There were a lot of great blog posts out there this week on the subject of Internet Marketing so rather than share a whole list, I’ve been selective and brought you just my top five.
Is Your Blog Really Sick? 8 Health Check Points – I’ve mentioned Patsi’s blog in the past and it says something about the quality (and abundance) of her writing that I’m continually including her posts in my blogs of the week. In this post, she’s taking a quirky look at how we can measure the ‘health’ of our blogs. I can certainly relate to some of the sicknesses that she’s alluding to with my own blog and I’m sure that you’ll relate to it too!
One Foolproof Trick to Blast Writer’s Block – As bloggers, we all know what it’s like to sit in front of the computer screen and have nothing to write about. I’ve partly overcome this by scheduling my blog posts in advance (see ‘Organize Your Blogging‘) but even this strategy leaves us vulnerable to the dreaded writer’s block.
Another of my strategies is to regularly read blogs related to copywriting such as the excellent Copyblogger. In this guest post, James Chartrand (who’s actually a woman) shares a great strategy for beating writer’s block that I’ll be putting to good use in future posts.
Create A Blogging Strategy & Avoid Burnout – It’s taken me some time (about 3 years to be precise) to realize that a blogging strategy is key to successfully growing your blog. Don’t you love it when you think you’ve got something figured out then you read something that blows your preconceptions out of the water? Well, that’s what Lynn Terry’s blog post did for me!
I consider myself well read in terms of what makes up a successful blog. I know that consistent, regular quality content is all that you need.
Wrong!
Want to know why this is just the tip of the iceberg? Read Lynn’s post…! 
18 Blog Tips to Help You Succeed in 2010 – In this guest post on DailyBlogTips, Tony Hue share with us the basics for having a successful blog. In my opinion, if you take everything in this post and combine it with the content in Lynn Terry’s post (above) you can’t fail to make it as a professional blogger!
Use it or lose it! 5 Tips on How to Keep Your Blogging Regular – Darren Rowse knows a thing or two about blogging. In fact, he was co-author on THE book on blogging professionally! One of the things that I really like about him is that he’s just s quick to share his failures and his successes. When he does this though, he always does it in a way where we learn the lesson with him and come to the end of his post with new knowledge to apply to our blogging. This post is a case in point – check it out to see what I mean.
That’s it for this week. As ever, I’d love to get your thoughts about the posts that I’ve shared as well as any that you think I’ve overlooked. If you have a blog of your own and you’d like me to consider including your posts in the future, please let me know. The best way to get in touch regarding this post is via the comments below. I personally read and reply to every comment.
Have a great week!
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