WriterAccess Weekly Round-up: Blockbuster Blogging
Welcome back from the weekend! Poor, rainy, chilly weather in Boston has got me aching for summer. With June closing in rapidly, the entertainment industry is also trying to hype up the summer with blockbuster movie trailers. Teens will flock to the latest Twilight installment, comic book fans to X-Men: First Class, and seemingly everyone […]
Winston Churchill’s Guide to “Never Give Up” Blogging
When it comes to creating and maintaining a successful blog, bloggers would do well to take a few cues from Winston Churchill. When he stood before the boys of his old school, Harrow, it has often been reported the sole line of his speech was, “Never give up.” The truth is, he said a good […]
6 Blogger Tips on Staying Motivated
Being a writer comes with all kinds of Hemingway-esque romantic notions of whiling away the hours in coffee shops or working in your pajamas at your own unconventional hours, sipping tea or maybe gin, doing your own thing perhaps even with the proverbial pencil stuck behind your ear. But what happens when you lose your umph? […]
Where Should I Host My Blog?
How to choose between blog platforms is a common question among bloggers. The funny thing is that no one really wants to say definitively which blog platform is the best. The simplest answer to this question is that it depends on what you want to do with it. Let’s have a look at three of […]
Blogging and the 7 Deadly Sins
Let’s talk about Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Gluttony, Pride, Greed and Lust. No, that’s not the name of a law firm; those terms represent the notorious Seven Deadly Sins. Let’s examine how they can manifest themselves within the blog community: Envy Envying another blogger’s voice can prevent you from finding your own. When you first started blogging, you may […]
WriterAccess Weekly Round-up: Best and Worst of Blogging
Welcome back from the weekend! What I am going to talk about today is … how not to start blog posts incredibly boringly. (Step one: Don’t say “What I am going to talk about today is ….) People have short attention spans. People on the Internet have even shorter ones. If you don’t start off […]
WriterAccess Weekly Round-up: Jimmy Dugan Supports Content Marketing
Welcome back from the weekend! “Is content marketing worth the effort?” asks Copyblogger. And as this directly pertains to the nature of WriterAccess’ business, I eagerly anticipated the answer. And of course, the answer is “Yes”— but Copyblogger added some kick-in-the-pants knowledge to make sure you get it. As the great, fictional Jimmy Dugan once […]
How to Manage Blog Comments with Intellect, Interactivity, and Introspection
If you are serious about blogging or are planning to be soon, you may want to consider exactly what type of blog you want. Will it be a collaborative blog? Want to try your hand at a cultural or lifestyle blog? Perhaps even join the biggest blog pool around: the personal blog. However, a somewhat […]
Tweeting Your Blog Posts Without Being Annoying
Twitter is Getting Crowded It’s tempting to use Twitter as your own personal megaphone. Open up the dashboard, pop off a message in 140 characters or less, and immediately broadcast it to hundreds or maybe thousands of people. Sounds great, right? The problem is, Twitter is becoming heavily oversaturated with advertising and marketing messages. It’s […]
WriterAccess Weekly Round-up: Blogs with Friends
Welcome back from the weekend! Last week, CopyBlogger dropped some blog-writing knowledge, Splinter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles–style. The immortal artists of the Renaissance (and those Turtles) can teach us a thing or two about creating epic and prolific content— like by “freeing your angels” as did Michelangelo. My only question is: Is Donatello not […]
Why Some Business Blogs Stink
Let’s face it: Some blogs stink. Major corporations with large new media budgets and employees dedicated to producing a company blog also sometime produce really bad examples of what a blog should be. While one would think these sites could afford quality blog writing, it is apparent by looking at them that this is not […]
20 Never-Fail Strategies for Generating Blog Topics
Being a freelance blogger certainly has its perks right? Just imagine; some of the best blogs on the net are created by a guy or gal stretched out on their couch in jammies’, laptop perched upon kneecaps, while favored tunes are playing nearby. Indeed, to those mired in the day-to-day grind of work outside their […]