I’m trying something today that may become a weekly post on my blog. I spend a LOT of time online while I’m at work and probably a bit too much of my time online while at home. Of course this means I read a “few” blogs on a weekly basis. So the plan is to post my 5 favorite blog posts that I read each week that are either informative, useful, or just entertaining.
This Week’s Top 5 Blog Posts
1. 50 Self-Reflecting Questions To Ask Yourself As A Blogger by: Alex on Blogussion
If you are a Blogger these are 50 questions that Alex believes you should ask yourself. Just by honestly answering these questions to yourself you can better focus on what type of blogger you are as well as better assess your strengths and weaknesses. I actually ended up answering these posts here for anyone interested.
2. 5 Ways to Optimize Your Existing Links for Maximum SEO Benefit by: Gyutae Park on Winning The Web
Gyutae Park goes into details about 5 ways to optimize existing incoming links to increase your SEO. If you already have multiple incoming links to your site and have either followers or a built up relationship with other blog owners these are some great ways to make those links even more useful.
3. Using Gravatars On Your Blog – Why And How by: David Risley on David Risley
I recently wrote a post on Gravatars in a post on Avatars and feel that they are another aspect on social branding. David’s post focuses purely on what I felt is the most useful aspect for bloggers of the Avatar category and that is: Gravatars, why they are useful, and how to implement them on a WordPress blog without the use of a plugin.
4. How to Shape Your Blogs Brand by: Darren Rowse on Problogger
This is the 6th tip in a series that Darren has been writing recently. It’s goal is to teach you that a blog will develop a brand regardless if that is your intention or not. Since a brand will become associated with your blog this article has tips on how to shape the brand to be both positive and beneficial for you.
5. Living the Creative Life by: Nut on The Writer’s Coin
Nut wrote an interesting little motivational post on what we are doing compared to what we want to be doing. Most of us out there are working on any number of projects and real life responsibilities. We are focusing on things that we have to do but not always fitting in what we want to be working on. It’s a quick read and one that I feel is worth the time.
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