The Writers Manifesto Blog

When I created my social bookmarklet icons a few month ago it was a tedious job as I had to hand code all the stuff myself. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, then those icons are the ones below each post. It will enable you to bookmark those posts that you like best in your favorite directory and then go back in your own leisure time and read the posts later again.

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As a blogger we need to make our blog attractive enough for others to read. If our readers don’t get valuable content for them, they won’t come back for more. I have found that by using images it not only spices up my blog but it also often helps to convey my message. When searching for images I always try to use them as a secondary message. Kind of like a metaphor if you like.

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Ok, this is an idea I’ve had when I heard about mind maps the other day. I knew about the concept of brainstorming, but so far I was only familiar with the off line version of scribbling and drawing circles.

So when I came across this useful and free tool, I went ahead and created a mind map for those looking to start a Blog but having no idea how to. This tutorial will go into the draw over at BlueJar for Sarah’s contest. I’m not even looking to win, I’ve had so much fun doing this map and hopefully you will have fun too by studying it - and applying. I have published the map and you can look at it in a new browser window for ease of navigation.

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Just a heads up on the Blogrush widget by John Reese. The launch date has passed and my widget is fully installed. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, have a look at my sidebar. It is the black widget you see toward the top. Blogrush is a syndicated traffic enhancer. What this means is that for every page view you get on your blog, you will also get your post displayed within the Blogrush community, provided you have the widget installed on your blog too.

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As an avid blogger I’m always on the hunt for great tools that help me save time. One of these tools I recently discovered is a neat plugin, that can help many frustrated FTP users to make do without. Well, for most of Word press anyway. The plugin has been around for a while but I believe that many bloggers aren’t even aware it exists. It was designed by a Anirudh Sanjeev as his first attempt to dabble with php design and plugins.

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When I first started out online I never bothered to track where my traffic came from. I have long since then realized that tracking our visitors is important for us as blog owners, if we are in business. Besides receiving direct feedback from regular commenter’s, tracking is essential to discovering where we can do better.

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Hey, I just uploaded my first favicon to my blog. What do you think? I decided to much around with a free image manipulating software and that s what I came up with.

I know that I posted about favicons a little way back. They are actually a great web2.0 tool that should be utilized by bloggers and website owners for the fact that they enhance our branding. By having your very own unique favicon
you can set yourself apart from millions of other online users. It’s kind of like a signature of your website/blog.

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It’s official now, I’m definitely addicted to blogging. I always knew that I had a warm fuzzy feeling when it comes to one of my passions - blogging. So I did a little test to see how I’d go. It was fun and didn’t take long. I would love to hear back from you, if you had success and if your ratings toppled mine, then don’t be shy to let us know right here in the comments section.
81%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?

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