If you are new to blogging you may wonder how those blog commenters and forum posters get their pictures next to their names. That’s called an avatar and it’s an important part of branding for bloggers.
Avatar sizes vary from site to site and many forums require you to provide your own on registration or allow you to use one of their graphics. Blogs can setup default images for those commenters that haven’t set one up. I recommend every blogger…

The most used words to describe a blog are ‘weblog‘ and ‘online journal‘. Blogs can seem a little intimidating to those new to the internet but they are no more than interactive websites. The term ‘online journal‘ is a little outdated since there are many more uses for blogs now. Blogs are no longer reserved for those that want an online diary or journal, if it ever was. Today blogs are limited only by our imaginations. We have personal blogs,…

Today I’d like to introduce you to seven sites that will help your blogging skills. You may already be aware of some or all of these sites, they are very popular. Let me know what you think…

ThouShallBlog.com, a Blog for Beginners by Yan Susanto is absolutely loaded with quality tips, advice and resources that will help you become a better blogger. Even veteran bloggers frequent ThouShallBlog.com
Yaro Starak and Gideon Shalwick have put together Become A Blogger, a very…

Back in November I subscribed to Caroline Middlebrook’s Bloggers Bible. The Bloggers Bible is a 49 lesson e-course that promises, “Everything You Need to Know To Build a Popular, Profitable Blog!“. I just finished reading the first ten lessons and decided that The Bloggers Bible is simply too good not to begin sharing it right away, even though I still have thirty nine lessons coming
Caroline offers two versions of the course. The Fast Track version, just $119, and a…