Earlier this month I wrote a post on serious blog design flaws, and got several additions from commenters - thank you! It seems fair to follow up that post with something more positive, so here we go with must-have blog design elements. Hope you have more to add!
What makes a blog beautiful?
Of course, standout blog […]

Aloha! Today you can find my post at Joyful Jubilant Learning. This month, the JJL theme is citizen publishing … hope you have time to explore the many perspectives offered by JJL contributors.
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Not long ago a bunch of us got together to welcome Joanna Young back online. Just wanted to thank all the participants –
Liz Strauss
Robert Hruzek
Karen Swim
Ulla Hennig
Rick Mahn
Drew McLellan
Amy Palko
Dawud Miracle
Lillie Ammann
Barbara Rozgonyi
Jeane Dininni
SpaceAgeSage
Claire Raikes
Nadine Touzet
Debbie Yost
Robyn McMaster
Stephen Sherlock
Karen Putz
Terry Starbucker
Brad Shorr
This was lots of fun for all involved — hope I didn’t leave anyone […]

Here are my pet blogging peeves. How does my list compare to yours?
CAPTCHA. It doesn’t take that much time, but knowing there are other anti-spam methods makes this extra step a deterrent to leaving a comment.
Partial RSS feeds. I scan 100-300 blog posts in my reader every day, so I’m looking for reasons not […]

Writing coach and good friend Joanna Young has had a busy few weeks.

When I was in sales management, I made a conscious effort to keep sales trainees away from veterans, or at least limit the interactions. The problem I kept running into - and it’s a good problem to have - was that the veterans were always giving advice to these eager new people. And though […]

Today on my ritual morning run to Starbucks, I had the pleasure of seeing several neighborhood children get ready to meet the bus for their first day of school.
The children were beaming, excited.
Parents were smiling ear to ear, taking pictures, giving hugs and words of excited reassurance.
Above all there was the feeling of a new […]

A post on the Zemanta blog publishing assistant drew a comment from the folks at Kaalga. Kaalga is a Firefox extension (in Beta, I believe) that uses –
OpenCalais (Reuters) semantic API to suggest phrases in your text suitable for linking, and Google search to present relevant links for selected phrases.
Amit Aviv and Ori Mosinzon from […]

Image via WikipediaDo you ever ask yourself whether you’re creating anything new? If you’re simply rehashing things you’ve said before or someone else has said better? I’m having one of those days. What exactly am I contributing? Does the world need more blog posts on copywriting, business blogging, or marketing? For that matter, does the […]

Image via WikipediaLately there’s been a whole lot of learning going on around here, and mainly from Word Sell readers, not me. Here’s what I’m talking about …
Karen Swim recommended Addictomatic as a newsgathering tool in response to a post on Google Alerts. Check it out — it collects Web pages from a wide range […]