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• Blogging Tips, Productivity, Writing Tips

  The Virtues Of Posting Less Often

  10.14.07 | Permalink | 49 Comments

  When I was new to blogging, I kept hearing this advice from the oldies that you must blog on a daily basis no matter what, and that if you didn’t post on a certain day, your angry, shovel-wielding readers will chase you around the blogosphere. However, now that I have some first-hand blogging experience under my belt, my conclusions differ greatly from those respected bloggers. I have also learned that all advice is not necessarily good advice, even if it comes from a reliable source. You should experiment and find out out for yourself what works for you.

  Although posting daily is essential for news related blogs (such as Tech Crunch) to feed their readers with the news and reviews about the latest happenings in their niche, it is a big no-no for the blogs that consist mostly of advice, opinions, and researched articles.

• Resources, Web Design

  54 Typography Resources Every Designer Should Bookmark

  10.10.07 | Permalink | 48 Comments

  If you are a web designer, or a passionate CSS hobbyist, you must be aware of the impact well structured typography can have on your overall design. Though, optimizing your typography to work on old and new versions of plethora of web browsers on various operating systems can prove to be quite a headache. With the following list of resources, you can learn, optimize, and beautify your web typography, and never need to worry about those pesky compatibility issues again (I wish!).

• Blogging Tips, Building Readership, Link Building

  5 Surefire Ways To Build Tons Of Backlinks For Your Blog

  10.09.07 | Permalink | 22 Comments

  So you wanna build a lots of links for your blog huh?

  That’s easy. You only need to look at what work for others and steal their techniques. Obviously, some methods only work for a select few, because of the way they do it, and because of the fact that you can’t do it. I am talking about the so-called A-list bloggers who have done all the hard work of building strong reputation for their blogs, and now even if they do so much as belch, it prompts many people to link to them for doing such valiant feat.

  Of course it takes time, hard work, dedication, and a bit of social media luck to reach that level, but here we are talking about quick and dirty ways to build loads of links to your blog, aimed at getting you better search engine rankings, improved Technorati rank, and most importantly creating brand awareness for your blog.

• Life Hacks, Productivity

  Five Steps To Becoming Smarter - Part Three

  10.08.07 | Permalink | 13 Comments

  This is the third part of our ongoing series on becoming smarter and sharper.

  You can read the first and second part here:

  • Five steps to becoming smarter part one - Read books
  • Five steps to becoming smarter part two - Engage in a creative activity

• Web Design

  Stop! Before You Make Any Of These 5 Website Usability Mistakes

  10.02.07 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  I was reading Lisa’s post on site usability mistakes that bug her, and it reminded me to finish my own second list of annoyances on the web pages that bug me a lot. My first list can be found here.

  I’ll start off by spotting two usability mistakes on Lisa’s blog (That’s how shameless I am!).

• Building Readership, Link Building, Social Media

  5 Sources That Brought Me Tons Of Visitors

  09.30.07 | Permalink | 17 Comments

  It’s going to be almost two months since the launch of Blogging Bits. I have got steady stream of traffic from various sources during this period, but some of them really stand out.

  So, for my readers, here is top 5 list of sources that sent me most traffic.

• Blogging Tips, Productivity

  Create a Blogging Plan by Breaking Down Objectives into Task List

  09.29.07 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  Do you know where you’re going with your blog? Do you have a plan or are you just making it up as you go? If you want your blog to be successful and make money, you must have a plan. If you don’t have any idea where you’re going, how will you get there? How will you know when you’ve arrived?

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