Monthly Archives: February 2010

Why great blog posts deserve D's in English class

Everything they taught us in school about writing is wrong. Ok, maybe it's not wrong, by any technical measure.  But for blogging, it's certainly not right.  Pen an essay worthy of an "A" in high school, maybe even in a general-education college English class, and be ready for it to tank faster than you can…

Are boring headlines killing your blog?

Image by TimmyGUNZ via Flickr In my last post, I told you how excited I was about the prospects for my blog, No Meat Athlete, now that I've started writing only content that I'm proud of. Since then, it's gotten even better.  How?  I "discovered" a simple trick that has increased my traffic by 20%…

Who are you blogging for, anyway?

Image by purpleslog via Flickr I'm as excited about my blog as I have ever been.  Readership is growing quickly, incoming links are up, Google searches have spiked, and I'm finding new ways to monetize that search traffic every day.  More important than any of that though, I am loving every minute of it.  My…