Introducing Mrs. Fringe: A Peripheral Life
By Guest Blogger Mrs Fringe, who blogs at http://mrsfringe.wordpress.com Sometimes the fringe falls just right. I’ve been thinking about writing a post on blogging; I recently had a discussion with a...
View ArticleDo as I say, not as I do
By Guest Author, Susan who blogs at blogs at http://piedtype.com I’m not the best person to advise you about blogging. I’ve broken most of the basic rules: Have a purpose, have a specific topic/theme,...
View ArticlePavlov’s Blog (Confessions of a Compulsive Commenter)
By Guest Author, Little Miss Menopause who blogs at thequotegal.wordpress.com The Comment Section on a Blog can really bring out the same personality traits you would exhibit at a cocktail party....
View ArticleMeet a Bilingual International Blogger
By guest blogger catezapp who blogs at http://ilmondodicate.wordpress.com/ Hi there readers.I am a member of one cool site for quite a while now. I am Italian but have an English mum and have traveled...
View ArticleMy Wee Blog: Put the Kettle On
By Guest Author, Olivia who blogs at http://putthekettleon.net/ My blog began as an online portfolio to home some of my published articles and to advertise freelance writing, but I discovered...
View ArticleBeginner Blogging and Gentle Stitches
By Guest Author, Gentle Stitches who blogs at http://gentlestitches.com The spaghetti had really hit the fan when I started blogging. The wheels had fallen off and the well was completely dry. Not one...
View ArticleText is not Enough: Include Images in Blog Posts
My name’s Mark Armstrong. I’m a commercial illustrator. I’ve been blogging on WordPress since March, 2010. More than 4 years. Which comes as a shock to the system — my system, anyway. No one helped me...
View ArticleStories – Untapped treasures you need to share
By Guest Author, Judy Berman who blogs at http://earth-rider.com Imagine growing up listening to a spell-binding story-teller. What great fodder for a book. My Dad shared some of his experiences on...
View ArticleA Salmon in Uncharted Waters
By Guest author, Fiona who blogs at Fiona’s Favourites Next week it will be seven months since I published my first post. This “blogging thing” is new to me, although writing is not. Also new, is...
View ArticleFrom Academic Writing to Blogging
By Guest Author, Charlene Shannon-McCallum blogs at http://leisurethings.wordpress.com/ I consider myself to be a newbie blogger. I started my blog All Things Leisure in August 2013. I am an academic...
View ArticleGreen Lizard’s Blog
By Guest Author, Lizard100, who blogs at http://lizard100blog.wordpress.com/ I started a blog a while ago but like all foolish bloggers I didn’t actually write it for some time. Since February 2014...
View ArticleBirthday Weekend
There will be no work for me this weekend. Here’s is why. After respiratory arrest and hospitalization just days ago, this weekend is a biggie for me. ♫ Happy Birthday to me! ♫ I’m 65 and still alive!...
View ArticleBlogging, My (Only) Marketing Tool
By Guest Author, Mary Ruocchio, who blogs at oilpastelsbymary.com It’s all about name recognition and product association . . . be effective in how you use your blog and half the marketing battle is...
View ArticleOn Becoming A Better Writer
By Guest Author, David Bennett who blogs at Photograph Works. When TT said she’d like me to write a guest post, I racked my brains for what I could write about. She writes about blogging tips and she’s...
View ArticleWhat should new bloggers do to get noticed?
by Guest Author, Disperser, (Emilio J. D’Alise) who blogs at http://disperser.wordpress.com Blogging is SO last week! Facebook is LIKE, today! Twitter is today and tomorrow! As a new blogger, you need...
View ArticleBlogging has a vocabulary of its own
It’s English, TimeThief, but not as I know it, not as I know It. By Guest Author, Jill who blogs at http://jillscene.com The blogging world once was an alien world to me. When I realised that millions...
View ArticleSocial Networking Blunders
Suppose you have a WordPress.com blog and you choose to auto post to social media sites like many other bloggers do. Then one day you find your most recent post did not get published to Facebook or...
View ArticleGmail Password Leak Update
Originally posted on WordPress.com News:This week, a group of hackers released a list of about 5 million Gmail addresses and passwords. This list was not generated as a result of an exploit of...
View ArticleWordPress.com (Automattic) Transparency Report
Here’s a link to some very interesting reading, The WordPress.com Transparency Report encourages me to believe some are aware of how important and issue transparency is. Automattic plans to publish...
View ArticleBloggers Clean Up Your Comments
Comments that reveal the motivation for submitting them is driving traffic back to the commenters’ own sites are comments that aren’t worthy of your approval. Approving dumb comments and/or hollow no...
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