Blogging Basics

Having spent several hours reviewing blogs in several markets, I’ve come to a conclusion: We all need to work on our About pages. In this article I’ll tell you what to include and how to make it interesting.

Blogging Basics 101 explains 5 MORE of the most common mistakes beginning bloggers make. These mistakes are almost a right of passage, but why waste that time with mistakes you can easily avoid?

An elevator pitch is the short version of what your blog or business is about. Having an elevator pitch ready helps you quickly and concisely share your focus with new people at conferences, work, or a backyard BBQ.

Sarah Mae is a household engineer (a.k.a stay-at-home mommy of three and wife to one very cool motorcycling husband) who absolutely loves blogging!

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I recently found some notes I took from an interview Darren Rowse (Problogger) did this summer with The Blog Squad and thought I’d share them with you. He has some… Read More »Advice: Writing Well and Increasing Traffic to Your Blog

Before I start my explanation of permalinks, I want to show you two examples so you can refer to them as necessary: An example of a blog’s main URL (which… Read More »What is a permalink and why do I need it?