t get any traffic if no one knows about your website.
- Search Engine Optimization For Blogs
- Blog Directory – Directory filled with blogs, a great way to improve your link popularity.
- Ping-o-Matic – Free service that pings blog search engines.
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