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I is for Inspiration (and why it is important to know your motivation to blog)

By AndrewBoyd • Nov 16th, 2008 • Category: Blogging tips, Current Feature

This post is part of my lessons learned alphabetical series and follows on from F is for Friends, G is for Greatness, and H is for Hosting Options.
Inspiration - it is very hard to fake, and without it your blogging days are over. It’s that simple You can fake sincerity with some of the […]



H is for Hosting Options

By AndrewBoyd • Nov 2nd, 2008 • Category: Blogging tips, Recent posts

This post is part of my lessons learned alphabetical series and follows on from F is for Friends and G is for Greatness.
I’ve been a fan of self-hosting for a long time. Get a real blog platform, get a domain name, get a hosting setup, brand yourself, and build the brand (as an aside, I […]



G is for Greatness

By AndrewBoyd • Aug 27th, 2008 • Category: Blogging tips, Recent posts

This post is part of my lessons learned alphabetical series and follows on from E is for Expansion. and F is for Friends.
When I started blogging seriously, I wanted to be a truly Great Blogger. Note the capitalisation. Great with a capital G. Not just successful, but truly Great.
“Andrew, what do you want to be […]



F is for Friends (and other social networks…)

By AndrewBoyd • Aug 9th, 2008 • Category: Blogging tips, Recent posts

This post is part of my lessons learned alphabetical series and follows on from D is for Design and E is for Expansion.
Friends. You gotta have them. Apparently
Seriously though, it would be a pretty sad place without friends.
There are a number of posts around the metablogging community on exploiting the power of social […]



E is for Expansion

By AndrewBoyd • Jul 9th, 2008 • Category: Blogging tips, Promoting Australian Blogs, Recent posts

This post is part of my lessons learned alphabetical series and follows on from D is for Design.
So… you think you are pretty hot. You’ve got 30 followers on Twitter, FeedBurner tells you that more than a dozen people read every post you write, and your Analytics figures are on an upwards trend.
So you decide […]



D is for Design

By AndrewBoyd • Jun 22nd, 2008 • Category: Blogging tips, Recent posts

Following on the trail of A is for Akismet, B is for Blogging Platform, and C is for Content, this post is about blog design - layout, colour, and styles. It not only draws on 18 months of blogging but 12 years of user centered design.
But first… the bottom line
Let’s be a little lateral and […]