Friday Blog Challenge: Create a Best of Page

You've probably heard the old adage "You only get one chance to make a first impression." That saying also applies to your blog. You have mere seconds to grab your reader's attention. Design and content go hand in hand in the blogosphere; each one complements the other and together they can encourage your readers to stay a while longer. Think of it like a first

Friday Blog Challenge: Create a Best of Page2020-01-23T08:05:29-06:00

Top Ten List of Great Blogging Ideas

Have you been thinking lately that you could you use a few new ideas for your blog? How about 500 great ideas for your blog? You don't have to think of them yourself. Take a look at these tips to give your blog a little boost. 50 Can't-Fail Techniques for Finding Great Blog Topics by Copyblogger. 50 Ways to Dodge the Blog Burnout Sucker Punch

Top Ten List of Great Blogging Ideas2011-10-13T11:22:00-05:00

7 Blog Post Ideas to Copy If You’re Stuck

  You may be trying to think of a post idea. You'd rather think of one yourself. You might be desperate. You might not like any of these options, but just reading them could help you think of an even better idea for your next post. 1. Dispute an expert's opinion This could about politics, popular culture, blogging, morality, or the best films of all

7 Blog Post Ideas to Copy If You’re Stuck2011-10-03T06:56:14-05:00

10 Questions Bloggers Should Ask Themselves

Take a Look at Yourself Blogging can be very rewarding, and it can also take over your life. It's a good idea to take a fresh look at what you've been doing with your blog, and ask if it is working out the way you'd like. 1. Is there anything I've been meaning to change about my blog that I keep putting off? 2. Have

10 Questions Bloggers Should Ask Themselves2011-09-29T03:10:39-05:00

Waiting for Inspiration to Strike

Ten Blog Post Ideas Inspiration can strike in a moment and it can leave you just as quickly. If you can't think of anything to write about, and it's been too long since your last post, try these tips to get the words flowing again. Question and Answer: Interview yourself as a child or teenager. Include pictures, one flattering and one embarrassing. See if readers

Waiting for Inspiration to Strike2011-09-26T02:05:14-05:00

Grammar Tips: 12 Confusing Word Pairs

Sorry, Lorraine, you have to actually READ the dictionary.   The Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for over 250,000 words. Is it any wonder that we get confused by a few of them? Here are twelve tricky word pairs that even a Rhodes Scholar could get wrong.   1. assent vs. ascent Assent means agreement or approval. Ascent means a climbing or rising. There was

Grammar Tips: 12 Confusing Word Pairs2011-09-05T03:05:45-05:00

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