Recent content by Shawn Gossman

My favorite advantage is the post scheduling feature. I will have days where I am in the mood to write something like 10 blog posts - then I can schedule them to post one a day and keep the blog quite active.

Yes, I mean writing as if you are speaking to an individual reader and not at an audience :)

Most of my blogs, I post at least once a day. On my blogging blog and forum blog, I try to get one a day. My personal blogs don't require a one a day post so much so I don't on them. However, I should... that would probably make them more well known :)

I think #3 is the most important especially when it comes to blogging! Blogs are all about content and to get the best out of them, it needs to be fresh content that isn't found on any other blog in the niche market and the content needs to give the reader something when they are finished...

Indeed it will increase comments :) If a person is being talked to directly or at least they feel that vibe, they are usually going to talk back. However, if its just a presentation like you get in college, they might be like college students and fall asleep lol.

I agree! There is so much more Wordpress can do and more more freedom as well. Blogger is good for those who don't want to pay a lot but I don't see it being best for serious niche blogs. I could be wrong though.

Research shows that being personal will motivate readers to actually read what you have to say. Being personal is talking to your readers rather than at them. You want to use words like "you", "your" and "we". The idea is writing in a way as if you are talking face to face with them. How do you...

I try to post daily on my main niche-blogs but my personal ones not as much. I think its important to frequently post new information on niche blogs. How about you all?

I would say Blogger, WP.com and WP.org are the three main blogging solutions. WP.org doesn't seem to really have any major competitor which is odd, really! You would think in 10 years, there would be another Wordpress out there right? I guess no one wants to touch the blogging software niche.