Making Connections

You’ve figured out why you should blog. You worked hard on naming conventions for your blog. You learned the nuances when writing for the internet. You’ve mastered Writer’s block. And you learned to… just get off your ass and write. But despite applying all the technical and promotional techniques that you learned, you’re still not quite getting the …

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Does Your Blog’s About Page Answer These 7 Questions?

Bloggers who are just starting out tend to either write one of these About Pages hastily or outright forget them entirely. Some of the reasons I’ve seen include this type of thinking: “Readers are smart! They can figure out what kind of person I am by reading all of my posts if they want to.” …

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New Blogger Initiative

Welcome to a special edition of this week’s The Herald. The New Blogger Initiative, run by one Sypster of Biobreak, aims to help teach and cultivate bloggers looking to improve their craft. Looks like it’s been picking up some steam as there’s a large number of sponsors (veterans) and new guys. Poking around, you can …

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