Blogging

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…

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.

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.

Chris sent me the Life Cycle of a Blog (aka Diagram of a Blog) from the New York Times Opinion section.

My buddy Brian Gardner (he promised no biting) and I “face off” at Daniel’s Daily Blog Tips. Check it out!