Why and How to Outsource Writers For Your Blog

Monday, January 10th, 2011

If you have been thinking about starting up a blog, congratulations. Having an entrepreneurial urge, but wanting to start it out without taking on too many additional expenses, is a great way to get your feet wet without getting in over your head. You can start a blog in a few minutes, and get it going in a hurry. And there are two great ways to build up your popularity in a hurry: by providing great content on your own blog (to keep people coming back to it to see what you have to say), and by providing great guest posts on other people’s blogs. (more…)

Tags: blogging psychology, tactics
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When Blogging Get’s Feisty: What to do with a Blog Controversy

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

A recently trending topic among the blog tip community is the subject of blog controversy. Because blogs are opinion-oriented and involve user interaction, most bloggers are no strangers to controversy. Whether the conflict is internal (heated debates in the comment section) or external (blogs writing dirty material about other blogs), it is always interesting to watch things escalate.

Internal Controversies: An Example and Observations

Last week on SiteSketch101, Nicholas Cardot took an unconventional stance on the value of the popular Thesis theme for WordPress.

I believe that Thesis is not a good value for most bloggers and after having done a lot of research into it, I can’t honestly recommend Thesis to my readers, to my followers, or to my friends and I would strongly encourage you to steer your business away from it as a business model.

What followed was a foray of emotionally charged comments either being critical of Cardot’s position or in favor of it. (more…)

Tags: blog controversy, blogging psychology
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Psychology: The Effect of Blogging on the Brain

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

An article by Ben Vershow from futureofthebook.org.

Does blogging restructure consciousness?

The following story suggests that it does. Last month, Chris Bowers of the progressive political blog MyDD, underwent a small existential crisis brought on by a ham-fisted report on public television about political blogging that bungled a number of basic facts, including Bowers’ very existence on the MyDD masthead. The result was a rare moment of introspection in an otherwise hyper-extroverted medium:

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New study suggest blog post quantity trumps quality for online popularity

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Still believe all that hogwash about quality over quantity? According to a study presented at the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference last Wednesday, bloggers who post frequently are much more “attractive” than infrequent posters, regardless of post quality.

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Tags: blogging psychology, blogging studies, content
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