Brian Shih of Brian Shih.com offers suggestions for Improving sidebar usability in his post on blog sidebar design. Who wants to read about sidebars? Think of your sidebar as a reader does, and … [Read more...]
Blog Design Checklist
A successful blogger is always asking the question, How does this serve my readers? To many of us design is the fun and “creative” part of building our blog, talking and tweaking design can take up … [Read more...]
How to Gain Influence and Earn Trust – 3 Things to Be First
Influence and Trust Two relationship words — influence and trust — can be found throughout this social business culture. Those of us who authentically enjoy the influence of high-trust … [Read more...]
Think Before You Intra-link
You show your CD collection to a friend. She mentions that a certain CD is her favorite. You say, “If you like that, you ought to hear this. . . . ” It’s the same when you’re writing a post, and you … [Read more...]
Blog Hooks that Bring Readers Back
Since this is Building Readership Week at Successful Blog, I have to share this with you. Some posts are a 10 out of 10. Darren Rowse’s post Blog Hooks – Elements that Draw Readers Back is one of … [Read more...]
Think Before You Link
Good friends come to town. You want to show them around. There are so many options, but they have limited time. You consider your choices before making them. Only the best sights for your … [Read more...]
Blogging Tips: Finding Your Voice
How to blog series by Rob Pell Why Is Finding Your Voice Important? If youâre just starting out, itâs difficult to know how to address your audience. From the first instance, that audience … [Read more...]
Metrics: Who Are We and How Are We Feeling?
Information as Art: A New Look at Stats In August of 2005, the We Feel Fine project began harvesting data from weblogs. In this metrics of feelings, the system scans the Internet every few minutes for … [Read more...]
Titles that Grab Readers
The best marketer I ever worked for swore by this rule: Call it what it is. They can’t read your mind. The following three titles all describe the same posting. Which title would draw the most … [Read more...]
Building Readership Week
This is Building Readership Week at Successful Blog–and next week too, if there’s still more to talk about. We’ll be looking at how we help readers find us and how we keep them engaged and … [Read more...]