Tag Archives: Blogging Rules

What should a blogger do to make sure he or she will be guaranteed to pick a blog topic that will attract readers regularly?

As I ponder another year of blogging, I've been thinking about the notion of niche blogging and why it just didn't work for me.

Bloggers like to talk about blogging rules, whether or not they like to acknowledge "rules" actually exist.

I had an interesting discussion with a would be blogger whose plan seems to be blogging for no one. Not...

It's almost impossible to believe that on Saturday, it'll be time to celebrate my 11th blogging anniversary. I was 34...

Should paid endorsements of political campaigns be required to be disclosed? New guidelines in California say yes, but not everyone...

If there were only one way to blog, there'd be only one kind of blogger. There would also be a...

Bloggers love lists. But this list is a little different: I'm taking 3 popular blogging rules and giving my take...

Self-hosting gives you more control of your content, but it comes with a price. Literally. Here's how I came to...

I make no bones about the fact that I use a good deal of stock photography in posts here at...

This week's Blogchat focuses on things you wish you could have learned about blogging before you ever began. It prompted me to come up with a list of a dozen things I wish a future version of myself would have materialized long enough to tell me back in 2004 when <b>Patrick's Place</b> began.

At a recent Blogchat, the subject of dates on blog posts came up, and while there was some division on whether dates should or shouldn't be included, I have five steps to handling old posts and dates.

Some bloggers seem willing to forego any attempt at good writing just so they can express themselves. I think that's ridiculous.

When it comes to blogging, I have little patience for set "rules" that "experts" suggest you follow. Some experts have...

Over at Inkling Media, Ken posted that there are two blogging rules we should be breaking more often. I didn't...