Liz Strauss at Successful Blog

Thinking, writing, business ideas … You’re only a stranger once.

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Welcome to Successful Blog!

This is where Successful and Outstanding bloggers meet to talk about ideas, branding, and thinking outside the box. The content is organized, thorough, and relevant. The conversation is fun, fast, and sometimes irreverent. The snacks and beverages are keep in sidebar, help yourself and stay as long as you like. Comments are appreciated. My name’s Liz. I pretty much live here.

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This page is for bloggers new to the site and especially for bloggers new to blogging. It’s got the posts you should investigate because they have the information that bloggers often ask about in their first few months blogging. Many come from the Category Survival Kit, but not all do.

Starting Out

06-22-07 The Shards Blogging Toolkit
Getting Started As A Successful & Outstanding Blogger
Setting Up a Home 3: Prelaunch Blog Review Checklist
What Makes A Successful Blog?
Know Your Goals
Don’t Buy that New Domain Name Yet
Added 5.17.2006 Meet Peter Chen — Blogspot Expert for New Bloggers

Setting Up A Blog

Blog Review Checklist
Cardinal Sin #1: Launching With No Content
The Sidebar Is How Readers Know Things
Wordpress or Movable Type
Adsense Blog Says How to Blogmitize!
Added 4.23.06 Editing Comments in Blogger–What a Concept!
Added 4.23.06 Great Find: Adding Show-Hide and Categories
Added 5.09.06 Great Find: Boosting Blog Traffic

Blogging Goals

Added 6.09.06 Goals for new bloggers

Google/Blogspot

Added 5.09.06 Blogspot Status Link
Added 5.09.06 Google Blogger–403 Forbidden–How Could You Let that Happen!
Added 5.09.06 Google–Do You Have Something to Tell Me?

Design

Five Design Basics to Never Forget
Success in a Blink and a Blink Test
More Blog Designs to Discuss
Blog Construction–What’s Your Function?

WordPress

Added 6.13.06 WordPress Theme Viewer
Added 6.13.06 Great Finds: Over 875 Free WordPress Themes

HTML and Coding

Added 5.05.06 Great Find: Color and Font Codes
Added 6.11.06 Great Finds: EchoEcho on and on and on
ul and ol — The Secret Life of HTML Lists

Directories and Photo Sources

Directory Listings as Blog Promotion
Added 5.13.06 List of Blog Submission Sites
Great Photo Resources to Support Readers
Added 6.13.06 The Ultimate Blog Directory Handbook: Over 1800+ Submission Sites

Blogging Guide

Great Find: Tlog Blogging Tips Series

About Promotion . . . and Traffic

Blog Promotion Basics [for Everyone]
Building Traffic: Leaving Comments
Blog Promotion: Checking Out Curb Appeal
GAWKER Design: Curb Appeal as Customer-Centered Promotion
Why Doesn’t Pete Townshend Need to Do Promotion?
Blog Archive Promotion To-Do List

About Our Readers . . . and their comments

Audience is Your Destination
Know Your Audience
Writing for a Diverse Readership
Turning Reluctant Readers into Loyal Fans
How To Deal With Negative Comments
Blog Basics 1: Comments and Comment Policies

SEO Guide

Great Find: SEOmoz Beginner’s Guide
Technorati’s Family of Support Pages
Added 4.23.06 Title Tags and a Poem to Technorati
SEO–Five Traits of Relevant Content
SEO–Link Checking Tools
Check Google Backlinks Through Yahoo
Added 4.27.06 SEO The Secret Life of Search Engines

Linking

Link Love Raises Your Property Value
Blog Basics 2: How to Code Links
Think Before You Link
How to Code Accessible Links–Part 1
How to Find Homes for Your Links
Ignore Stinky Backlinks
Collaboration Link 1: Image and Text
No More NoFollow

Content and Writing Posts

Writing Killer Blog Posts
How Long Should Blog Posts Be?
How Often Should You Post?
Blogging Do’s
Blogging Don’ts
The Benefits of a Conversational Style
Consistency In Writing Frequency
Added 5.13.06Writing for a Diverse Readership

Writer’s Block and Other Mysteries

How To Beat Writer’s Block
Questions about Burnout and Writer’s Block
Why Dave Barry and Liz Don’t Get Writer’s Block

Troubleshooting

Added 4.23.06Blogger/ Firefox–Editing Trap

Safety and Ethics

MUST HAVE: Content Theft Series
Great Find: Controlling Your Online Identity
Blogger’s Legal Guide

Checklists and Tools

Go Exploring Here for Checklists .
Go Exploring Here for Tools

Added 6.10.06 Great Find: Easy File Backups

Don’t Forget to Have Fun

Top 10 Ways to Become a Miserable Blogger
FUN Finds: How to Be a Blogging Idol

Oh yes, and read Successful Blog everyday!