Blogging news, product reviews, and behind the scenes updates from Chris
Blog Action Day is here! It seems like only five minutes since I was invited to join in. From the first mention I thought it was a great idea so I am so pleased the project is already a success with some fantastic blogs and backers involved. This Blog Action Day has been dedicated to…
My first round of October free guest posts are up, a couple even got to the Digg front page 🙂 5 Skills That Boost Your Design Career My Top 5 Biggest Freelancing Mistakes 5 Tips For a Less Stressful Moving House Experience WP_Submission WordPress Plugin Makes Reader Submission Projects and Blog Carnivals Easy Hopefully more…
I’m still lacking internet access so please forgive me for offloading blogging duties to some links today 🙂 Thankfully there is much goodness around for you to see! seodigger – Find out if your site ranks for searched-for keywords. Nice tool that helps you discover where and what keywords your site shows up for. 22…
[Guest Post] In our rush to post, share, and engage, we may unknowingly make errors that hinder growth and harm credibility.
I’m thinking now I have a few of these I need to do some sort of a page for linking to interviews. How would you do it? This sort of thing is still new to me so I am not sure what the “done thing” is 🙂 Anyway, Bloginite has just posted up a quicky…
When I wrote a post explaining how to get more Digg users to subscribe to your blog there were quite a few people who doubted me. “Impossible”, “waste of time”, “Diggers don’t subscribe”, “etc”, people said. Well, I feel a little vindicated today. Yesterday Codswallop was featured on the Digg homepage, today I see we…
I was looking over the member blogs over at the Authority Blogger Forum and had an idea I wanted to share with you. To prove or disprove this theory though I will need your help, just a click in a little poll. My theory? That many people don’t know what they are going to write…
If you recall I waffled on for too long so the original interview was split into two parts. I just heard that you can now go and listen to Part 2 🙂 Again I am telling you about it before I listen myself so I just hope I don’t come over too badly!
You may have noticed a small addition to my footer (if I manage to work out the CSS bug that keeps hiding it!). It’s a Creative Commons button. What is that all about, you ask? Read on in my post “Creative Commons For Bloggers” …
Anne-Marie emailed me to tell me about a discussion going on about copyright protection for photos and content. What is the legal position around using other peoples images? Are you OK if you provide attribution? Or is that only CC licensed? If you look in the comments you will see there is some excellent discussion,…
I haven’t even listened to this myself yet (I hope I don’t sound like a complete prat) but Sara has informed me that part one of the Random Bits Podcast featuring me is up and ready to listen to. Sara split the interview into two parts because I jabbered on far too long so the…
The blogging forum just broke 1000 posts! Not bad for a brand new forum, it’s only just over a week since it was announced (of course it helps that it is free to join and full of wonderful people) 🙂 When you sign up make sure you add your details and blog URL to the…
I know you can’t get enough of me, right? Right? Well, OK, maybe you can 🙂 Anyways … I’ve just been listening to the ProBlogger Confidential call I had with Andy Wibbels and his listeners. I’m not too ashamed of how I sound. More “ums and ahs” than I would hope for but at least…
Since my Blogging forum Announcement over 200 people have signed up! Thanks to everyone who has joined and taken part in the discussions 🙂 If you haven’t joined in yet, see what you are missing at the Authority Blogger Forum now!
After Darrens post revealing a “service” allowing unethical companies to buy Spam Comments Wendy Piersall has decided to put no-follow back on her links. I am considering doing the same. It’s a shame when legitimate comments will get the same link-condom as fake comments but sometimes when you get a lot of messages in your…
Thanks all for your Branding Posts. I am compiling the round-up now so please, to avoid disappointment, do not send me any more. The post will be going up in the morning, it looks like it should be good 🙂
What does an Authority Blogger do when he joins an existing blogging team on an already running blog? I guess we are all going to find out, today I started blogging at Crestock. As it is a stock image and photography company I will be focusing on the photography side, in particular how to be…
Adriaan Pienaar has posted his short interview with me. There are interesting questions covering topics from new media through to my opinion of blogging to position yourself as a niche expert. Check it out!
I am a big fan of observing others success and applying what you learn to your own strategy. Andy has given us an excellent analysis of Aaron Wall’s Playbook over on his blog … it pays to observe what other successful people have done and take some pointers. You won’t be able to copy them…
Midnight Sun at Kjerringøy Norway When I heard about the midnight sun I knew this trip was going to be special. Nothing could have prepared me for how special it would actually be. Kjerringøy is in the north of Norway, actually within the arctic circle. This means around this time of year the sun doesn’t…
This Week Just a quickie this morning as I am tidying up and preparing for my trip to Kjerringøy, Norway. I will be there with a client for the week telling them how great I am and how lucky they are to have me around. Or something. Posts will be pre-populated but I hope to…
I know I advise your blog should be all about your readers but it would be remiss of me to not inform you that Darren from blogged-out has interviewed me. You lucky people.
Many people have been complaining lately about Digg. The “bury-brigade”, who bury stories just because they don’t like the subject matter, and bullying trolls who tear apart anything just for sport. Digg do not seem to want to do anything about it either, Kevin and co seem quite happy that they are pulling together an…
As if I don’t already just give and give and give 😉 you can get more of my blog tips over at The Blog Herald in my new weekly “10 minute blog tips” series 🙂 First post is about getting more comments, let me know what you think …
Remember my squidoffer? Remember just to get it seen I had to beg you for votes? Um, can I beg you to vote for my ad again? Squidoo just reset my votes back to zero. So my ad that I have paid for to show 12 weeks is not visible anywhere. Kind of sucks, when…
Here are my top commenters for the month of April. If you were here in person I would give you all hugs, instead here are some links 😉 Mark Jack Jeff Jen Colbs Ashish Ashwin Marc Raj Chris Baskind
Brian Clark and I are in a deadly blog battle over at Daily Blog Tips, please come to my aid with your vote clicks!
Are you waiting for me to get around to another blog critique submission announcement? Well if you want a review and can’t wait for me to get around to you a new site called UBlogMe has been set up especially to help bloggers get reviewed right now and for free. While they are still finishing…
Three interviews with little me, what is the world coming to? 🙂 I have started enjoying being interviewed lately, I think I am starting to be more relaxed and not stumble over my words quite so much. If you want to interview me feel free to ask, if you have interesting questions I will most…
Cool! My database tells me that Tamar weinberg made the 1000th comment on my blog 🙂 (on the post “Get a Real Job“). Thanks to Tamar and everyone who has made a comment, I appreciate it! Full stats from my Dashboard: There are currently 116 posts and 1,004 comments. Akismet has caught 2,213 spam comments.
It seems this vacation was never going to offer a reliable internet connection. After getting to an internet connection I said I would resume blogging, but then reality happened. It seems my Mac just didn’t want to work for more than a minute or two, even over a ethernet connection. I’m back home with internet…
Best laid plans eh? I figured I had this mobile blogging thing sussed. With my trusty MacBook and PDA combo I am good for network, wifi, bluetooth, 3G/GPRS/UMTS. I didn’t count on rural Manitoba. Lesson learned, when someone tells you there will be internet access double and triple check. I couldn’t even get cell phone…
A blog meme, based off the popular hashtag. What is the #goals meme?
Another week, another Killer Flagship Content ebook review roundup! Don Campbell There are no cheap tricks here, only guidelines on creating quality content that your readers want and need. Nathan Briggs the first time I’ve seen all the information in one cohesive well presented package. Definitely a useful file to have on your hard-drive “Colbs”…
I thought I would just take a moment to thank my top commenters. Thanks for all your contributions, it is very much appreciated 🙂 Bes Zain Dawud Miracle Marc Chase Andrew Ferguson John Liz Strauss George Ahmed Bilal Maki Doug Karr Krishna De John Wesley Ashish Mohta Jack HMTKSteve jhay James Colbs Anthony Baggett Tony…
Terry has added a fun feature to his blog – Blog Fight! Now you can have your own blog fight between A-List Bloglebrities and the like, using this nifty Technorati-powered tool below. Of course I am only happy because my blog won its bout 😉
More bloggers have been reviewing my free Killer Flagship Content eBook. Randa Clay I have a lot of respect for Chris and have really benefited from reading his blog. Chris’ writing style is particularly engaging and easy to follow. Raj Dash Chris practices what he preaches, turning his ebook Killer Flagship Content into flagship content…
More reviews are coming in for Killer Flagship Content … Dax Desai The eBook is an excellent read for any blogger. If you wish to take your blog from interesting to must-have bookmark, you need to read this eBook. Mac Dean How can you pack so much information into 14 pages, I have no idea….
Threadwatch.org reports on a Ad Age study researching blog reader habits. It showed they are loyal, reading the same blogs regularly, and judge them based on quality of writing. A specific topic focus is also valued highly. Most interesting to me was the confirmation of how people find new blogs 67.3% of the respondents follow…
Philipp Lenssen has outdone himself this time. Check out his excellent post “How to Not Get On the Digg Homepage“. When you stop laughing read it again and memorize for next time you submit a story.