The title of a post is more important than many would imagine. Think about it: It is the very first thing that readers see when they click on your post. It’s somewhat like the wrapper of a product package. It contains (or should contain) some element that meaningfully describes what the post is about. It must be a brief encapsulation of your topic. It must attract attention, hold the interest of visitors and provide enough intrigue to make readers want to keep reading. Your title represents the first opportunity to attract readers and inspire them with enough curiosity to read your post so it should be carefully thought out and crafted

What I want to describe here is similar but is not exactly the same. I propose a “Micro-post” for a blog which could be described as a pithy, meaningful, well thought-out but very brief post that can appear on a “mini-blog site” or on a regular blog. This is a concentrated message of one sentence or several that is perhaps no longer than 300 words. There is, therefore, a lttle more allowance than one has on Twitter and you can fit a lot of meaningful thoughts in 300 words or less.

 There are some writers who claim that the key to productivity is to simply sit down at the writing table and write.  Write anything; just begin to write.  Write now, not later.  Very often the ideas will begin to flow when the imagination is primed this way.  There are many other ways to prompt the imagination [...]

  Bloggers are, obviously, writers.  Writers create imagery to communicate.  It is the words we use and how we assemble them into sentences and Paragraphs that help us to communicate exactly what we want to convey to our readers.  Our words are the components of our composition.  They are the “paint,” the “colors,” that enable us [...]

If you are thinking about starting a blog, or already have one and want to start another, how do you decide what to blog about if you do not have any ideas?  Many people who are considering a blog, ask what should they blog about.  The decision about what your blog should be focused on is an easy one if you answer [...]

Awakening the Muse With A One-Word Mantra (Getting Ideas When You Have No Idea What To Write)   You may have read quotes by eminent writers of prose, poets and composers who have made reference to their “Muse.” Often, creative people have personified their creative process, their “Inspiration,” as a kind of communion with quasi-angelic beings [...]

Not all writers are bloggers, but all bloggers are writers.  The more time you have spent writing a blog, the more you may realize that blogging is like any other production of human creativity.  The more highly developed, refined and skillfully wrought, the more popular and sought after the product becomes .  This is true with well-produced [...]

After a while, many bloggers, new and established, come to a point where they recognize that blogging is an art.  Blogging is not merely the setting down of words; not merely the recording of  the thoughts of the moment, or one’s daily routine.  The original weblogs started out like this but now have evolved into [...]

This is an indispensable literary device that has been employed by writers as far back as the time of ancient Greece and if you use this figure of speech effectively, like a fine and expensive seasoning , to bring out the flavor of whatever you are serving your visitors, your writing will be more persuasive, more readable and more interesting.

This post is dedicated to Emily: Emily Post, a Gentlewoman of good breeding and refined manners who decided that good manners and courteous behavior could be formulated into a general code of good conduct for everyone. When you are engaged in public activity, manners are important; courtesy is important. Having a courteous manner is an important component of professionalism and this can definitely be a factor contributing to your success as a blogger or entrepreneur.