Drawar Launches

June 1, 2008

The latest Design community from the team that brought you 9rules has now launched. Find great links, great discussions and an active site gallery.

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WordPress + bbPress

May 22, 2008

A new community built on top of Wordpress and bbPress

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How to Build Community on Your Blog

April 25, 2008

@SmallFishMedia asks - “What can you do to make your blog more of a community?” There are many things that you can do to build a sense of community on a blog. Here’s a short list of ideas that come to mind:

Take the lead and be the community that you want your readers to be - readers follow the lead of bloggers in how they’ll interact with each other
Ask Questions - the key to more comments and interaction on a blog
Give readers homework - try it, it works
Give readers a job to do on your blog - bizarre but it works
Link to reader’s blogs - it’s amazing what impact this can have
Answer Reader questions - this has real power
Invite Readers to Take the lead with guest posts, giving advice to each other etc
Make Readers Famous - celebrate your readers publicly
Do projects where readers can participate, submit things and be active. The more you have them DO the more loyal they’ll become.

It’s over to you now - any tips for SmallFishMedia on how to add more of a sense of community to your blog? Read more

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How Do I Get More Relevant Readers for My Blog?

April 25, 2008

@happygirl08 asks about how to - “get more relevant readers to your blog/ mailing list??” Good question - some bloggers tend to focus on getting more readers of any kind - they don’t really care about who they are, they just want their numbers to increase. So I think it’s good that you’re asking about ‘relevant’ readers because some readers will come to your blog and then leave, never to return, whereas others will come back again and again because they click with something on your blog (I presume this is what you mean by ‘relevant readers’. OK - now that I’ve said that - an answer: Here’s the question that I encourage you to ask - “where are the readers that I want already gathering in numbers?” Read more

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The Best Sources of Content for WordPress Users

April 9, 2008

WordPress is the most popular blogging platform, and I know many Daily Blog Tips readers use WordPress to power their own blogs. As a WordPress user, I enjoy reading about the platform and staying up-to-date with news from the WordPress community. The great thing about WordPress is the endless possibilities that it allows, and by reading from other users and designers there is plenty of information available on just about any topic you can think of. If you’re looking for technical documentation or support, the codex and forums are usually the first place to look. However, I would like to share some blogs and websites that provide a good amount of WP-related content that I think you will appreciate. Whether you are a theme designer/developer or a blogger who is looking to get more out of WordPress, visit some of these sites and see for yourself. Weblog Tools Collection (added by Daniel) Read more

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Easter Release Link Love

March 22, 2008

It’s time for another version of link love here on Easy WordPress. Since the last post about blogger comment recognition was received with so much gratitude I figured it wouldn’t hurt to do it again. Consider it a little Easter bunny present. Commenter’s are every blogs life and blood and without them we would simply dry up. One of our most active commenter’s here is Life is Colourful. Unfortunately I have no idea on whether LiC is a he or a she so I will have to revert to address the person as LiC. LiC blogs about Life, Technology, Reviews, SEO, the Internet and making 2 cents per minute. I love this, since most people brag about how they make $100/minute. At least LiC doesn’t throw around big income statements to mislead people. But when you read the post February 2008 Proved to Be One Significant Month of Earnings you will soon find out that LiC actually earns a lot more than 2 cents/minute. If you head over to the LiC blog, there is some sound information to be found and an active commenting community. Read more

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Bringing Your Brand To Life Through Your Visual Identity Online

March 1, 2008

Krishna De - Biz Grwoth news original banner_1.jpg

For some time I’ve been wanting to do a major overhaul of my visual identity online.

So this year I am planning to develop a number of my personal website and business blog sites and try to bring them back to the core of my personal brand.

I would always recommend that you start with looking at the corporate identity of your business and work from there, but since my personal brand is so intertwined with the corporate identity of my business and the fact that most people come to know me through “Biz Growth News”, I made a decision to start with a redesign of this site.

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