I know a lot of you use the nRelate plugin for related posts but they have just announced that they are going to discontinue this. This is a real bummer as I really like the options that this plugin allows and the ability to edit the CSS to fit my blogs. I have been looking…
It’s the new year and it’s time for a blog detox. Here are 9 things that you should do to update, clean up to maintain and protect your blogs. 1. Update copyright on your blogs Does your blog still say “copyright 2014”? This is one that is often forgotten and ignored. If your blog does…
NOTE: New Date announced! 24 March 2015 If you are progressing from a hobby blogger to getting more commercial and monetising your blog, you need to be prepared for all the questions potential clients will ask. Having a comprehensive media kit will answer all these questions. At this month’s event we will talk about Media Kits…
As bloggers we tend to write as we speak. Sometimes, there is little attention paid to the usage of proper spelling or grammar. As a reader of many blogs, I find it hard to read blogs that are filled with typos and grammatical errors. Another common problem is the misuse of words, like “there” and…
The SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) landscape is changing rapidly and especially so in the last year or so. It’s time for an update since our last SEO session so we won’t be going over the SEO basics again. If you are a blogger, you need to understand SEO to optimise your site to ensure that get…