While a blog is not comprised of a captive audience (one-click subscribe/unsubscibe), your audience is usually more than willing to help you vett your ideas.
If you are thinking of charging for a service that is currently free, ask your readers what they think. Blog readers are usually quite vocal about their wants.
If you are considering [...]
There is a lot to remember when configuring your podcast for your effective distribution.
You have to make sure you ID3 tags are well written for SEO purposes, your MP3 is compressed at the appropriate bit rate to ensure fast downloads without sacrificing quality and you have to make sure it’s everywhere your potential listeners [...]
You’ve spent months building up a steady supply of readers? You’re now at the enviable point of having a few hundred loyal readers who follow your musings and comment on your blog, now what?
How do you keep them happy?
Well, how did you get them here in the first place? Think back to what [...]
This little bit of insanity comes from Shel Holtz, a well-read blogger, via Steve Rubel’s Micropersuasion.
Shel explains:
In case you hadn’t heard about it, some companies have begun blocking
RSS feeds at the firewall. The rationale for this short-sighted,
counterproductive bit of paranoid stupidity ranges from bandwidth
worries to productivity concerns. The first I heard of this was from [...]
Of all the blog search engines, Icerocket seems to get the highest marks on quality searches and uptime. They do a better than fair job of removing the splog returns as well.
Think Partnership (THK) has given them a letter of intent to purchase. I ‘think’ they have purchases a great search engine.
No word on [...]
Technorati Graph Taken From David Sifry
David Sifry’s been keeping up with blog growth for quite a while, and he’s become the resident expert on the topic, garnering much attention when he releases his latest ‘state of the blogosphere‘.
And, look what Rubel has to say (note the MySpace blog mentions):
The blogosphere is over 60 times [...]