You might say I shouldn’t have two exclamation points in my title. Well, I’m going for emphasis here, so I think it’s appropriate. In discussions with other writers, I encounter some who wonder if they should be blogging. Deep down, they know they should. There’s no better way to showcase their writing and have an [...]
The recent Blog4Writers survey indicated that Blog4writers readers most want marketing articles. A couple of commenters wanted to know more about blogging. Since promotion is a component of marketing, and blogging is a method of promotion, I’m sharing my blogging joys and frustrations today. First, you must decide on your blogging tool. There are plenty [...]
Here’s my earnest attempt to provide instructions on how to do this. Give it a try. It’s free, and there will be no ads to distract from your message. Almost every other free Web site service includes those distracting ads. If you don’t have a WordPress account, go to www.wordpress.com and create one (username and [...]
Most blogging tools are free, but WordPress gives you more than just a blogging tool. If you haven’t experimented with WordPress, I suggest that you give it a try. I was slow to hop on the blogging train, but now that I have, I am enjoying it immensely. Last year, in Blogger vs. WordPress post, [...]
For my first blog, I chose Blogger because I knew someone who used it, and I thought it would be easy to get help from my friend if the Help file was not adequate. I’ve noticed many other writers like WordPress or Typepad. My primary criterion was that the blog service be free. Next, I [...]