Forget about trying to focus on just one social networking site. The next time you publish a blog post, get it promoted on the three main social networks.

First, Turn Off Automation

If your latest blog post gets auto-posted to every social network out there, your followers will get used to this. Some of them may start to tune out your posts.

Instead of automatically sharing everything, take the time to share your best posts manually.

Now, Let’s Promote!

On Twitter, write the title of your post and add the link, then add one hashtag to the end. Like this:

Post Titles: Do You Put All Your Cards on the Table? http://is.gd/JRkuai #blogging

Done that? OK, now go to Facebook and write a short intro to your post, followed by the link. Make sure the intro isn’t just copied from the post itself – make it unique. Also, choose a suitable thumbnail for the post. Like this:

How do you write your post titles? In this post I’ve analysed five different types of post title – I’d be interested to know which ones you’ve tried. http://is.gd/JRkuai

Right, now for Google Plus. Again, write a short intro to the post, but not the same as the one you wrote on Facebook. Choose a thumbnail for the post and don’t forget to include the link. Include at least one hashtag. Like this:

A useful post for bloggers: I’ve chosen five types of post title, with pros and cons and an example of each. Which ones do you use? http://is.gd/JRkuai #bloggingtips #writingtips

Rinse and Repeat

Don’t do this for every post. Every now and again, it’s worth sharing other people’s posts, and keep your own posts flowing through the social networks too. Hopefully, you’ll start to see results soon.

Discussion

How do you vary your output on different social networking sites? Or are you just cross-posting the same content to every site?

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Somehow I managed to miss my blog’s first birthday! I’m a very bad blogger. Oh well, better late than never, eh?

A Quick Look at Year 1 of QBT

Although this is very much a factual history of how I’ve run Quick Blog Tips since February 2011, you may pick up one or two tips along the way. Hopefully it won’t be mind-numbingly boring.

A Short History of my Blogging Blogs

Back in 2007, I started writing a few tips on my personal blog, which went down well. In November 2007 I changed the focus of my blog to be, “Blogging and website tips without the jargon” – the idea being that I would publish tips and tricks in plain English, without assuming you already knew all the terminology.

In October 2008 I experimented with a few list posts and found them to be very popular. I launched Top Ten Blog Tips in November 2008 and published loads of tips throughout 2009. However, forcing every post into a ten-item list killed my creativity, and I quickly ran out of ideas.

In January 2010 I wrote a massive 100 item post, which later became my eBook, “101 Tips For Improving Your Blog”. That eBook is due for an update soon, not least because the very first tip refers to a site that no longer exists. I then started a blog called Weekly Blogging, which ran for most of 2010 but suffered from being not particularly interesting (although many of the posts were useful). As you might be aware, Weekly Blogging still exists, but as a newsletter.

By this point I’d written a lot of tips that were spread across a few blogs, or saved somewhere in my archives. I decided to start Quick Blog Tips to publish the best tips from my older blogs, rewritten for a new audience – along with new tips to keep things fresh.

First Post

The first post, Write What You Know And Like, was published on February 20th, 2011. There was no welcome post to introduce new readers to the blog. I started the blog quietly and didn’t share the link until the first few posts were online.

Updating Old Posts

Many of the older posts have been updated since they were first published. There are still lots of posts to be updated, but I’m getting through them. Usually I add an image and change some of the wording, but the posts mostly stay the same. Occasionally, I’ll remove the contents of an old post and replace it with something better.

How Many Posts?

To avoid inflating the post stats whenever I publish something that isn’t actually a blogging tip (or a list of tips), I tag the posts that contain tips. So the first post is qbt001, the second post is qbt002, and so on. Right now, the most recent tips post is qbt166, published on Friday.

The Best Post

So far, the most popular post on the blog is 50 Quick Tips For Using Twitter.

Tagline Changes

When QBT started, the tagline was “Blogging Tips To Help You Build a Successful Blog”. Recently, I changed this to “Blogging Tips to Make Your Blog Stand Out”. Strangely enough, the concept of helping you to make your blog stand out may very well help QBT to stand out, too!

Theme Changes

The current theme is the fourth one I’ve used for QBT. That’s probably too much. I will try to keep the current theme for longer than the last ones!

I Categorically State…

As the blog grows, it’s getting harder to use categories. You either have a long list of categories with hardly any posts in them, or a short list of categories that have too much in them to be particularly useful. Currently, the biggest category is “Writing Content”, with 29 posts.

Gaps in the Schedule

Excluding February 2011 as the blog didn’t start until the 20th of that month, the quietest months at QBT have been June 2011 with 7 posts, and October 2011 with 8 posts. Both of these were for valid reasons: June 2011 was quieter because I decided to try taking an unannounced break to see if anyone would notice, while in October 2011 I announced a two-week break from posting.

Guest Posts

In the first year, only two guest posts have been published (qbt119 and qbt153, if you’re interested). Meanwhile, I’ve written two guest posts for Hot Blog Tips. There would be more, but I didn’t write any guest posts last year, which is one reason why the blog hasn’t grown quite as quickly as it might have if I’d networked more.

Bonus Content

I created a new eBook – “A Beginner’s Guide to Google Analytics“. I re-released my “101 Tips” eBook from Top Ten Blog Tips. There’s also the Blogging Quick Start Guide for new readers.

Newsletter

On January 7th, 2012, I announced the Quick Blog Tips newsletter: Weekly Blogging. The decision to make it part of a separate site may turn out to be quite a good one, as I’m planning to do more with the Weekly Blogging website in the near future.

Future Plans

Here are a couple of things I’d like to do in year 2 of Quick Blog Tips:

• Release at least one more eBook.
• Transform the Weekly Blogging website into a small blogging community site.

And Now, an Ode To QBT

A lot of blogs exist online,
But some don’t last for long.
Some great blogs will disappear,
So what did they do wrong?

You cannot blame the other folks,
That’s not the thing to do.
A blog takes time and love to build -
It all comes down to you.

So if you feel you’ve hit a wall,
Perhaps you should stop by.
I have some tips for you to read;
you should give them a try.

The blog is full of useful tips,
with many penned by me.
I’ll help you get back on your feet
if you visit QBT!

- Copyright (c) 2012 Ben Barden

Discussion

When did you first visit QBT? What’s your favourite post? How long has your blog been running?

Write your posts in advance. Have plenty of ideas ready to go. Plan the week ahead. Post on specific days and at the same time. We’ve heard it all before. If you don’t plan, what’s the worst that can happen?

Well, I Found Out the Hard Way!

I almost didn’t write this post. Recently, I’ve tried to write my three posts for the week on a Sunday night, and schedule them to go out on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. However, I only seem to manage two posts, and I work on the third post on a Thursday night. That’s not so bad. Or so I thought – until Thursday night.

You may have noticed that the posts I write usually include an image. This plan fell through tonight, when Flickr went down!

A quick tweet later, and it was obvious I wasn’t the only one experiencing the issue. A small amount of investigation showed me that the downtime was due to server maintenance.

I’m a web developer by trade, so I’m not going to moan about sites going offline. What I will say is that I was totally unprepared for this. As a result, I seriously considered not posting anything on Friday due to the lack of an image. However, my wife Lauren kindly supplied a photo of our dog, Polly. A good result then – but a lucky one.

What Else Could Happen?

What if you go to write your blog post, only to find you’d lost track of time and it was nearly midnight?

What if there was a power cut, right now?

How about if the Internet dropped out for a few hours?

What if you decided to put off your blog post until tomorrow, only to wake up feeling really ill? (I’ve had flu for most of the week, so I know how this feels.)

All of these things can happen, although the “lost track of time” one is probably the most common if you’re not good at timekeeping.

Yeah, I Know I Should Plan, But…

Earlier today I had a chat about people who feel like they should do something, but don’t really want to. It’s a bit like running a blog when you don’t enjoy writing. You’ve got to want to do it, or it’s a bit pointless really.

So if you feel like you should plan, but you don’t do it – it might be worth thinking about how you can make it something you actually do. Try doing it some more and look at what makes you avoid it.

I’m actually a pretty good planner and I’m very organised (just ask a few of my work colleagues how hyper-organised I can be). I often feel like I could do more, but I’m also tough on myself as I never want to feel complacent or become lazy. So while I might not have my next post written down in full, I do have a list of great ideas, most of which will definitely turn into posts someday. In my book, that’s still planning.

I’ve found that if you don’t plan at all, it’s going to catch up with you eventually.

Discussion

What’s your excuse for not planning?

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Post titles are extremely important. While a great title can make a lot of people read the post, a poor title may prevent a post from ever reaching its full potential. Let’s examine some of the types of post title, along with their pros and cons.

The Attention-Grabbing

Fictional Example: “75% of Bloggers Eat Pie Daily”

An attention-grabbing title is often used by news sites to summarise a story quickly. Interested readers will click through to read more, but even if they don’t, they will usually get the gist of the story without clicking through.

A major benefit of writing attention-grabbing titles is that they do what the name suggests: they grab people’s attention. However, if your content has little substance and simply reiterates what the reader already knows from the title, people won’t bother reading to the end of your posts.

The Cryptic

Fictional Example: “The Number 1 Method For Getting Noticed on Twitter”

The title doesn’t give everything away – it simply gets people interested enough to click through. Then you reveal all in the post. You don’t have to take too long for the big reveal – in fact, it’s more of a question and answer type affair. The post often starts out by revealing the scoop, before providing a more detailed explanation.

This can be a really clever way to get people interested without giving too much away in the title – but it can annoy readers if it’s seen as a ploy to get them to click through to some sub-par content.

The Informative

Fictional Example: “5 Tips For Using Twitter”

A title that is clear about the post it heads up, without trying to dress it up with fancy words. It isn’t trying to be clever nor is it attempting to draw people in under false pretences.

A benefit of an informative title is that it can feel more natural to readers. The main drawback is that it simply doesn’t stand out enough. With so many blogs out there, you need to stand out.

The Vague

Fictional Example: “Thoughts For The Day”

The problem with a vague title is that it doesn’t tell you anything about the post. It may not matter to loyal readers who keep up with your blog every time you post. But it’s not much good for attracting new readers.

In some cases, perhaps you couldn’t think of a suitable title for the post. If that’s the case, it’s still worth attempting to come up with a title that says something about the post, so readers know what to expect. If you’ve just written an awesome post, a vague title means you’re selling yourself short.

The Over-Optimised

Fictional Example: “Killer Search Engine Marketing Content For SEO Specialists, Content Marketers And Bloggers”

The example sounds more like the name of a blog than the name of a post. I’ve seen post titles that are stuffed with keywords, that repeat themselves, or that are really long. The end result is a title that’s difficult to follow, generic, and in some cases, completely meaningless.

By all means target the keywords you wish to rank for – but don’t do this at the expense of readability.

Pitch Your Titles Carefully

Writing compelling content is essential, but choosing a suitable title will make the difference between someone clicking your link or simply ignoring it.

Discussion

Which of these titles have you tried? Which have the best results?

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Do you feel like you’ve exhausted the posts you could write for your blog? Are you well and truly out of ideas? There’s one very simple way to address this.

Become a Practical Blogger

When you spend too much time on the theoretical side of a topic, or you get too caught up in what other people are saying and doing, you’ll probably start to get really bored.

Being a practical blogger isn’t just about practising what you preach. Quite simply, it’s about practising, full stop. For instance, if you write about movies, you’ll want to keep watching movies. If you write about music, you should listen to lots of music. And if you want to share tips for budding photographers, best if you do so with some examples of your own work.

Doing the thing you write about, whether you’re consuming other people’s content or creating your own, is perhaps the best way to keep coming up with new topics for your blog.

So What About Blogging Experts?

If you write blogging tips (as I do), you could argue that simply posting on your blog is good experience for you. I won’t argue with that, but I will give you a tip: Start a second blog that is not about blogging.

You will get much better experience of blogging by writing a blog about anything except blogging itself. Otherwise, your blogging blog will become blogging about blogging about blogging!

I also learn a lot by trying out new tools, visiting other blogs, posting on forums, writing guest posts, and using social networks.

If you are a practical blogger, hopefully you’ll minimise the number of occasions when you say to yourself: “I need to write a post, but I don’t have one”.

Discussion

Are you a practical blogger? How do you come up with new topics for your blog?

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On “Don’t Force Your Blog Posts”, Roezer wrote a great comment:

Content loses freshness quickly and writing timeless content can be hard to write. Knowing the content you are going to write might not last forever is another turn off for blog posts.

I started to reply, before realising my thoughts would form a good post.

Timeless Content: The Downside

I think there is a drawback with timeless content. Although it might be relevant at any time, you still need to have good timing even with a timeless post.

For instance, if an entertainment blog ignored the Grammys and instead wrote a post about how a new artist can get noticed, that would still be useful. But they’ve missed a pretty important event in their field.

Should You Avoid Writing Obvious Posts?

On the other hand, bloggers may not want to write the obvious posts that everyone else is writing. A really good entertainment blog would do more than simply posting a video of Adele singing. They might write about how awesome it is to see her performing live again, and how she scooped six awards.

But how much of that would also be written by all the big entertainment news blogs? How original can you be when covering one of the most popular singers in the world?

My Opinion

I think the best approach is to write timeless content whenever suits you, but only publish it when you don’t have a big event or announcement to cover.

Discussion

Is there ever a good time to publish a timeless post?

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A great piece of blogging advice is to ask questions, and start a debate. However, some questions work better than others. In this post we’ll be looking at how you can come up with questions that everyone will want to answer.

The Generic Question

Perhaps the most pointless question is to put this at the end of your post:

What do you think?

This is unlikely to make people want to comment. If they wanted to tell you what they think of your post, they’d do it whether you put “What do you think?” or not.

The Yes/No Question

A question that’s easy to answer but might not yield much of a response is the Yes/No question:

Have you tried this on your blog?

Possible answers: Yes. No. Many readers will write a bit more, such as “Yes – it worked well for me.” This would probably be better as a poll, so you can easily see how many people say Yes or No. If you do want a simple answer, you’ll probably find that more people will vote on a poll than leave a comment.

Adding To a List

List posts are good for summarising a topic, and can be good for tips and tricks. If you’ve written a list post, people who stopped to read the post may have done so because they wanted to learn a bit more about the topic at hand. You could end the post with a question:

What else would you add to this list?

But I think you’re wasting your time with this. People with something to add probably already know the topic, and may not bother to read it as they don’t need to learn it all again. On the other hand, a topic you only know a bit about can be expanded by reading a good list post.

“Add your idea to the list” might work best if you write a light-hearted blog, an entertainment blog, or a subject where lots of people have their views to throw into the ring. Such as, “Top 10 Movies of 2011″ – that’s sure to stir up a bit of discussion.

Scattergun Questions

A scattergun question, as I call it, appeals to a wide range of readers. Instead of targeting people who have tried something on their blog, you can target those who have AND those who haven’t. Also, if you write a particularly thoughtful question, you may trigger a lot of comments.

Consider this example:

Do you do anything for your blogging milestones? If so, what do you do? If not, why not?

This should cover those who do write about their blogging milestones, along with those that don’t. However, it’s not the easiest question to read, as it’s really a string of three questions with a condition in the middle.

When writing questions for your blog, think about who you want to respond, and how you can make it easy for them to respond. For instance, although this post is titled “Scattergun Questions”, I’ve covered a few different types of question too. A simple question might be:

Do you write scattergun questions on your blog?

But perhaps a better question would be:

What types of question do you write on your blog? What’s the most effective type of question for your blog?

In reality, we don’t need to ask both questions. So I could either ask the first question, post a poll for the second question, or do both.

Discussion

If you had written this post, what question would you ask at the end?

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I’m always thinking of new ideas. New blog posts, new blogs, new sites I’d like to build. But with so many ideas, it’s all too easy to feel like you have too much to do – which means you end up doing nothing. I’m trying a new way to solve this problem: a short to-do list.

The inspiration for the short to-do list came from a post by Peter Bregman – “How to Start the Big Project You’ve Been Putting Off“. In that post, he mentions how to make sure you focus on your big, long-term priority:

When you make the project one of your top five priorities, you’re also — and just as importantly — choosing what’s not a priority. If you have too many important things on which to focus, you’ll never get to the big long term one. So slash your list until you’re left with only five.

I use a six-box to-do list — each box represents one of my top five priorities and the sixth box, labeled the other 5%, is for everything else. That last box shouldn’t take more than 5% of your time. One of my five boxes always represents a long-term priority, which, for this year, contains my screenplay.

However, if you look at the six-box to-do list he’s come up with, you’ll see he’s talking about annual goals. I have a mix of short and long-term goals, many of which aren’t for the entire year – so I’ve adapted Peter’s idea into something a bit different.

Limiting Your To-Do List to Five Items

I’ve set up a Google Docs spreadsheet for managing my personal objectives. The first tab, “Active”, is where I have listed five tasks. The second tab, “Overflow”, is where I list various other things I’d like to get done. The third tab, “Done”, is where the completed items end up.

This forces me to look at no more than five tasks at a time. I’ve tried to include a mix of tasks, rather than simply listing five different posts I’d like to write. However, that wouldn’t be a terrible idea, as the end result would be the same: once you get into the mindset of having a short to-do list, you’ll finish items so you can get them off the list and bring something new onto the list.

My Current Active Items

If you’re interested, my current active to-do list goes like this:

1. Build basic community site.
2. Write 3 new posts for QBT. (Perhaps not the best item – I should really split it up into 3 items.)
3. Rebuild quotes blog.
4. Social media blog: install a different theme.
5. Merge 2012 objectives into my new to-do list format.

I already have 2 items in my “Done” list – to clear my inbox, and to redesign Quick Blog Tips.

I also have a growing “overflow” list where I’ve started listing all the other things I’d like to do. Whenever a slot opens up on the “Active” list, I’ll move something across from the overflow list.

Drawbacks With This Approach

No method is perfect for everyone. There are a few issues with this setup:

1. It’s harder to plan big objectives. To solve this, you could create a new tab for “Annual Objectives” and list them all out. Divide these larger objectives into manageable chunks, and keep dividing them until you have run out of things you could separate out. For instance, when writing an eBook, I might start by naming it, then drawing up a plan, and writing however many chapters. You can then make a note of how many individual tasks each objective has, and note how many you’ve achieved. I have yet to try this out, but will do so with my plan to watch 52 movies in 2012.

2. The list can seem neverending. In reality, this is true of most things I do. I’ll keep writing new posts for Quick Blog Tips as long as I can think of them. I’ll probably never run out of things to do at printed.com, where I work. And while I might set out larger goals for the entire year, I’ll start all over again when I draw up my goals for next year. If you ever feel like you’re on an endless journey and you need a reminder of how far you’ve come, simply look at your “Done” list and you’ll see a growing list of achievements.

3. Some tasks might sit on the list for a long time. I think this indicates the tasks you don’t really want or need to do. However, some of them might be worth doing. I’ve started to find that if I want to do something, moving it to the “Active” list will make me want to do it – and I won’t be able to ignore it for very long.

4. There’s no place for urgent issues. I would argue that if an urgent task is also something you can do quickly, it can probably bypass your list completely. But if there’s something you desperately want to do and there’s no room for it on your list, you’d better get on and do something from your “Active” list to make room for the urgent item. I can see the need to make exceptions for urgent things though.

Discussion

How do you keep track of your to-do items?

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Just about to write your 100th, 150th, or 200th post? Is your blog’s anniversary on the horizon? Here are five reasons why you should hype up your next big milestone.

1. It’s a Positive Achievement

Positive achievements are great. They give you a good feeling, which in turn gives your readers a good feeling. Maintaining an active blog for a whole year or writing 100 great posts is a big achievement, and something you should feel proud of. Share the love!

2. One Milestone Leads to Another

You may discover that there’s another milestone just around the corner. This can give you a boost, making it easier to get to the next milestone. If you feel like you’re blogging on an endless road with no milestones along the way, at some point you may well give up. Strategically-placed milestones can help to show you’re on the right path, and that you’re making excellent progress.

3. Milestones Quantify Your Blog For New Readers

When a new reader lands on your blog for the first time, how do they know if your blog has been around for a while and isn’t likely to go anywhere anytime soon? How do they know if you’ve built a large volume of quality content in your archives? Telling people that you’ve published 100 posts in 6 months is a good milestone not only because it shows how far you’ve come, but it also gives a general guideline as to how much content readers can expect from you each week. This can be an important factor for a reader when they decide if they want to subscribe to your blog.

4. Milestones Get People Talking

I find that a big milestone can be a share magnet. Publishing your 100th post is the type of thing that makes people say “wow, 100 posts? Nice job!”. It gets people talking about your blog, either via a blog comment or a simple retweet. Plus, you can get the ball rolling by hyping up your post before its publication date.

5. Combine a Milestone With a Megapost For a Double Whammy

Why not mark your 100th or 150th post with a list of that many items? It’s a bit of  a double whammy: what might otherwise be a great list can explode into an unforgettable tour de force. You can feel spurred on by the fact it’s both a landmark post and a megapost; this will be reflected in your writing. The fact that a megapost attracts readers anyway is good enough for a big boost – but it gets really interesting if loads of new readers find your blog via a megapost that also happens to be your 100th post. If they enjoy the milestone post, they might just go back through some of your older posts, and possibly subscribe to future updates. What a great result that would be!

While We’re on the Topic…

This is tip #160!

Discussion

Do you do anything for your blogging milestones? If so, what do you do? If not, why not?

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Before I started my Seven Links for Sunday series of posts, I wasn’t keen on link love posts. So what changed?

Too Much Self-Promotion is a Bad Thing

When I wrote 50 Quick Tips For Using Twitter, I didn’t pluck random advice out of thin air. I either shared things I’ve learned from using Twitter myself, or things I’ve seen others doing that I believe do more harm than good.

Case in point:

15. Don’t overshare your stuff

I only know this is a bad idea because I’ve done it myself, and it didn’t work. If all you do is talk about yourself, I think it really puts people off wanting to interact with you.

The Social Media Experiment

So on that note, back in December 2011 I kicked off a week-long social media experiment where I would not promote any of my own stuff on social media sites. If you’re a regular reader of my blogs or my blogging newsletter, you may have heard me mentioning this before.

I knew that by challenging myself to stop promoting my blog posts for a whole week, it would force me to be a bit more creative with my usage of social media. I’ve always been someone who enjoys interacting with others on Twitter, for instance, but I’m sure a few people were happy to see fewer of my own links for a change.

And so this resulted in my first link love post - Seven Links for Sunday #1.

The Link Love Post

Aside from sharing less of my own stuff, I started writing link love posts for a few reasons. I’ve started to click a lot more links on Twitter, and bookmark the posts I enjoy the most. Quite quickly, my bookmarks folder was overflowing and I also had an urge to share the links with other people.

I also thought it would be nice to completely reverse my linking strategy. This doesn’t mean all the links would go backwards. Instead of linking to my stuff, I’d link to other people’s stuff. It sounds obvious – but I don’t think Twitter is the only place where links should be shared, because there’s a good chance a link will not be seen by a lot of people.

The link love post allows you to share a number of articles in one place. The link love post is quite likely to be shared around, often by the people you link to. It’s also a good way to get your favourite bloggers to stop by and check out your blog. People who I consider to be incredible bloggers have got a link, and stopped by to say thank you. This is so much better than throwing links into the proverbial echo chamber, and watching as hardly anyone clicks them.

My Original View of Link Love Posts

Some time ago, I saw a lot of bloggers writing “link love” posts where they simple gave out some “love” for no reason other than to say thank you to their readers. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it depends what you link to. In the case of a “Top Droppers” post for instance, a blogger would link to anyone who visited their blog via Entrecard and dropped the most cards in a 30/31 day period. For some, this became an easy way to get a free link from a lot of blogs, regardless of the quality of the “dropper’s” blog.

In some cases, a previously popular blog started to publish content less and less frequently, until a weekly “link love” post became just about the only thing on the blog. If you’re already lacking in new content, at least consider balancing the “link love” posts a bit so your homepage doesn’t show five of them in a row!

By far the worst link love posts I came across were the ones were someone starts some kind of “chain”, and other bloggers copy and paste the first person’s link to their own blog and add their own beneath. Some of these posts went up to 500 or 600 links. Obviously the person at the top is laughing, but the other blogs are just spreading a post that is little more than a link farm.

These issues really ruined the concept of link love posts for me. However, I haven’t seen many of these issues recently. For the most part, the blogs who do publish link love posts are doing a great job of it.

Link Love Posts Do Work

I’ve definitely warmed to the idea of link love posts. I’m really happy with how they are working out at Quick Blog Tips.

I think link love posts are best if you find a way that works for you and your readers.

Choose decent links, keep the list fairly short, and don’t post too many link love posts in a row.

If you don’t have many links to share, don’t scour the web for links just so you don’t miss a week. This is one post you don’t have to do all the time.

Write a great link love post, and everyone benefits. The authors of the posts you link to. Any readers who see the link love post. And your blog benefits too.

Discussion

Do you write link love posts? Do you enjoy the link love posts at Quick Blog Tips? Which other blogs share links that you enjoy?