Does Your Blog Embrace Mobile Browsing?

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Some interesting figures about mobile browsing and user activity: 38 percent of web users in the U.S. access the web from their phone (or 89 million people). 53 percent of Americans using their phones to go online do so at least once a day. 65 percent of mobile users aged between 18-29 use their phones… [Continue Reading]

Of Comment Trolls and Flash Mobs

comment trolls and flash mobs

At some stage in your blogging journey, you’re going to write something that, for whatever reason, brings down the equivalent of Darth Vader, Sauron, Freddy Kreuger and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse onto you all at once. That’s okay – part of the beauty of blogging is that you’re opening up your opinion to… [Continue Reading]

Why We Don’t Charge for Blog Topics

free blog topics

Over at For Bloggers By Bloggers, we offer free weekly blog topics every Saturday. A collection of various ideas, titles and niches, it’s to help bloggers get inspiration when they hit the blog topics wall. As bloggers, we know how difficult it can be to come up with just the right idea sometimes. It could… [Continue Reading]

Introducing Free Weekly Blog Topics at For Bloggers By Bloggers

Free blog topics

For many bloggers, coming up with blog topics can be hard. Keeping your blog fresh and interesting for readers old and new can see you hitting the blog topics wall, and often that leads to you just not blogging at all. Which is why at For Bloggers by Bloggers, we’re launching a new weekly series… [Continue Reading]

21 Non-Business Blogs You Could Read Today

Through new eyes

While you might come here to read about social media; or marketing; or strategy; or statistics;  it’s always nice to step back and read blogs from outside the business and social media circle. So, over on my Facebook page last night, I asked for recommendations of blogs that weren’t business, to see what inspired others… [Continue Reading]

Why a Blog Disclaimer Is Just as Important as a Disclosure Message

Why your blog needs a disclaimer

Last week, I spoke with Joe Hackman about blogger ethics and transparency (you can listen to the podcast here), and one of the things we chatted about was the topic of disclosure. My belief – and something we instill into any clients that have a blogger or social media outreach program in place – is… [Continue Reading]

Setting Your Stall from Your First Blog Post

Setting stalls and expectations

As I start to wind down for the year – and, I guess, with the ubiquitous year-end blog post to come – I looked back at my very first post on this blog to see where I started. (Note – I’ve been blogging on and off for about 12 years but this is the one… [Continue Reading]

Video Overview of the New Catalyst Premium WordPress Theme

Catalyst premium WordPress theme

This post originally appeared over at For Bloggers By Bloggers. I’m reposting here as WordPress, and the various premium frameworks around, are becoming an increasingly important and adaptable toolset for any business, small or large and should be your starting point when building your presence online. New to the premium WordPress theme scene, Catalyst looks… [Continue Reading]

25 Ways to Use the Web to Find Content for Your Blog

25 ways to find blog content

This post originally appeared over at our blog resource centre, For Bloggers By Bloggers. I wanted to share it here as I thought you might find it useful, as well as share some of the free resources we offer over at FBBB. Feel free to pop on over and check the rest of For Bloggers… [Continue Reading]

Overview of SEO Data Transporter from StudioPress

StudioPress themes

This post originally appeared at For Bloggers By Bloggers, but I’ve been asked a lot of questions about theme changes and SEO settings recently, so I thought I’d share it here. For any self-hosted WordPress blogger, the SEO Data Transporter plug-in from StudioPress could be one of the most useful plug-ins around. Compatible with some… [Continue Reading]