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No less a luminary than Steve Rubel, a veritable whitebeard in the study of blogging, seems somewhat pessimistic about the prospects of new bloggers to build a profitable blog. He’s not saying that established bloggers should hang up their keyboards but he does believe that readers are looking for more distributed, short-form content. Rubel is [...]

Have you been blogging for so long that you forget what it’s like to be a beginner? I’ve internalized so much of the intricacies of micropublishing over the years that I sometimes find myself at a loss for words when asked about basic start-up strategies. Believe me, I get these questions often from new members [...]

Darren Rowse at Problogger wants to know if you have “it”? You arrive at the page, begin reading and immediately feel drawn into what the blogger is communicating. You can’t really put your finger on why – but there’s something about the way that they write that connects with you – that makes you want [...]

Michael Martine of Remarkablogger recently asked a question I expect might evoke introspection in many of us on the Nature Blog Network: Can blogging make you a better person? How would tapping out any old thought that comes to mind make one a better person. Oh, you think I’ve gotten blogging confused with Twitter? Maybe [...]