Are The Evils of Modern Football Ruining Your Blog?
Tim Lovejoy. The archetypical modern football fan. Doesn't understand the game, doesn't go to matches, doesn't have the foggiest idea what the words burbling out of his smug face actually mean.
How Long Does a Blog Post Need to Be?
Does a blog post need to be thousands of words long, pre-empting every potential query?
The Golden Rule of Blogging
“Speak to your audience. Give your readers what they want. Keep it brief. Rule of three…” Yeah. Enlightening. You’ve heard all of that before, haven’t you? Hundreds of times. The closely guarded secrets of the superstar bloggers. Secrets so secretive, that you read them thirty times a week on sixteen different blogs. Well if you’re...
Five Tweets That Teach You How to be a Writer
You can’t say much in a Tweet. 140 characters won’t change the world. But they might change the way you think. Just five Tweets could be enough to show you how to be a writer.
Guest Post: No Running, No Diving and No Heavy Linking
Being offered a guest post can be a confusing situation. It’s like going into someone’s home for the first time; you’re not quite sure about the house etiquette. Should I take my shoes off in the hall? Where do I put my coat? Which chair should I sit in? With social etiquette very much in...
How Not to Get a Comment Approved
I’m fine with people leaving comments here because they want a link, so long as they contribute to the conversation. However, if you’re just copy and pasting from a generic template, you’re not getting added. If you copy and paste in your multiple choice template and forget to delete as applicable, you won’t get a...
You Really Shouldn’t Be Blogging
Everyone's telling you that you should be blogging. Well they're wrong.
That's right. You really shouldn't be blogging. Read on to find out why.
Can You Afford to Work For Free?
FM Britain has shown me that if you ever want to make money, you can't afford to work for free.
The Secret That’ll Get Your Clients to Read to the End
The longer you rattle on about a product or service, the more chance you have of the client getting bored. Be brief and focussed – that way you can be sure the reader is going to carry on to the end. Kick off with an intriguing headline. Then outline the issue your product or service...
The Writing Secrets Conspiracy Theorists Don’t Want You To Know
Make sure you read this quickly. I'm not sure how long it'll stay up before the CIA, Illuminati and those Lizard Men that David Icke dribbles about will find this and shut it down.
The information I have to share with you is so sensitive, I dare not put it on the front page of my...
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