How to Videos for Wordpress Blogging

Technorati and Why You Need It

In the video below, Katie explains exactly what Technorati is, why bloggers need Technorati and how you claim your blog at Technorati.

Blogging Questions Welcomed

If you have any further questions about Technorati or anything else about blogging please leave us a comment below or click on “Ask Anne & Katie” and we’ll answer your question ASAP.

Wordpress Blogging Tip

The Wordpress feature, called Quickpress, available in the latest version 2.7, is a great way to save time!

If you want to add a quick post, nothing fancy, to your Wordpress blog, to get an update or important news out to your blogging audience, this is a great way to go in and add the most important data, and then publish.

Wordpress Quickpress

You get to the Wordpress Quickpress feature from the main wordpress dashboard, and the very short video below will walk you through the few steps you need to quickly and easily add a blog post.

Using Wordpress-QuickPress Feature

For more great Wordpress Blogging step-by-step videos, visit our Wordpress Blogging Video Catalog.

Blog Commenting

When you’ve first started your blog as we mentioned prior, comments help your blog look more active. Initially you may find that users may not post comments to your blog. It’s going to be up to you to get things going. Have your friends or family members start leaving comments on your blog as it can make your blog seem more active.

People like to see activity; if your blog seems dead you’ll likely get no responses. If you would rather not have your family even know about your blog, then you can post comments yourself but as a “Guest” or as registered user instead of admin. Respond to your own posts initially to create activity, then you’ll start to see other real users placing comments as well.

Controversial Comments

What usually works best is to leave a controversial comment. Start making comments that are guaranteed to elicit a response.   We’ve created “characters” before that post controversial statements on my blog to really get user interest going. This “character” may disagree with a blog posting we made, creating a sequence of posts that increase the activity comments of my post. Once you see that users have taken interest in your blog you can now rely on their posts rather than creating fake ones of your own.

Remember if you are going to do fake comment posts, to space the timing between posts. For example never post two minutes after you’ve posted as admin, as it’s too obvious that you’re the same person. Allow some time to pass by before making your “fake user comments post”.

Pay Per Comment

If you would rather not do the “fake posts” yourself, some bloggers have actually paid users to reply to posts on their blog. If you go to popular webmaster forums, you’ll find that users get paid for making posts on forums. The usual rate is about .10 cents per post or something within that range. The same theory applies for blog comments. You can hire a set of 10 to 20 people to comment on your posts and pay them a small fee, this way you generate some interest in your blog.

If you post a project on the sites we mentioned previously such as Scriptlance.com or Getafreelancer.com for “Blog Posters”, you can find people who can get your blog active, by making comments and paying them a small fee. You can do this until you get users posting on your site in reply to the posters you have paid. Within a few weeks your blog should be very active. This benefits you in the long run as the search engines will be visiting your site often due to the constant updates.