Comments on: Blogging FAQ, Part 1: The Skeleton

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:01:34 +0000

That works too!

By: Rades

Rades — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:22:21 +0000

I actually thought it was “oh-fell-ee”!

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:27:03 +0000

Ooooh makes sense! I get told a lot that my name is hard to pronounce (Fimlys actually gave up and calls me Frito Lay) so I just assumed!

By: Rhii

Rhii — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:07:21 +0000

LOL! That wasn’t why I used you as an example, I was recommending people not use a name you’re already using, not because it’s hard to say! Likewise, “Kiva” is very much like “Keeva” so I’d steer clear.:P

Xzlyrolkzmitz is supposed to be the hard to say one!

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:44:48 +0000

No you didn’t. No one wants to be submitted to that kind of trauma ;D

By: Arybeth

Arybeth — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:22:29 +0000

Damn.

Was trully hoping for yo nudez someday.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:46:33 +0000

Thanks You seem to have done a fine job on your own though. Blogging since 2008, that’s impressive! And I’m excited to discover a paladin blog I didn’t know before!

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:40:25 +0000

Asking long term bloggers for advice is indeed a great way to get started. Not all bloggers have the time or dedication to give detailed answers to everyone, but those who are publicly passionate about blogging are usually just as eager to discuss it behind the scenes.

Actually, the best bloggers to ask are those who’ve been steadily writing for 6 months to a year. They’ve been writing long enough to know how the game works, but are still fresh and eager enough to want to talk about it a lot.

There are actually quite a few blogging guides on Blog Azeroth, if you feel like browning the library and the “tips” forums. I felt like adding my two cents in, though, which is why I wrote my own ^_^

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:17:49 +0000

No worries! I have no problems with links as long as they’re not spam.

And good point about images being a great marketing tool, especially if you’re particularly good with visuals. One of my images gets me a lot of hits, but it’s, um, the giant spoon image…

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:15:34 +0000

I’ve never seen a theme that requests an image. That must be annoying! And you don’t even use a free client. You’d think the paid services would at least allow you to choose whether or not you want an image for your post!

One thing I really hate about images (and I didn’t put it in the FAQ since it’s kind of an advanced topic) is copyrights. The reason I pretty much only use screenshots is that I don’t want someone on my case for stealing their images.

Good point about the scheduling. I wanted to keep it simple in the post, but there actually seems to be a huge art to it. I remember relaying a question about timing new content guides to Matticus (who is the local expert on blog marketing) and he gave me such an unexpectedly complete answer that I was totally blown away.