The Art of eWar

Over the years some people have accused me of picking a lot of fights online. Of course I’d say that the fights pick me but either way you look at it, I’ve had my share of experience in virtual dust ups. Recently I’ve been on the outside looking in at ...

5 Ways to Attract More Comments

One of the easiest ways to find out how well your blog is reaching people is to look at the level of comments. Are people interacting on your site? Are they actively participating with you and your content or are they just consuming (reading) and moving on? The comment level ...

Debate Points Not People

A while back I suggested picking a fight as a method to stand out from the crowd, stir up a bit of controversy, and gain traffic and readers. While several posts on this blog and even more of my comments on other blogs are perfect examples of this (I even ...

Reader Question Session: Inspiration for Posts

The reader question for this week was submitted by Matt from New Liberty Creation. He asks: What is your single greatest source of inspiration for writing material, and how to avoid information overload? Sometimes I end up reading so much stuff that I paralyze my abilities. This is yet another ...

John, Here’s Why You’re Wrong

I know I don’t normally post on weekends but I found myself typing out a rather long comment on JohnChow.com so I figured I’d better turn it into a post rather than writing the world’s longest comment. What I’m saying is just because this is the second Saturday in a ...

Reader Question Session: Beginning Traffic

Zane Dickens of kungfucabbage.com dropped me a line to let me know about his entry into the Complete Blogging Package contest but also asked me a great but difficult question that I’ve chosen for this week’s Reader Question Session. He asks: What would you say is the first and most ...

Commenting on John Chow dot Com – A Case Study

Just about every single person that has ever given advice on blogging has suggested commenting on other blogs and getting involved in your niche. In fact, it’s so important that commenting earns you points towards fulfilling your daily blog score goal. However, one thing I’ve noticed throughout my life is ...

A Guest Blogger on Guest Blogging

I’m spending most of my time today working on a pretty exciting project for Blogging Experiment but I also didn’t want to disappoint my expectant readers. So, I’ll leave you with a post that first appeared on hmtk.com as a guest post for Beyond the Rhetoric. I’ve gained quite a ...

WordPress Plugins: Related Posts

As I was struggling to update WordPress yesterday (I made it a lot harder than it should have been… it’s a talent), I figured why not add another plugin to the mix, just to kick up the difficulty level a bit. To be honest, the update really shouldn’t have been ...