Archive for January, 2008

Absolute Guide to Losing Readers - Part 2

Absolute Guide to Losing Readers - Part 2

Ronald recently wrote a post talking about different ways to losing readers. I would like to continue that post in its same format, almost, as a series and present to you part 2 of how to lose readers.
The points listed below are not universal laws, but only trends and ways to create your own universal [...]


How to Write Good Tutorials

If you are still with us after reading this Absolute Guide To Losing Readers, it means that you are either interested in what we write, or you are too lazy to delete the feed from your RSS reader. Or maybe we don’t follow all the guides we write
Anyway, if you offer tutorials [...]


WP-SpamFree - a Reader’s Dream?

Every blogger (in one form or another) has had to deal with his (or her) share of spam.
One of the greatest enablers of community is having comments enabled and allowing the reader to give feedback and add to the conversation.
However, since spam is a constant problem with comments, bloggers take measures to limit the amount [...]


Absolute Guide to Losing Readers

Absolute Guide to Losing Readers

It seems there are how-to guides on just about everything on the Internet. There are many such guides on how to gain visitors and build community. However, this how-to guide will give you tips on how to destroy your readership.
Using a combination (or all) of the tips below, I can almost guarantee that [...]


Breaking Blogosphere Obligations? Comment Communication

Breaking Blogosphere Obligations? Comment Communication

A contact of mine was recently asking about the idea of me creating a blog for them. Among the many things he wanted, he asked “I just have to figure out how to respond to any future comments within an hour or so.” I told the person that they did not need to feel obligated [...]