Category Archives: Blogging Tools

The Life Cycle of a Blog – From Your Brain to Your Keyboard to Infinity

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Tom Gray

So very cool. Want to know the journey taken by your latest and, no doubt, most brilliant blog posting? Check out The Life Cycle of a Blog Post, From Servers to Spiders to Suits — to You from Wired Magazine…

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What’s a Blog? Common Craft Explains Everything

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Tom Gray

Common Craft is a very cool company that uses “paperworks videos” to make complex topics easier to understand and a lot more fun to learn about. Continuing today’s theme of why blog, they’ve produced the following “Blogs in Plain English” … Continue reading →

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Grow Your Blog Readership the Mack Collier Way

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Tom Gray

Mack Collier posted a great primer on growing your blog readership with 8 easy steps. I’ve listed his steps below as a handy reference with my comments following each step. His article goes into additional detail so don’t forget to … Continue reading →

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Google Makes it Easy to Spell Check in WordPress

Posted on November 1, 2006 by Tom Gray

Do you wish that WordPress had spell check? Well it doesn’t, not built in anyway. You can add it by way of various plug ins or you can use the latest version of the Google Toolbar which allows you to spell check text entered … Continue reading →

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Great Reasons to Blog

Posted on August 9, 2006 by Tom Gray

I use a couple of different Email Broadcast Services to send out ezines and other email communications on behalf of my clients. One of these is Vertical Response out of San Francisco. They have a nice tool. Fairly easy to … Continue reading →

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RSS Now Stands for Really SERIOUS Syndication

Posted on May 17, 2006 by Tom Gray

According to Jupiter Research (as reported by MediaPost.com) 63 percent of big companies plan to syndicate content via Really Simple Syndication by the end of 2006. The report “RSS Comes of Age: Budgeting, Deploying, and Measuring RSS,” indicates that currently … Continue reading →

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Worried That RSS is not that “Simple” – Let Readers Receive Updates by Email

Posted on May 2, 2006 by Tom Gray

Do you think that RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is confusing to your readers (and you) and want to give them an alternative to subscribe? You might consider using email notification services like Feedblitz or Bloglet which allow them to receive … Continue reading →

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Blogging Basics Teleseminar

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Tom Gray

Hey, I’m excited. I’m doing my first teleseminar for SpeakerNet News on: How to Start a Blog: A Step-by-Step Guide. Hera are… The Details: Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2006 Time: 7:00 pm Eastern (6 pm Central, 5 pm Mountain, 4 … Continue reading →

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WordPress – I’m in Love

Posted on February 20, 2006 by Tom Gray

UPDATE: Took the plunge! Installed WordPress on my server so now my blog is served through my web site. WordPress made it easy. Even though I was a little nervous about setting up databases and the like, it was a … Continue reading →

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