Disclaimer: This isn’t the sexiest, most glamorous post but it’s an important one. Most of you WordPress users are probably already familiar with performing a WordPress Database Backup but if I can save just one person out there the misery of losing all of their beloved content, then so be it! If you’ve been blogging [...]

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Lately, I’ve been getting asked a lot of blogging-related questions so today I’m going to share some insight and advice on how to get noticed and a few of the steps it takes to build a solid blog. Please feel free to leave a comment if you have more specific questions! In The Beginning: Nubbytwiglet.com, [...]

Is your avatar a less than accurate representation of your real life self? With your online representation, you get to decide which photos you’d like to upload, who you’d like to friend and which bands and movies to claim as your favorites. In a way, you get to cultivate a persona that may (or may [...]

Blogging is a constant learning process. At some point, you may be asking yourself which niche topics you should focus your energy on, what columns to feature and whether or not you should embrace advertising. It’s nearly impossible to have an answer to every situation that arises, especially since many in blogging are highly subjective. [...]

Find a way to humanize your brand, use your personality, and take your brand from good to great. -Guy Kawasaki Do you envision your blog as a brand? If you do, try embracing the concept of brand personality. To understand what brand personality is, envision your brand as if it were a person. It would [...]

If you run a blog, do you consider yourself a blogger? Or, do you feel like the term is too limiting when describing what you do? Last week, Dave Allen and I got into a discussion about the term ‘blogger’ (a contraction of the words web and log). I wondered, is it still considered cool [...]

“I’m wondering, what blogging software do you use? I’m just trying to toss up between different ones and I’m not sure which one I should choose.” … It’s great that you’re giving your software options some forethought. By determining your blogging goals, deciding what you want to gain and what kind of community you want [...]

Every year, the Blogworld Expo takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center. It’s the largest blogging conference in the world and includes more than 50 panels, seminars and keynotes featuring social media’s brightest personalities. Topics range from how to sell more advertising on your blog to taking smart risks with your online personality. Last [...]

I’m trying to start a blog for women my age and demographic (I’m twenty, live in Boston, am an English major, and care both about the plight of women in the Middle East and what color to paint my nails. Get what I’m saying?) I want to provide something for smart, feminist-type girls who care [...]