I Confess, I have Sinned!!

Have you confessed?
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I have committed what I feel to be the No.1 blogging sin.

NOT BLOGGING REGULARLY

My only excuse is that I have been SO busy.

I am organising for Latimer Hinks (as well as all my other duties) a total revamp of the corporate identity, new website, new posters, new copy, new banners etc etc. I'm run off my feet! I should have an image of a guineapig in a wheel!

BUT

Blogs must be regularly updated to hold interest. I even wrote Top Ten Blogging Tips - and consider the list as Top Ten Commandments.

For some reason I have placed "regularly updating" at number 9 - i think i need a rewrite!

What do you consider to be the ultimate blogging sin?

Top Ten Tips - Blogging for Beginners

I recently posted a question on LinkedIn, a business networking site. To say that i am exceptionally pleased with the response is a slight understatement!

I have compiled the responses to give you a Top Ten Tips for Beginner Bloggers.

1. Promote and claim your blog through Technorati. The more you are mentioned in other blogs, the higher your Authority.
2. Bookmark you blog/entries to sites such as digg, del.icio.us, stumble, facebook etc
3. Include an RSS feed (i use Feedburner to publish my feed (it's free))
4. Check for keywords related to your blog topics. Use them in articles and titles of posts
5. Post comments on related blogs with links back to your blog
6. Partial quote other relevant blogs and add content of value
7. Make use of Feedburner PRO services. They are now free and can optimise, publicise and monetise your blog
8. Ensure you have something worth reading
9. Update regularly
10. Ping your blog

And, as an added extra, for loads of information on blogging visit Problogger

I wish i'd known all of this when i first started my blog. Many many thanks to the LinkedIn members who responded to my original question