7 Tips to Keep the Blogging Fires Burning!

You know how in the beginning of a relationship everybody’s interested and interesting? How we keep up our appearance? How we interact, engage and put forth our best effort? Then with some time and familiarity we tend to take things for granted. The fun factor fizzles, or we simply lose steam. Or perhaps our attention is diverted by some other “new and shiny object.” Well, the same thing happens with blogging. Here’s the scenario. In the beginning you work hard to create posts to bring people...

4 Scientific Tips that Help You Get More Blog Comments

One of the most engaging features of the blogging platform is the commenting system. Many bloggers believe there is as much or even more value in the discussion than the posts they write themselves. Comments are a classic form of social proof for blogs, and blogs that attract lots of comments appear more authoritative. Comments are also a great way to facilitate user generated content that is perfect for SEO. Because of all this, comments can...

The Responsible Blogger’s Guide to Dealing with Big Brother

“What should I be doing better with my blog?” That’s one helluva question, isn’t it? As someone who blogs to support a thriving business, I think about that question every day. There are a lot of answers, many of which involve sexy topics like traffic, subscribers, and getting one zillion followers on Twitter. But when’s the last time you sat down and answered the question above with: “I should be paying more attention to blogging ethics.” Not...

Bring an Intense Debate to Your Blog Comments

I’ve been trying to clean up the blog here and there, and decided to go with the Intense Debate plugin for my blog comments. The previous comments were a mess. The layout was great, but it wasn’t threading comments and what’s the point of commenting if you can’t reply directly to other comments in a mannerly order. The overall setup with Intense Debate looks great and it’s really easy for anyone to log into their favorite platform to leave a comment,...

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