Tag Teaming
Thursday, I was tagged by Joanne with this meme and Friday I was tagged again by Jon. I guess that means I have to come up with TWO tips and, since Jon already stole** one of them before I blogged it, that means I need to think up THREE tips!
The idea here is to mark your five favorite tips with an asterisk (obviously, one of those five will be Jon’s) and then add one of your own. Or, in my case, add TWO.
1. Look, read, and learn.
2. Be, EXCELLENT to each other.
3. Don’t let money change ya!
4. Always reply to your comments.
5. Blog about what you know & love.
6. Don’t use filthy language-buy a dictionary.
7. Blog about something educational.
*8. Be yourself; others will follow.
9. Don’t have too many blogs that will become a chore to maintain.
10. Keep it simple, user-friendly, interesting and organized!
11. Keep the blog simple and sweet!!!
12. Share with others your thoughts and don’t be shy!
13. Never ask for link exchange. Blog hop to increase traffic.
14. Don’t clutter your blog with ads all over the place. IT’S IRRITATING.
15. Don’t comment for the sake of commenting. Some looked too fake and its a big turn off!
*16. Share something interesting and you will gain more readers.
17. Show that we care to all bloggers, treat each other as friends.
18. Pictures say a million words. Keep them coming!
19. Blogging should be fun or you’ll get tired of it pretty soon.
*20. Don’t think people will come to your blog if you’re not willing to pay a visit to them.
21. Everyone loves read short posting and best, illustrated with a picture.
22. Try not to publish more than 5 posts in one blog a day. Even if it’s from feed reader, it’s quite hard to digest and catch up reading everything.
23. Blog: the other window to peek into people’s life, minus the trouble. Keep a certain level of privacy to yourself.
*24. Never tell your readers that you are going on vacation. That’s basically telling them to not visit your blog for a week. Instead, write several posts, and take advantage of the timestamp feature.
25. Try and write with people in mind that are “somewhat similar to you”. Allow your audience to identify with your blog and feel “at home”.
26. The key to a good article is a good introduction. A joke, a question or a picture does wonders.
27. If you are looking to earn an income blogging read StevePavlina.com and Problogger.net, you will be amazed at what you can learn.
28. Write for yourself first. Remember that it takes time, effort, patience…and above all, daring.
*29. Use Google Alerts for immediate alerts of news and/or blog posts about topics you specify, clip those that interest you into Google Notebook (it also copies the URLS for reference).
30. Be attentive to your blog, viewing it as a reader would; be adventurous and don’t be afraid to stray a little off-topic; finally, get your audience involved with your blog, so that it’s more than a one-way conversation.
31. Get your posts noticed by taking advantage of viral tags to link to specific posts rather than your blog in general.
I want to see tips from:
Michael Kwan - Hopefully he’ll offer something other than “Be a frequent guest blogger on JohnChow.com.” 
And, check out his “5 Tips to Improve Your Writing Ability.” Did I already link to that? Well, if I did, it’s worth a second read.
David - He comments here frequently. I think he’s just asking to be tagged. Besides, he needs a break from posting chapters of the Art of War for Business.
Ann - I still have to accept an award and complete a meme she tagged me with, so I’ll distract her from my procrastination by tagging her with this meme. And be sure to tune in to her blog next Friday.
Sabrina - She’s left a few comments around here, which can only led to entrapment into memes like this. Visit her blog to learn how to win a Gameboy Advance SP.
Joanne - If I can get tagged twice on this one, so can you. I’m not completely uncertain you weren’t responsible for the double tag anyway. And, please do it before you go off to join the circus.
**Except for the Google Notebook part which I wouldn’t have thought of.
I really like this one! It’s neat, and…wait a minute, didn’t I tag you? (laughing) This tag will be fun! Thanks for thinking of me, and thanks for the shout out about my movie debut!
I’ll work on it this week-end, between movie takes! :))
Ann
Before you post your movie, you should take a look at my post “What Has YouTube Done for You Lately?“
Hey, thanks for the tag…and the contest mention…it’s so easy to enter I’m surprised you’re inviting competition.
Curses! Foiled again!
No worries, Dan.
Joining a circus isn’t nearly as exciting as highway robbery or sailing the seven seas.
I really liked your tip of “viewing [your blog] as a reader would.” Sometimes that can be hard to do, but forcing yourself to look critically at your site helps in making it more user-friendly. I apply the same approach to each one of my posts where I self-critique it as if I were someone who stumbled upon my page for the first time. Hm, that should be my second tip…ya think so?
ps: if it adds to my reputation of being a devious sparring partner, i don’t mind the credit!
TY for the tag =).
I’ve been seeing this meme on many blogs. I like it.
Number twenty-four does come in handy. After reading one of your earlier posts, I was inspired to try out the timestamp feature. It worked great.