David Wildash

Category: Blogging

  • Should You Spin Articles?

    Last week I wrote about the challenge of writing content. There are many traditional methods of meeting this challenge, including free association writing, the thesaurus, and using other people’s written work as inspiration. The development of software has enhanced some of these and even introduced some new options. One of the most popular is spinning.…

  • Writing Content

    If content is king on the internet then any method that can help you produce content will be useful. Perhaps it would be ideal if we could leave this job to software that would automatically write for us. However the fact of the matter is automation is not yet up to the job. You only…

  • RSS – if You Want a Good Feed

        Okay, I admit this title came to me when I was hungry one lunchtime, but the fact is many bloggers are overlooking an opportunity to feed their blog with lots of visitors. Even ones that will repeat on them. Okay, I’ll stop the digestion references there. There are many tools or widgets you…

  • 3 Bad Blogging Habits

    There are many pitfalls to starting and running a blog. Possibly the most common is believing that all you have to do is upload a post and hoards of people will arrive at your blog to read and interact. There are other damaging mindsets or habits that bloggers can get into and today I want…

  • A month for anniversaries

    This month two major online elements that have drawn people onto the internet are celebrating anniversaries. One is blogging, which is 20 years old. It is estimated there are over 152 million blogs online, with two new ones created every second. The blog has enabled people and businesses to showcase their expertise and opinions, as…

  • A Trick That Can Speed Up Your Writing

    If you are a content creator one of the biggest challenges is to remain productive. When writing articles or any piece of written content I used to edit as I went along. This is not the quickest way to produce content. The temptation to correct errors as you write will slow you down. It’s far…

  • 9 Sites for Free Images

    An image beside a blog post, on Facebook or in a book cover can increase the chances of drawing a reader in and engaging them. Recently I’ve been looking for images to include in a Kindle book. It’s not always easy to find a picture that perfectly fits the subject matter, especially when you have…

  • Keep Calm and Use the Undo Button

    I can’t recall the number of times I’ve typed something that I’ve immediately wanted to remove or accidentally deleted something. At this point the next wrong keystroke may have meant disaster. Luckily I’ve learnt to keep calm and use the undo button. Not only as an action, but also as a principle to follow when…

  • WordPress Plugins That Encourage Comments

    One of the purposes of a blog is to encourage some interaction with the readers. This is usually in the form of comments which is why so many WordPress themes come with comment forms already setup. However there are some plugins that can improve the likelihood and value of commenting. Here I give some details…

  • Recovering from Traffic Flatline – Becoming More Sociable

    In my last post I mentioned I was going to try to get more traffic from Facebook. With this objective in mind I have set up a Facebook fan page. If you want to take a look you can find it here. The idea is that not only can I start to build relationships with…