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Blog Tips

Posted by Bryan

I missed last week's Blogger Idol topic, which was "Birds of A Feather." I attempted a feeble entry about Larry Bird, Robin Williams, and Bob Crane, but to tell the truth, I laid an egg.

So, we've flown that coop and are nesting down trying to regroup under the new roost of "blog tips."

I'm often asked to what I attribute my hugely successful, widely popular blog.* To this query, I offer thirteen helpful hints, one for each week of the Blogger Idol Meme:

• Tip One: Hyphenate common-but-compound adjectives.


• Tip Two: Take your reader seriously, and yourself not so much.


• Tip Three: Provide hyperlinks.


• Tip Four: Rely on the wisdom of others to make your page better.


• Tip Five: Find your own voice. Use it.**


• Tip Six:

Take advantage of the "Extended Entry" as needed.
• Tip Seven: Endorsements can never hurt.
  
  
  Bush Says, "Bryan Rocks!"
  
  
  Well, almost never...
  
  "I'm John Kerry, and I, along with the satisfied crowd behind me, am here to say
  The Middle Class Misery Index is the best plan for a happy America."
• Tip Eight: Close out your tags. You undermine your own message if you continually leave lists unclosed, or italics run from the middle of a sentence back to the birth of your blog. And if you can't seem to beat the problem, make sure someone else has you covered.
• Tip Nine: Say something important once in a while. Say something silly once in a while. Whatever you say, do it creatively, to the best of your ability.
• Tip 10: Always Attempt Alliteration to Allow for Application and Acquisition of Appropriate Appeals


• Tip K: Be consistent in your listing format.


• Tip Twelve: One word, six syllables: onomatopoeia***


• Tip Thirteen: Never have more tips than there are months in a year.

*not really.
**ironically, this is not my voice.
***ba-dumpum, chssshhh!