A client recently asked me to share a few blogging tips and recommend some good articles to read. I went a little overboard with the recommended reading portion of that task, and then decided to go whole-hog and put together this huge list of 61 recommended articles and posts about blogging. Now you can just bookmark this one article and you’re all set.
I’ll divide these into a few categories, but some of the articles could probably fit into more than one category.
General Blog Tips
- Top Ten Blogging Tips & Insights from a Novice Blogger | Avinash Kaushik
- Ten More Blogging Tips From A Novice Blogger | Avinash Kaushik
- Blueprint for a Brilliant Blog Launch | Copyblogger
- How to Keep Your Subscribers Forever
- Small Business Blogging Map | SmallFuel Marketing Blog
- Blog Metrics: Six Recommendations For Measuring Your Success | Avinash Kaushik
- Three tips to protect your WordPress installation
- Blogging Tips From Avinash Kaushik and Eric Enge
- Keyword Research for Bloggers: A Comprehensive Guide | Copyblogger
- 52 easy ways optimize your blog while on your coffee break | Jennifer Slegg
- 9 Steps to Moving Your Blog and Selecting Plug-ins
- 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscribe from Your Blog
- Sales Lead Blogs – The Art of Selling with Your Blog
- The Three Dimensions of Blogging: The Vital Combination Every Blog Must Have
- Beginner’s Guide To Setting Up A First Blog Site
Promoting Your Blog
- How to Attract Links and Increase Web Traffic – The Ultimate Guide | Copyblogger
- 25 Tips for Marketing Your Blog | Online Marketing Blog
- From 0 to 2000+ Subscribers in 90 Days
- How to Get More Bookmarks and Better Links
- 10 Easy Ways to Grow Your Blog Traffic – Search Engine Guide Blog
- 30+ Social Media Sites for Promoting Your Blog
- 23 Ideas for Finding New Readers for Your Blog
- 10 Ways to Hurt Your Blog’s Brand by Commenting on Other Blogs
- 20 Essential Blog Directories to Submit Your Blog To
Writing & Blog Content
- Five Common Headline Mistakes and How to Avoid Them | Copyblogger
- Web Ink Now: Do not read this blog post
- A Complete Guide to Finding and Using Incredible Flickr Images
- The Cosmo Headline Technique for Blogging Inspiration | Copyblogger
- How to Generate Post Ideas When You Are Stuck
- How to Use the “Rule of Three” to Create Engaging Content | Copyblogger
- 7 Types of Blog Posts Which Always Seem to Get Links and Traffic
- How to Create Social Media’s Favorite Type of Blog Post
- There’s Never Been a Better Time to Be a Business-Savvy Writer | Copyblogger
- 8 Reasons Why Lists are Good for Getting Traffic to your Blog
- How to Add to Blogging Conversations… And Eliminate the Echo Chamber
- Tips for Using Images in Blogs
- The 10 Second Rule: How to Write for Diagonal Readers
- 7 Things You Need to Know About Writing Lists That Work
- Writing Headlines for Regular Readers, Search Engines, and Social Media
- Do You Make These Mistakes When You Write?
Corporate/Business Blogging
- 20 Best Practices for Launching a Corporate Blog | Jennifer Slegg
- Branding & Marketing: Using Blogs to Market Your Business
- IBM blogging guidelines and the company’s 3,000 employee bloggers
- 7.5 rules for creating a great business blog
- The ROI of Business Blogging
- How to Have a ‘Totally F–king Amazing’ Corporate Blog
- New ROI of blogging report from Forrester
- Reasons Why Corporate Blogging Fails
- 20 reasons a business should NOT blog
- Defining Business Blogging Success
Miscellaneous
- Are Blogs the New Resumes?
- The Ultimate RSS Toolbox – 120+ RSS Resources
- B2B Marketers Beware: More of Your Customers Use RSS, Blogs and Social Networks Than You Think
- 22 Places to Find Blogging Jobs
- How to Pitch to Bloggers – 21 Tips
- Internet retailers’ who blog: doing it right
- The Ultimate Guide To Networking With Bloggers
- Giant List of Blog Directories
- SEO Benefits from Blogs
- SEO for WordPress – The Complete Guide
- The Blogger’s Guide to SEO
If you think I missed a great blogging resource, feel free to post it in the comments!
April 7, 2008 - 10:00 am
Oh my, not even one link to doshdosh. Literally anything from that site could be included, but let me pick one post that is an absolute must.
How about this one… The Secret to Building A Popular Blog (and Getting Tons of Readers) – http://www.doshdosh.com/the-secret-to-building-a-popular-blog/
April 7, 2008 - 10:12 am
Cool, thx Donna. I haven’t been reading Maki’s blog for very long, and all my bookmarks from there are social media-oriented, not blogging.
April 7, 2008 - 6:05 pm
Great list of resources Matt – thanks!
April 8, 2008 - 2:30 pm
Great list, but a bit too long. Could you highlight your favourite in each category?
April 9, 2008 - 2:56 am
Very helpfull. I’m working on a similar list for a new site in the Netherlands http://www.seobedrijven.nl (.seocompanies.). Problem with SEO is that it is so US focused. A lot of tips/info aren’t ueseful overseas.
April 9, 2008 - 11:17 am
What an amazing resource. I registered just so I could thank you. I do a column for The Writer–Web Savvy. I’d love to ask you a couple questions for my next one if you’re interested.
Thanks.
Kay B. Day
April 12, 2008 - 11:45 pm
@thing2b — I just went through each category and tried to narrow it down to 1-2, but it’s like choosing a favorite child.
Seriously, all I can do is suggest you pick out the headlines that grab your attention the most and start with those.
@Kay — yes, sure thing. Let me know how I can help. My email address is matt @ this domain, or use the Contact link up top.
Thx for all the comments, folks.
February 6, 2009 - 9:29 pm
[...] Matt’s Big Blogging Resource List on SmallBusinessSEM. Here is nice compilation of the resources on Blogging one page bookmark that will teach all things about blogging. [...]
February 9, 2009 - 9:56 pm
[...] Matt’s Big Blogging Resource List on SmallBusinessSEM. Here is nice compilation of the resources on Blogging one page bookmark that will teach all things about blogging. [...]
September 9, 2009 - 9:06 pm
[...] The power of “You”: the 2nd person singular in B2B copywriting | Velocity Partners Matt’s Big Blogging Resource List | Small Business [...]