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Category: Bloggers and Blogging
10 Instagram Tips for Bloggers
Many bloggers fail to recognize the potential of Instagram. Instagram can greatly enhance your blog in a number of ways, from networking to directing traffic. Out of all the social media platforms out there,...
10 Places to Find Paid Freelance Writing Jobs
Even if it’s only on a part-time basis, taking on a few freelance writing or paid blogging gigs comes with major benefits including: Getting a better job: Nowadays, many companies search online profiles before making...
7 Tips for Creating Viral Content
Every creator dreams of “going viral,” but it is almost impossible to predict what type of content people will share. Although going viral is not an exact science, there may be a few things you...
Spring Into New Blog Post Ideas
Spring is in full bloom, the perfect time to revamp your blog with fun, new and creative ideas. Below is a list of 10 different types of blog posts you ought to try out: 1....
10 Mistakes New Bloggers Make
When you first start blogging, it can be easy to get caught up in the newness of it. That’s when mistakes are likely to happen. Here are 10 things to avoid as a new...
Career Crossroads: 4 Reasons Journalists Make Excellent Brand Communicators
Join us on the third Wednesday of every month for Career Crossroads, a look at how journalists, bloggers, and freelancers are adapting to the changes in their media careers. Catch up on previous installments...
7 Tips for Fighting Blogger’s Block
Got blogger’s block? Relax. It’s quite common. Months of consistent blogging really can burn you out. Some days, you’ll be swimming in a sea full of ideas, and other days you’ll ask yourself, “Now what...
Blogging Isn’t Dead & Here’s Why
“Blogging is dead!” I recently opened Facebook messenger to see a note from a friend and fellow blogger asking for my opinion on that statement. A marketer had declared this to her and knowing I write a lot on...
10 Design Tools We Love for Blogging
How much time do you spend fussing over the words in a blog post? Probably a lot, right? The tone, the grammar, the storytelling – it has to be perfect. Unfortunately, we often don’t put in the...
Twitter Parties 101
If you write in the consumer-products space, you’ve likely either heard of or participated in a Twitter party, an online event hosted by a brand to meet customers, announce a service, launch a product,...
Our Top 5 Blogging Resolutions for 2015
The great thing about starting a new year is that you get to reevaluate what’s working and what’s not. In 2014, we launched the Beyond Bylines blog in the community section of PR Newswire...
2014 Rewind: Beyond Bylines’ Top 5 Posts
Today, we conclude our 2014 Rewind series with a retrospective of Beyond Bylines’ first year. Catch up on previous installments here and have a happy new year! When you start a blog, you’re never really...
Are Blogger Conferences Worth the Cost? Conference Attendees and Organizers Weigh In
When it comes to networking and keeping up with trends, it’s hard to compete with the annual meeting. Nearly every industry and specialty has one, and blogging is no exception. But with so many...
Giving Thanks: 11 of Our Favorite Blogging Tools
It’s National Blog Posting Month, so over the course of November, we are focusing on how to blog better and faster. Catch up on our other tips for bloggers on the Blogging section of...
27 Places To Go For Your Next Blog Post Idea
Having trouble thinking of your next blog post idea? We’ve come up with 27 places you can visit when the “idea well” runs dry.
Your 24-Point Checklist for Better Blog Posts
Utilize our checklist to save time and possibly your blog by ensuring you do everything necessary for success, the first time around.
Blog Profiles: Blogs to Help You With Your Blogging
Welcome to Blog Profiles! Each week, PR Newswire media relations manager Christine Cube selects an industry or subject and a handful of sites that do a good job with promoting, contributing, and blogging about...
Quality and Relevance Reign: 9 Tips for Creating Online Content from Searchmetrics’ 2014 Study
Google’s algorithms can baffle the best of us. As any blogger or digital writer will attest, it seems that once we’re used to the latest changes, Google unleashes another batch upon us. Be it Panda, Penguin,...
9 Headline Writing Don’ts for Online Journalists and Bloggers
You spent hours laboring over an article or blog post. You did your research and fussed over sentences until they were just right. The only thing standing between you and your next assignment is...
