Changing your boring Blogger Template

Let’s be honest, most of the default Blogger Templates are horrible, and its got to the point now where you visit a new Blogspot blog and you think ‘oh not this template again’ so, over the past week I have been playing around with blogger on my travel photo blog to see what I can [...]

An Interview with Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett is a professional blogger, and has written for the likes of Pro Blogger and Blog Herald, along with his own blog Chrisg.com.
He founded his company in 2005, called OMIQ, which provides services for bloggers including Blog Critiques, Consulting Calls, and personal coaching.
Yesterday, I was lucky enough to interview Chris - so here it [...]

How about a little link love?

When I first started Blogged Out, and the Blogged Out Project, my aim was to earn £1,000 from the blog by the end of June.
That time is coming, and to be honest, I’ve not earnt a penny from this blog, traffic is erratic and dips and peaks depending if I promote the blog on webmaster [...]

Six blog posts that will help you blog

I’ve been scouring the internet for great blog posts which I think will help you promote, and monetize your blog.
I’ve been amazed at the amount of well written, useful content that is out there for bloggers, and rather than you going to the content, I’m bringing it to my readers.
Daily blog tips
Traffic generation tips
Copyright Do’s [...]

Five Tips to Keep your Blog Content Fresh

It can be quite lonely blogging on a blog with very few comments [hint-hint] and it’s for this reason that a lot of bloggers give in and leave their blog to rot.
Another reason is the thought of having to write unique content, day in, day out, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Here are [...]

Google acquire Feedburner

I’m sure many of you will have heard of the news that Google has bought Feedburner – is this good or bad news for the blogger?
For the majority of us we’ll not notice a great deal of difference, unless they start to change the services that Feedburner currently offers – I can see more interaction [...]

Find the Worst offenders for Blog Spam

For the past few weeks I have been playing around with Google’s Blogger, so that I can understand more how it all works, with the aim of writing a review on this blog software, so those Blogspotters, keep your open for a review soon.
Today’s, post is for those Wordpressers, and works great if you get [...]

Promote your business in the local Chinese takeaway

Simon Chapple, author of the Marketing Solicitor blog mentioned how he has marketed the solicitors’ he works for on local Chinese takeaway menus, and I instantly thought what a great marketing idea – why didn’t I think of that!
He contacted a few local takeaways and has paid for their printing in return for an advertisement [...]

Promoting your Blog through Facebook

Today, I wanted to discuss a new way people from around the World are networking, and as I have mentioned before, networking with other bloggers and businesses is important to attract a strong readership.
In the past few weeks I have started to use Facebook, a social networking site that I am sure many of you [...]

Don’t be Shy, Tell your Readers your Name

Hmmm maybe this is just me, but I’ve read a few blogs lately, and I’ve enjoyed reading the blog posts, but when I look for who is the author of the blog, I’ve not found a name! How are you supposed to create a community or readership, if people don’t know who is writing the [...]

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