Learn how to be a better and more prolific writer while spending less time on writing.
A great idea wrapped in flimsy writing is a waste of words.
On the other hand, an average but clearly expressed thought enjoys more attention.
Why bother about good writing practices, you ask? You are a blogger, not a would-be author of the next best-seller.
Don’t fool yourself. You are first a writer, then a blogger. And [...]
If I could describe the whole post in one word, what would be it?
Why would anyone want to read this post?
What would anyone do after reading this post?
It’s every writers’ wish to write in a plain and clear language. After all, writers write so they can communicate with their audience, and they naturally want to be understood.
It’s easy to lose grip of the original subject once you dive headfirst into writing. Ideas that were lurking in the back of your mind jump right in the middle of the action to push you off topic.
To deal with this situation, I’ve come up with three questions to help me stay on track as well as write more engaging posts.
I have started writing for Blogging Tips and my first post about 5 Essential Time Saving Tips For Bloggers went live on Tuseday. It’s exciting to write for a blog other than my own. And yes, It’s a paid writing job.
As always, here are some great worth-linkinng-to articles from around the blogosphere.
A Lighter Look [...]
This is a guest post by Jamin Gray. Jamin Gray writes at WondR.net and covers topics such as lifehacks and productivity.
So you’ve got this brilliant blog, and you have high hopes for it to continue to grow, grab new readers, and produce fantastic content. But the boss at your day job is making you work [...]
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.
This is the third part of our ongoing series on becoming smarter and sharper.
You can read the first and second part here: