Raven's Roads
Living an interesting life: the travels and musings
of motorcycling author Linda R. Moore

I’m really startled at how quickly the half-hours are going by.

I’m also very knackered, and it’s early yet.

Uh-oh.

I’m going to keep this one quick and simple so that I can take a short break. I’ve been tagged for a meme by OpenChannel.

Baa

Instructions: When this meme is passed on to you, copy the whole thing, skim the list and put a * star beside the tips you especially like.

Add the next number (1. 2. 3. 4. 5., etc.) and write your own blogging tip for other bloggers. Try to make your tip general.

After that, tag some other people if you want. (The original was tag 10 people. I’m not going to tag. If you want to do it, you’re IT.

1. Look, read, and learn. ***
http://www.neonscent.com/

2. Be EXCELLENT to each other. ***
http://www.bushmackel.com/

3. Don’t let money change ya! **
http://www.therandomforest.info/

4. Always reply to your comments. *******
http://chattiekat.com/

5. Link liberally — it keeps you and your friends afloat in the Sea of Technorati. *****
http://chipsquips.com/

6. Don’t give up - persistence is fertile. *
http://www.velcro-city.co.uk/

7. Give link credit where credit is due. *****
http://www.sfsignal.com/

8. Pictures say a thousand words and can usually add to any post.****
http://scifichick.com/

9. Visit all the bloggers that leave comments for you - it’s nice to know who is reading!****
http://stephaniesbooks.blogspot.com/

10. When commenting on others’ blogs, a few kind words go a long way. – ** http://shelflifeblog.blogspot.com/

11. When you’re starting out, comment on all the blogs you like to read; that way the bloggers will know that you exist! *;)
http://astripedarmchair.blogspot.com

12. Make sure you check your links! http://superfastreader.com
By way of explanation–when you cut & paste the text of a meme, you don’t get the underlying links. If you just see text, you need to turn the text into links manually. If you see hyperlinks, you can cut & paste from the Page Source to get the HTML code and preserve the links. In Firefox, you can use Command/Apple-U to see this. The whole point of a meme is to spread link love, but you need more than just the text to do that.

13. * Give your blog a theme/focus; make a niche for yourself. http://www.theaccidentalnovelist.blogspot.com/

14. Before you publish, go and do something else for a little while. Brewing a post like that helps you to spot the typos, smooth the writing, and make it more fun to read.
http://www.ravensroads.com

blogathonmemes

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• 22 September 2003 (0)

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