March 2010

Ideas for blog posts – five sources of inspiration to last a lifetime

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For most writers, finding ideas and inspiration is always a challenge. If you write a blog, then you will likely be trying to come up with a regular stream of posts. These five ideas could give you at least one post a week, every week, for the rest of your blogging career.

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Persuasive writing: 1 way to rule them all

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The three classical styles of persuasive writing were: ethos, logos, and pathos. The ‘fourth way’ combines the three into one powerful writing tool.

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How to write a blog post – in 12 easy steps

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How to write a blog post – in 12 easy steps: from initial ideas through research, writing and making it all pretty with links and photos.

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Scribe – the SEO tool for writers

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If you’ve been around blogs much of late, and you’re even remotely interested in SEO (search engine optimisation), then you’ve probably heard about a new tool that’s out called Scribe. There are adverts for it springing up on various blogs, including this one, partly because it really is a great tool for writers. Also, of [...]

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How to motivate anyone

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How to motivate anyone: pain and pleasure, the carrot and the stick. Writers are motivators. Whatever you write, the chances are that you are trying to motivate someone either to do something – or not do something.

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Thesis theme ready, refit complete: full steam ahead

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The refit of the blog has been completed without too many glitches. So we’re good to go. That said, there are still a few issues to iron out. Things might keep changing and moving around. The only really big issue at present is the fact that the header won’t display properly for anyone on Internet [...]

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Time for a refit: this blog is going into dry dock

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This isn’t a proper post, just a piece of admin, and advance warning that this blog is about to undergo a redesign. I wanted to warn the regular readers (hi Gina, hi Lyndon) that things could get a bit chaotic around here for a few days / weeks. Nothing serious – but things might look [...]

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Six ways to get more original ideas into your blog posts

How do you get ideas for blog posts? How do you add more original content to a blog, rather than relying on reusing material from others? Here are six tips.

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