PSE From Scratch: A Quick Start Guide to Photoshop Elements by Everyday Elements (Giveaway Closed)

If you’re a blogger, you know the importance of using images in your posts. Those images are used to enhance meaning in your post, and are pinned to Pinterest, pulled to Facebook when someone Likes or Shares your post, etc. Many bloggers take their own pictures, but find they need tools to enhance their photos. [...]

Cool Pinterest Photo App Lets You Splice Images

Pinterest’s new user interface shows a larger image, then four smaller images. It’s an attractive way of highlighting your latest pins. And, just as people did when  Facebook used the photostrip on personal profiles and fan pages, users have found interesting ways to display images with the new layout. Eugene Chen developed a tool to [...]

Headway Themes Offers Easy-to-Use, Beautiful WordPress Theme for Bloggers (Excellent Holiday Gift for Bloggers!)

Wondering what to give your social media lover for Christmas? Know a blogger who seems to have everything and you have no idea what to get them for Hanukkah or Christmas? Never fear, I have you covered. While I was at Blog World Expo in LA I met the fine folks at Headway Themes and [...]

Five Ways to Critique Your Blog

Please welcome today’s guest blogger, Melissa from Momcomm as she shares tips on critiquing your own blog. I’ve gotten to know Melissa over the past year or so because of  Facebook group we belong to. She is a wealth of marketing information and she rocks socks at making blogs better. Today she’s sharing some tips [...]

Helpful Blogging Links: Optimizing Images for the Web & Making Photo Collages

Photo collages are an interesting and fun way to display related photos on your blog (or even print as a gift!). This week’s links share information on making photo collages and optimizing your images for the web (so your blog will load faster and look great). Using Collages to Tell Stories and Share Memories via [...]

How do I customize my blockquotes in Blogger?

READ THIS: Before you start changing anything in your template code, please for the love of all that is sacred to your blog, back up the template. Blogger makes this really easy. On the Edit HTML page, just click the Download Full Template link and choose where to save the file. Make a note of [...]

Helpful Blogging Links: Using Web Fonts on My Blog

Every Friday I try to share some links related to a given topic. Well, sometimes they’re related to a given topic, and sometimes they’re not related at all. Today, they’re related. You’re welcome. If you want to see what I’m sharing daily, Like Blogging Basics 101 on Facebook! Web Fonts at the Crossing via A [...]

Helpful Blogging Links: Get Shared on Facebook, Facebook Privacy Settings, Community & Belonging

7 Scientifically Proven Ways to Get “Shared” on Facebook via Fast Company. Dan Zarella of HubSpot tracked 12,000 articles to see when they were posted, how they were shared, and what information they offered. He’s compiled the data to show you how you can get your articles shared on Facebook. Do You Feel Like You [...]

Helpful Blogging Links: Blog Traffic & E-mail subscriptions, Facebook Changes, Changing WP themes, Ning Alternatives

Increase Blog Traffic with Email Strategies via Blogging for a Living (part of the Freelance Writing Jobs Network). So many bloggers wonder how to increase their traffic. I stand by the fact that it takes time to build a loyal audience and there’s no magic formula, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t things to do! [...]

How do I format recipes on my blog?

Reader Question: I have trouble with formatting recipes and getting the columns lined up. I usually do several lines of ingredients and amounts and hit return.  Then I will highlight the ingredients and amounts and click on the bullet feature and then un-do it.  Then is when the ingredients come together, but they are not [...]