How to Get 4,700 Blog Subscribers in 3 Months
Zen Habit has an incredibly insightful post on how he got to 4,700 subscribers in just three months. He gives this advice: 1. Useful content, every day. 2. Conciseness and scannability. 3. Catchy headlines. 4. Listen to readers. 5. Respond to all emails. 6. Useful links. 7. Make lists. 8. Guest posting. 9. Always give…
Color Schemes of the 10 Most Popular Blogs and Color Matching Resources
Design Meltdown lists the 10 most popular blogs and gives their color schemes. Also, if you’re looking for some color ideas, check out ELogoDesign’s Complete Color Matching Guide.
Link Roundup 4/18/07
Here are some links I’m bookmarking for reading and savoring and reminding … How FreelanceSwitch Went from 0 to 2000 Subscribers in 12 days — FreelanceSwitch is a site I’m really looking forward to diving into and reading in Bloglines. How to Squeeze More Money Out of Your Blog — Love the advice Ryan Caldwell…
My Recent Free WordPress Theme Releases
Here’s a couple of my recent free WordPress theme releases that I haven’t promo’d here: Rockin Cloud — two column, left sidebar, baby blue and white colors with orange accents Rockin Web 2.0 – a Web 2.0-style three column theme with BIG fonts and bright colors Clean Copy – a simple, two-column, crisp, blue and…
Tumblelogs: Shorthand, or Mini Blogging
Just stumbled onto this new service called Tumblr. The site says: “If blogs are journals, tumblelogs are scrapbooks.” Interesting stuff …. I’m going to toy with it.
The Life Cycle of a Blog Post: NYTimes
Chris sent me the Life Cycle of a Blog (aka Diagram of a Blog) from the New York Times Opinion section.
Facing Off at Daily Blog Tips
My buddy Brian Gardner (he promised no biting) and I “face off” at Daniel’s Daily Blog Tips. Check it out!
Find Out Your Google PageRank
Check out popuri.us … “a tool to check at-a-glance the link popularity of any site based on its ranking (Google PageRank, Alexa Rank, Technorati etc.), social bookmarks (del.icio.us, etc), subscribers (Bloglines, etc) and more!” It’s kinda nice to see them all in one place.
It Is Finished …
Easter means a lot of different things to people … To believers in Jesus Christ, it means in a simple way: “It is finished.” Those are words spoken by Jesus Himself as He hung on a Roman cross and was crucified, although He was innocent of the crimes brought against Him. I was reminded of…
My Newest Web 2.0 Free WordPress Theme In 3 Columns
Check out my newest theme — Rockin Web 2.0, a three-column theme with big fonts, sporting Web 2.0 colors. Download it here. Demo it here.