Yep, it's time for another Blogging Help post.  (Miss a past post?  Click here to view all Blogging Help posts.) I wrote about today's topic, Blog Necessities, with DIY/home/decorating blogs in mind.  But if you blog in another niche, some of these things are applicable to your blog also.  I'll let you be the judge of that. So to my fellow DIY/home/decorating bloggers, I've compiled a very short list of things that I think are vital for … [Read more...]

Hello fellow bloggers!  I thought it was about time for another edition of Blogging Help, and today I wanted to go over a few ways we can be more courteous bloggers.  Just a quick note up front...if any of these come across as harsh, please know that's not how I meant them.  I just wanted to keep this post to a reasonable length, so I've tried to keep each point short, which sometimes comes across as harsh.  I'd be happy to elaborate in the … [Read more...]

Fair warning:  Very long and wordy post ahead!! Over the last year, I've read so many posts and articles on the topic of Wordpress vs. Blogger, trying to decide whether or not it was worth it for me to take the plunge.  I had so many questions and fears... Isn't Wordpress difficult to use? (No, it's not difficult.  If you can use Blogger, you can use Wordpress.) Won't I lose all of my links?  (Nope, all traffic can be rerouted to the … [Read more...]

I don’t do this often (after all, this is an interior decorating blog), but sometimes I like to do a little post here and there to help out my fellow bloggers—especially those who may be new(ish) to the world of blogging. If you’ve missed the past Blogging Help posts, you can see them here: Blogging Help:: Get More Traffic With “Alt” Tags On Your Pictures Blogging Help:: Mouseover "Quick View" Before & After … [Read more...]

I don’t make it a regular habit to post these “blogging help” posts.  After all, this is an interior decorating/DIY blog, right? But when I come across something that I believe can help my fellow bloggers, I like to pass along that info.  I’ve previously spilled the beans on how I do those nifty “quick view” before and after pics.  Then I told you how to get more traffic with “alt” tags on your photos. Well, today I’m … [Read more...]

Do you have a blog?  If so, I’m going to share some info with you that will hopefully increase your traffic.  I know, this is a little out of the ordinary for me (and completely off topic, so I apologize to those of you hoping for more decorating projects this afternoon!)  This is only the second “blogging help” post I’ve ever written (remember this one where I spilled my secrets on the mouse over “quick view” before and after … [Read more...]

I think this is my first-ever "blogging help" post, but I keep getting questions about how I do the mouseover "quick view" before and after pictures, like the one below. Move your pointer back and forth over the picture to see how it changes from the "after" picture to the "before" picture, and then back again. So, I thought I'd pass along this info to my fellow bloggers! The first thing you'll need to do is size your before and after … [Read more...]