I recently stumbled upon the Blog Writing Project over at DailyBlogTips when there was less than a day to go for the deadline to submit a post on the theme of “Tips & Tricks”. The final list of entries was put up and my entry on taking sharp photos without a tripod was included.
It now falls on me, as part of the prescribed process, to select my favourites from the pack. I tried looking through these and selecting a “top 5”, a “top 10”, or something similar, but being the diverse articles that these are I find that impossible, and a bit unfair. So I have simply browsed through the entire 122 articles in the list, and selected those that stood out and displayed some excellence that attracted my attention:
- 5 Ways to Increase Internet Traffic to Your Blog by Aseem
A nice and short selection of tips to increase blog traffic by Aseem. I like the layout of this blog — very clean and functional. - 10 Tips for Writing Bookmarkable Content by Skellie
Excellent tips from Skellie, many of which will give you some new content ideas immediately. - Are Your Blog Posts Actually Useful? by Matt
Short, simple, and Matt makes a valid point. - Tips on Gaining Page Views and Returning Visitors Using Post Series by Sarah
Sarah presents a good, well-organised article with a strong chunk of practical information for bloggers. - 10 Simple Ways to Show Reader Appreciation by Ronald
Ronald takes a rarely taken route when it comes to blogging tips, and covers the social aspects of blogging and readership. Some real gems here. - How To Build Lasting Relationships With Your Readers by Vivien
Another article about the social side of blogging, by Vivien. Very cleanly laid out and easy to read. - 10 tips for successful presentations by Computhomas
Simple, practical, useful. - 6 Tips to Generate Outstanding Ideas by Luciano
A well presented and multi-layered post from Luciano about the process of ideation. - How to Keep Your Marriage, Despite you Heavy Metal Addiction by Alexandre
Hilarious! Enough said. - Quick Meals, Not Fast Food by Geoff
Good practical advice on “quick” cooking. Geoff manages to pack a lot of tasty material into one post. - 4 Easy Ways to Make More Money with Adsense by Egon
Excellent and truly useful tips for anyone using Google Adsense. Egon’s tip on implementing A/B Testing on its own is well worth the entry fee. - 5 Ways to Become an Expert Online… and Make Money! by Chad
Simple, straight-forward and solid advice on becoming a recognised expert online. And Chad’s well written article appears in a blog with a very pleasing layout. - 101 Tips and Tricks for Better Photos by Ciaran
Comprehensive! I think trying to pack in 101 actual tips into a single article might be a bit of overkill, BUT, I can’t argue with any of the actual content here. It is all good and simple A-Grade advice, so dig in. - 10 Forums to Make You a Better Blogger by Fred
Fred creates a valuable resource by covering a slightly different angle (forums) of a well covered topic (blogging). Many links here I wasn’t aware of, so good job Fred! - 5 Tips for Saving Money on a Colorado Ski Vacation by Stacy
I have never been sking in Colorado, nor do I plan to in the near future, but Stacy still gets my vote for writing some good solid useful content. - How I Got Aerobed to Number One in Google by Julian
Julian present a step-by-step case study of the actions taken during the Search Engine Optimisation phase for a particular site. Enlightening. - Optimize Your Webpage by Edward
I loved the bold layout of this blog, and Edward’s tips. - How To Style Author Comments Differently by Michael
Good old fashioned code hacking instructions from Michael, which serve a useful purpose. Excellent. - 9 Tips to be More Creative by CSS
CSS gives good advice in a well organised format. - How to Setup a Domino Effect of Traffic by Steven
Steven provides tips and an excellent personal case study on how to use social media sites to generate traffic. Very interesting reading. - Tips to Optimize Your Blog and Get Maximum Visits by Bikram
Various CSS friendly tricks to optimise your blog layout from Bikram. - Forgotten Someone’s Name? Use These Tricks by Dee
Good honest tips from Dee on how to deal with a situation many of us face often. Some of these while perfectly practical are also quite humourous.
Good job everyone! And best of luck with the competition.
Samir
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Thanks for voting for my post, 9 Tips to be More Creative. 🙂 I thought you had some great tips in your entry.
Thanks for including my article. I’m glad you found it useful!
I’m still going through the list. It’s quite a long one!
Thank you very much for linking to my article. I hope your readers like it. I definitely think that participating in forums is a great way to grow a loyal group of readers for your blog.
Thanks for the vote and glad you enjoyed my entry into the project. Goodluck to everyone!
Thanks for the link! I’m glad you liked my post.
Thank you for the mention! I’m glad you liked the article, and I hope your readers find it useful.
Woah! So many people to talk to. Excellent! 🙂
CSS, thanks. I’m glad you liked my article. I thought your tips on creativity were not only useful but also entertaining. My personal favourites were, “Remember, being creative isn’t only for “artsy” people” and “Pretend you’re ten and haven’t yet forgotten how to use your imagination”. Priceless!
Michael, you’re welcome. Your article was not only good but also of personal relevance to me. As you can see at the moment, my blog uses pretty much the default comment styling. I’ve been thinking of seperating trackbacks and comments and also giving specific styling to my comments for a while. I’ve been debating between hacking the template and using a plugin (which I think does exist, at least for trackback separation). I’ll get around to it eventually. 😉
Fred, your post was a sure choice for me. As I mentioned above, there are a lot of forums mentioned in your post which I wasn’t aware of. It should be fun to explore those and participate in at least a few, so thanks again.
GnomeyNewt, good work with the tips once again, and very relevant to my blog. I did a series last month on Being Yourself in Blogland, and I am currently writing the much longer series on The Environmental Movement and Why It’s Not Working for Blog Action Day 2007.
Matt, you are very welcome, and deserving. Anyone who can submit three paragraphs and four bullet points worth of “blah”s to a blogging competition is entitled to my vote. 😀
Stacy, more than happy to include you in my little list. I think the spirit of your tips are useful and applicable to most travel in general, which is what I liked about them. Good stuff.
Thank you all for dropping by. Comment away, hope to see you around this blog more often, and best of luck with everything.