Let’s see, what do I have to do today?
Cook for next week, ponder the mysteries of the universe, cut my toenails, worship practice, and ah yes – appreciate the bloggers who like my posts consistently!
Category Archives: Blogging
Another 5 Tips for Christian WordPress Bloggers
I decided to write another one of these. You can find the first here, though that was shorter than this one. (And now you can find the others here, here, and here.)
6. Use a great title
Believe it or not, a good title is probably 51% of your blogging work.
As I mentioned before, you’re not just writing – you’re competing. With hundreds of posts in everyone’s WordPress Reader. For those users, your title is their only introduction to your work. You have to ensure that it’ll actually grab people, tempt them to click.
Let’s sample some titles currently showing in my Reader:
Small Christian Blogs Worth Your Time
If you’re done reading my odd garglings for the week, perhaps you’d like to peruse some other bloggers.
We all could use a little help at the start of our blogging journeys. The following blogs have less than 100 followers, write from the heart, and merit a glance from you voracious spiritual readers.
I’ll probably make this a semi-regular thing, ten blogs at a time. There will be more later, so if you didn’t make it into this one, please don’t hurt me. I have a family. Waiting in the wings. Someday. I hope.
To qualify for these posts, you must:
- Produce posts that are semi-frequent and long enough to be of substance
- Show Biblical maturity
- Have less than 100 WordPress followers
Be willing to pay a service fee of $270.39 and a bag of jellybeans. Cash only, please.(I’ve just been informed that this sort of thing is not kosher, so don’t mind the last part.)
Enjoy!
“The Ruminant Scribe” by Linda Mowles
“Helping Abuse Victims Fly through the Chaos” by Tammy Mathison
“Real Moms Don’t Judge, We Just Suggest” by Sheila Qualls
“You Can Trust Him” by Kim Nolywaika
“Kingdom Calling Blog” by kingdomcallingblog
“a different perspective” by William Strickland
“Father’s Service, Son’s Work, Spirit’s Gift” by Gadol Elohai
“Considering the Christian life, the Bible, and the Church” by Pastor Bob Mink
http://bethandjimherring.com by, of course, Beth and Jim Herring
“Under HIS Wings” by Loretta Schoen
5 Tips for Christian Bloggers on WordPress
The sequels to this post can be found here, here, here, and here.
Trying to draw more traffic to your WordPress blog, Christian? For those trying to build a larger audience (say, to snag a potential publisher), here are five things I’ve found helpful.
1. Go to them
So you start a blog. What then? Drop it in front of Facebook friends and sit back, counting on them to bring you newcomers? That might not work. Your friends are loyal, but not necessarily doctrinally compatible, voracious readers, or oozing spare time. To widen your base, you’ll need to find new “regulars” who are. And you won’t find them by waiting for them to stumble upon a blog they don’t know exists. You’ll have to go to them.
Brandon J. Adams 