Your Blog’s Mission Statement

by Kevin on April 20, 2009

Not unlike your tagline, you should have a mission statement on your blog. If you don’t, now is the time to add it. Even though mission statements typically appear in larger organizations and companies, it doesn’t mean that your blog (…)

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It’s a Good Idea to Add More Space

by Kevin on April 20, 2009

Blog design shouldn’t limit what you want to accomplish. When you choose a template, test the template in various browsers and dimensions (using the resize tool). [By the way, the Firesizer plugin, for Firefox, allows you to mimick different sizes, (…)

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Don’t Make a Mistake in a Blog’s Design

by Kevin on April 19, 2009

Going about a new blog design or a redesign of your current theme can be a hard thing to do, especially if you haven’t changed it in some time and people don’t really see any problem with it. Due to (…)

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Why Use URL Shortening Services?

by Kevin on April 18, 2009

Since the onslaught and rise of Twitter, URL shortening services have risen in popularity. The default shortening service, TinyURL has been around for quite some time, often used before Twitter first came onto the scene. The service claims to serve (…)

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Getting Back in the Swing of Things: Managing Thousands of Spam Comments

by Kevin on April 15, 2009

Whenever you take a leave of absence from your blog, you essentially tell the spammers to flood in and take control of your blog. Even though there are advanced methods of preventing spam through plugins, there will undoubtedly be people (…)

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