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How to Generate Good Blog Content Faster

Easton Ellsworth — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:27:09 +0000

I can think of a few ways. Decide going in to the blog content creation effort that you will get something “done” in a certain amount of time. Remove/destroy distractions, or remove yourself from their presence. Emphasize focus and the...

Blog and Social Media Blending: A Metaphor

Easton Ellsworth — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:55:33 +0000

I’ve struggled for years to find the right metaphor for the relationship between blogs and other forms of social media. Here’s one of the best I could come up with so far. I invite you to share your own in the comments section...

Blogger Conference List Updated

Easton Ellsworth — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:55:25 +0000

Hi everyone – just a quick note to let you know that The Blog Herald has revised its blogging conferences page with an updated map, calendar and list of upcoming events for bloggers around the world. Please let us know what you think and what...

18 Core Blogging Skills You Can Always Improve

Easton Ellsworth — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:45:52 +0000

C’mon, we all know that’s you at the computer in the image above. :) Okay, so you’re not a machine and you probably don’t have cool laser guns sticking out of your head. … Speaking of, um, blogging … Here are 18...

Back to Basics: 4 Forehead-Slapping Blog Promotion Methods

Easton Ellsworth — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:55:18 +0000

Ever feel frustrated by the difficulty of promoting your blog and getting more people to discover and enjoy it? Well, here are four of the simplest – but, wouldn’t you know it, also hardest – ways to promote your blog. See if one...

iPhone Blogs: 7 of the Best to Follow

Easton Ellsworth — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:57:44 +0000

Unless you’ve been living under a rock with Internet access so limited that you get is The Blog Herald — and if that’s the case, please leave a comment because we’d love to interview you — then you probably already...

Blogger Conference Calendar 2009 Now Live at TBH

Easton Ellsworth — Sun, 31 May 2009 05:58:51 +0000

Hi everyone! Just a quick weekend announcement to let you know about a new resource page from The Blog Herald. It’s the Blog Conferences page, and while it’s very much a work in progress, we present it to you with the invitation to help...

Blogging to Change the World: Insights from BloggersUnite.org

Easton Ellsworth — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:23:19 +0000

As the G20 Summit convenes today in London, many bloggers across the world may be wondering what they can do to bring about change in the offline world through social media. As a community outreach coordinator for BloggersUnite.org and a veteran of...

Social Networks: Blog Killers or Blog Saviors?

Easton Ellsworth — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:05:28 +0000

Twitter. Facebook. MySpace. Flickr. YouTube. Are these and other social media hangouts hurting or helping your blog? No matter what your answer is, you must admit that blogs no longer dominate the social media landscape as they did in, say, 2006....

Could the MingleStick Change Blogger Conferences?

Easton Ellsworth — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:50:23 +0000

I recently spoke with Bradley Blinn, Chief Officer of Sales and Marketing at Mingle360 (Twitter: @mingle360). Here’s what he had to say about the way his company’s MingleStick could change the way bloggers meet and mingle at blogging...