Ready for Easter? If you created an optimized Lenten page, remember to move your Easter schedule to the top of that page and on your home page. If you’re looking for inspiration, try the Holy Week Catholic Blog Carnival.
How To Avoid The 48 Worst Blogging Mistakes
Daily Blog Tips featured a group writing project on how you can learn from bloggers’ biggest mistakes. Glancing through the list is a helpful exercise. Not only will you find good tips for your website, but you’ll also see what separates an irresistible headline from a bland one.
I’ve organized the 48 entries, including one from me, into five general categories, plus a sixth catch-all category where the nature of the advice wasn’t immediately obvious from the headline. Check ’em out.
Content Ideas and Writer’s Block
- Not Having Drafts Saved for Rainy Days by Inspirationbit
- What to Do When You don’t Have Anything to Say by Philip Liu
- Don’t Underestimate the Commitment by Andrew
- A Clear Point of View is Crucial to Increase your Blog Traffic by George
- Lack of Predictability on Your Posts by Roberto
- The Biggest Blogging Mistake I did was not Blogging by Francesco
- My Biggest Blogging Mistake is not Updating Often Enough by Julian
- Lack of Persistence by Blake
- My Biggest Blogging Mistake: Posting Frequency by Chris
Marketing
- Don’t Forget to Use Blog Carnivals by Andrea
- Careful on How You Tag your Posts by Shankar
- Don’t Ignore the Basics of SEO by Simonne
- Why this Blog Looks this Way by Ben
- Spending Too Much Time Link-Begging by David Paul
- How to Not Run a Contest by Robert
- Trying to Promote my Blog without enough Traffic by Nathan
- Not Commenting Enough on other People’s Blogs by Somu
- Failing to Realize the Importance of Relationships with Readers by Ronald
- Do not Underestimate the Important of RSS Feeds by Kevin
Domain and URL Naming Issues
- Don’t Change the Name by Denise
- Get your Own Domain and WordPress for your Blog by Andrew Flusche
- Be Careful how you Choose your Domain Name by Calvin
- Why you Should Own your Domain Name by Engtech
- Delete Your First Blog Post by Mark Alves (moi)
- Move to your Own Domain Now by Gaurav
- Use a Smart Permalink Structure on your Blog by Leftblank
Number of Blogs
- My Blogging Mistake: Too Many Blogs by Green Llama
- Starting Too Many Blogs by Mohammed
Administration and Organization
- Always Install WordPress on the Root Diretory by Daniel
- I should have included media contents by Madhur
- Learning from Mistakes: Opening Links in New Windows by Nirmal (Daily Blog Tips also discussed this previously)
- Should’ve Gone WP Yesterday! by Jimbo
- Leaving the Amateur League of Blogging: the Hosting Lesson by Rene
- Copying, Mimicking, Duplication by Paper Bull
- Your Blog Will Perish for Lack of Vision by Shawn
- Internet Explorer vs. Firefox Issues by Mark Paddock
Monetizing
- Don’t Make the Mistake of Monetizing your Blog Too Early by Maki
- The Ad King by Jason
Unclear Categories At First Glance
(Interesting headlines in some cases; just can’t immediately determine content without reading the post)
- What is Wrong with my Blog. An Honest Self-Assessment by Bret
- I Almost Ruined Everything by Annie
- Common Blogging Mistakes by Vijay
- 5 Things I Regret About March by Bill
- Mr. Frisky Retreats with his Tail Between his Legs by Rory
- Why Blogs and Blogging Will Ruin your Self Discipline by Dave
- Don’t Handle Important Matters Lightly by Amanda
- My Blogging Mistakes and Their Outcome by Thilak
- A Star for a day. What I learned by Clever Dude
- DYH isn’t perfect? by Cory O’Brien
Which ones are you going to try?
April Fool’s Day: Spoofing Hollywood
 The LostWeekly Bulletin of Jesus |
Need a laugh at the expense of Hollywood? My parish’s annual April Fool’s Day site spoofs:
- Lost Tomb of Jesus and Judas Gospel (What would bulletin advertisements look like 2,000 years ago?)
- Pixar’s Cars and Arlington, Virginia
- PC – Mac guy commercials
Does your group do something fun for April Fool’s Day?
Top Posts First Quarter 2007
Here are the top posts on this site from the first three months of 2007 in case you missed any the first time.
- 40 Ways to Keep Readers From Giving Up Your Site for Lent
Want to hook your readers throughout Lent so they keep coming back long after Easter? Then tempt them with enticing Lenten content on your church website or blog. Here are 40 ideas to get you started. - Chris Garrett’s Killer Flagship Content: Guide to Bringing in Traffic
Chris Garrett’s very readable e-book, Killer Flagship Content, spells out the importance of creating unique and valuable content for your particular niche that makes your the go-to source that’s synonymous with your distinct area of focus. - Leaders Show Gratitude
Wrap-up of recent links on thankfulness. - Why Your Easter Bulletin Cover Makes Newcomers Flee
The typical weekly bulletin cover includes contact information for your church and key schedules. Covering up this essential information with artwork means all those newcomers at your church for the holiday know how to get in touch with you again. - 10 Killer Flagship Content Ideas for Your Church
Create irresistible pages that keep your readers coming back with these ideas.
Some classic–okay, older–posts remain very popular, sometimes even more so than the latest month’s offerings:
- Catholic House Blessings–Don’t Forget the Dorms, Apartments and Condos
Even if you don’t have a priest on hand, you can self-bless your own place following these guidelines from the US Bishops. - 10 Steps to a Lent Page That Gets Noticed
Here are 10 steps showing how to get your site ready for Lent to make the most of that traffic spike from Ash Wednesday. - Create a Mobile, PDA-Friendly Version of Your Church Website in Minutes
Let’s look at how to make a mobile version of your website for those using PDAs, Avantgo or browsing on a smart phone.
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