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...]
SOB Business Cafe 09-08-06
Welcome to the SOB Cafe We offer the best in thinking–articles on the business of blogging written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog. Click on the title shots to enjoy … [Read more...]
Take Readers on Your Travels
You love to travel and want to put pen to words, be it before summer ends or down the road. If youâve thought of creating a travel blog, it is probably easier than making your travel plans, packing … [Read more...]
Classic Revisited: The Blog Review Checklist
Look at Your Blog as Readers Do In my first week at Successful-Blog, I wrote a Blog Review Checklist. It remains one of the most popular, most linked to, and most visited documents. As I work on the … [Read more...]
The Sidebar Is How Readers Know Things
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...]
What New Friends Have You Met and How Have You Made Life Easy for Them?
Done these three things lately? New links connect blogs. New relationships connect people. New people can add dimension and depth to your thinking and your ideas. What new friends have you met lately? … [Read more...]
Great Find: 2 Standalone Trackback Tools
Trackback Troubles A few months ago, I was having a problem with trackbacks. It occurred right after a server move. Everything seemed to be working, yet the trackbacks weren’t appearing. I found … [Read more...]
Great Find: Blogs about Blogging
Great Find: Blogs about blogs, blogger, and blogging by Barry Bell Permalink: Blogging/wurk.net/ Target Audience: Anyone interested in Blogs about blogging Content: Somtimes you can read someone’s … [Read more...]
Great Find: Is Your Design C.R.A.P.?
This link comes from Cat Morley, of Designers who Blog. It was waiting when I got to my computer this morning. If you know Cat Morley and Mike Rundle, you’ll want to read this article as much as I … [Read more...]
How to monitor the health of your online business
by Rosemary O’Neill These days, everything around us has a built-in indicator to tell us when somethingâs wrong. My car has been telling me I need âService A4â for about a month now. Our … [Read more...]