blogging Go Start Your Blog and Find a Newsreader I’ve been using RSS as my primary way to read news, blogs, thoughts, and ideas since 2005 or so (I currently use a mix of Feedly and NewsBlur as my RSS readers,
blogging Bring Back RSS I’m admittedly from a generation that grew up with a web that didn’t include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or even Google. I look back fondly on the early 2000’s when we
blogging Cautionary Tale of Patheos and Having Your Own Blog Wow, this is quite something and a good example of why you should always run your own blog instead of relying on a blog network. Same with podcasting. What a strange turn of
blogging Ultimate guide to SEO for small businesses (and nonprofits) There’s some really helpful advice here for small businesses, nonprofits, and / or churches looking to get a start on SEO basics. You can take a course on Lynda.com or watch some
blogging Owning your own platform is important, and valuable I often get the question from clients of why I mostly recommend having your own website on WordPress or a self-hosted platform in the age of Facebook. As companies who built their businesses
blogging Why you should quit blogging Fun post that highlights many of the concerns I hear from clients and friends when I encourage them to blog. Blogging and newsletters are still incredibly impactful for businesses, churches, nonprofits… or just
blogging You should blog Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. We could say goodbye to the creepy targeted ads and the algorithms, to the Nazis and bots and
blogging RSS in 2018 There’s so much wrong with this post, but I’ll point out my biggest gripe here… RSS (like podcasting) doesn’t need the metrics of behavior tracking for it to be a
blogging Blogging “I keep remembering that, between Google Reader and its limits (items must have titles), and Twitter with its limits (only 140 chars, no titles, one link, no styling), same with Facebook (no links
blogging short blog posts Important as the web continues to develop… don’t put all of your content into a silo. If you arrived here via Facebook, you might see why. You’re probably posting your short
blogging Why Wordpress Still Matters Good thoughts from Om here about the place of having your own website (whether it’s at WordPress.com or a self hosted WordPress installation for more flexibility) and feeding the beast: Some
blogging You Don't Need A Mediator to Blog It’s very easy to blog. You should do it on your own domain. You don’t need a venture capital funded company to help you. If you need help, let me know.
blogging Short-form blogging thoughts Great thoughts on blogging in 2014 from Gina Trapani… This is still a work-in-progress, notes-to-self kind of thing, but it’s been sitting in Draft for months now, so it’s time to
blogging Why Blogs? Yep… Blogs are — or at least were — different. They are an individual’s place for speaking out loud, but the relationships that form around them were based on links among posts, not social
blogging Blogging Still Matters in a Social Media World One of the main things I want to do more in 2014 is post on my blog. It’s a daily fight with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc. However, this has been my web
blogging Blogging Isn't Dead I’d have to disagree with this… Blogging is Dead – But Long Live the Blogosphere – exploreB2B: “While the thought process remains the same today (‘Here is what I think, read my blog’) – the
blogging Google's Matt Cutts on Link Building and Memorable Websites Matt is right… create an experience and work towards the big picture rather than just make something for the moment… Link Building Is Not Illegal (or Inherently Bad) with Matt Cutts: “Their goal
blogging 83 Lines Trevor Turk put together a WordPress theme using only 83 lines of PHP and 75 lines of CSS. That’s pretty amazing. And pretty. I’m using it here as my theme for
blogging Here We Go Again (Moving to Tumblr) After Posterous’ non-cool move with affiliate links, I’ve decided to move my blog over here to Tumblr. I’ve had this blog on WordPress.com then a self-hosted WordPress plan for a
blogging Great Review of @Posterous > Years of building and maintaining my WordPress blog have resulted in my learning a lot about WordPress and getting a lot of grease under my fingernails. Weeks of using Posterous has resulted in
blogging 1,000th Post “Now, with the blogs, you can share your thoughts with up to 10 people.” This is my 1,000th (published…a few dozen never saw the light of day, thankfully) post on CostPerNews.
blogging Disqus Trackbacks Yay! Our long international blogging conundrum is over. Disqus FTW! Disqus Blog » New: Enable
affiliate marketing What Happened to Affiliate Bloggers? Last Spring, it seemed as if the world of affiliate marketing would be saturated with bloggers. BUMPzee was riding high and everyone was trading links, trackbacks, comments and bumps. It was the short
blogging Magnify Publisher Simplifies Blogging Magnify.net is releasing a very exciting new WordPress and MovableType plugin aimed at making it easier for bloggers to find and include images and videos into posts. Basically, the plugin integrates easily