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The Things you shouldn't leave out on your About Me Blog Page

4 points by moneytized 15y ago

madhouse 15y ago
The things you shouldn't leave in your blog post: 8) auto-converted to a smiley image (well, any kind of automatic conversion to a graphical smiley face is generally a bad idea, but this blog post only has 8) :P). It kinda destroys every bit of credibility you had. It also looks rather awkward in the middle of your post.
- moneytized 15y ago
  Argh, that was actually my bad and it's already fixed. Thank you for the notice!
mkr-hn 15y ago
Let me reciprocate on your attempt to give generic but well-meaning advice: 1: Whitespace is your friend. You should try it. Paragraphs need room to breathe. 2: Tinyfont is tiny. 16px is a good standard, though some fonts can get away with less. 3: I get the distinct impression that you just discovered the IM niche, but you say you have years of experience. This advice is good, but it's been repeated a million times over. I don't see what distinguishes this instance from the others. IM, as with any money-centric niche, is extremely crowded. Turn this into 10 posts that slowly tell readers why they should read you in addition to the likes of Problogger and Copyblogger.
- moneytized 15y ago
  Thank you for the comment, really helpful. 1) Done 2) You're absolutely right, I'll change it asap. 3) You're right, it seems that the article author just discovered the IM niche and she really did! It's the first attempt of our newest member of the team to write about internet marketing and for her first article I am very very pleased! If you see on the footer of the article, it's not me. As to why I have chosen to add it to Moneytized, my thought was that even if that subject has been analyzed thousands of times, when I am helping a friend grasp the concepts around internet marketing, it would help to point him at this page also, explaining what an about me page should have. Thank you for the great feedback again! Angel
  - mkr-hn 15y ago
    Might want to put a blurb up top introducing the author. Or ask her to edit an introduction in. Random example (which happens to be one of my own posts on a blog that isn't my own): http://mediatapper.com/how-to-use-social-media-to-make-friends-and-promote-without-being-a-sleazeball/ http://mediatapper.com/how-to-use-social-media-to-make-frien...
    - moneytized 15y ago
      We're making an author's box so that everyone easily knows who's article it is. Thank you for the input mate, really appreciate it ;)

4 points by moneytized 15y ago

The things you shouldn't leave in your blog post: 8) auto-converted to a smiley image (well, any kind of automatic conversion to a graphical smiley face is generally a bad idea, but this blog post only has 8) :P). It kinda destroys every bit of credibility you had. It also looks rather awkward in the middle of your post.

moneytized 15y ago
Argh, that was actually my bad and it's already fixed. Thank you for the notice!

mkr-hn 15y ago

Let me reciprocate on your attempt to give generic but well-meaning advice: 1: Whitespace is your friend. You should try it. Paragraphs need room to breathe. 2: Tinyfont is tiny. 16px is a good standard, though some fonts can get away with less. 3: I get the distinct impression that you just discovered the IM niche, but you say you have years of experience. This advice is good, but it's been repeated a million times over. I don't see what distinguishes this instance from the others. IM, as with any money-centric niche, is extremely crowded. Turn this into 10 posts that slowly tell readers why they should read you in addition to the likes of Problogger and Copyblogger.

moneytized 15y ago
Thank you for the comment, really helpful. 1) Done 2) You're absolutely right, I'll change it asap. 3) You're right, it seems that the article author just discovered the IM niche and she really did! It's the first attempt of our newest member of the team to write about internet marketing and for her first article I am very very pleased! If you see on the footer of the article, it's not me. As to why I have chosen to add it to Moneytized, my thought was that even if that subject has been analyzed thousands of times, when I am helping a friend grasp the concepts around internet marketing, it would help to point him at this page also, explaining what an about me page should have. Thank you for the great feedback again! Angel
- mkr-hn 15y ago
  Might want to put a blurb up top introducing the author. Or ask her to edit an introduction in. Random example (which happens to be one of my own posts on a blog that isn't my own): http://mediatapper.com/how-to-use-social-media-to-make-friends-and-promote-without-being-a-sleazeball/ http://mediatapper.com/how-to-use-social-media-to-make-frien...
  - moneytized 15y ago
    We're making an author's box so that everyone easily knows who's article it is. Thank you for the input mate, really appreciate it ;)