Timeless blogging advice: 12 great links

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There’s a massive and overwhelming amount of information about blogging on the internet.

It all flies at you – day and night – at lightning speed. You could easily spend all your time reading about blogging. Hey, you don’t want to miss a critical key to blogging success – do you?

But when you really take a closer look, most posts are just a rehash – unoriginal, repetitive, not particularly well written.

Is this constant influx really helping you to blog better?

Probably not. More likely it’s eating up your precious time for writing content and promotion. On top of that, if you don’t create boundaries, you will burnout faster than a match. So what’s a blogger to do?

Here’s my simple 2-step solution.

  1. Create your own personalized virtual resource center of timeless blogging advice
  2. Then – stay tuned to the best, lose the rest

Timeless blogging advice – your own virtual resource center

Creating your own collection of useful guidance eliminates the need to run after every blogging link.  And, the best instructions will always be easily and quickly accessible to you. Plus, every article will be pertinent to you.

Opt for only a small number of masterful pieces that cover the gamut of blogging advice as it relates to your niche and blog goals. Be choosy! Only the very best will do.  But “best” is a relative term. The key is finding the voices that help you.

By necessity, everyone’s choices will be different. For example, I veer toward blogging advice from successful personal development bloggers and seasoned writers.

To illustrate what a collection might look like, here are my own best links.

1. Annabel Candy – Get in the Hot Spot

2. timethief – One Cool Site Blogging Tips

  • Popular Posts Series – beginning blogging, becoming a better blogger, building a better blog, social networking, images and media, SEO, and more.

3. Dragos Roua – Dragos Roua (dot) com

4. Tess Marshal – The Bold Life

5. Steve Pavlina – Steve Pavlina (dot) com

6. Brian Clark – Copyblogger

  • Copywriting 101 – An introduction to effective copy, 10-step copywriting tutorial

7. Darren Rowse and Glen Murray – Problogger

  • The Copywriting Scorecord for Bloggers – This is an ebook for purchase. Firstly, it’s an excellent primer on blog writing. Secondly, it’s a useful tool that highlights your strengths and weaknesses, so you know where to focus, and it reminds you of key blogging points you might otherwise forget. [BTW, I don't receive a commission for recommending the ebook.]

8. Jean Sarauer – Virgin Blogger Notes

9. Sandra Lee – Always Well Within

Once you collect your timeless blogging advice, what do you do with it?

Use it!

Chances are, you haven’t implemented all the strategies contained in these master works – I know I haven’t. So why waste time gathering more redundant information?

Take action – apply one nugget of expert advice once a day, once a week, once a month – whatever fits your blogging schedule and aspirations.  Reading on its own won’t take your blog very far.  Putting the advice into practice is the only way your blog will flourish.

Whenever a question or confusion arises, refer to your treasury of knowledge. Don’t waste time searching the internet.  Go directly to the best advice center built specially for you.

Re-read the articles periodically, to see what you have missed.  Then, it’s back up to taking action!

Then – stay tuned to the best, lose the rest.

Clearly, you don’t want to live in a bubble and miss out on an important new developments or premium advice.

So select a handful of best bloggers to follow and lose the rest. That’s right – cut the superfluous email subscriptions, drop off the RSS feeds, and un-follow on Twitter.  Be bold, but slash wisely. Remember, “best” doesn’t necessarily mean the most popular.  It means the folks that help you the most.

One ways I stay up-to-date is by checking-in on Fridays with:

  • Kristi Hines – Kikolani – In her fantastic Fetching Friday Series, Kristi features the best articles from around the web on everything to do with blogging – writing, link building, social networking, SEO, marketing and more.  It’s all gathered conveniently for you in one place by category.  Kristi also offers a wealth of timeless advice on Kikolani.

Life is precious! Time is limited!  I no longer waste it running after every link of blog advice only to find rehashed and unimaginative information.

Do you feel inundated with too much information about blogging? What solutions have your found?

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35 thoughts on “Timeless blogging advice: 12 great links”

  1. Hi Sandra, this is a wonderful resource and your writing is brilliant too. It looks as if the blog writing practice is really paying off.

    I totally agree with what you say here and am honored to be on this list. I hope to keep people motivated and upbeat in their blogging adventures too because it’s easy to get disheartened. A lot of blogging information is very detailed or over technical which ends up making beginners feeling as if they’ll never get to grips with it.

    It’s great to have you on my team and be part of yours – you’re the kind of thoughtful, upbeat and determined person I want to spend time with:) You can’t blog alone and it’s fabulous that we can all grow and improve our blogs together.

    • Hi Annabel,

      It’s my pleasure to acknowledge your expertise. I’ve learned so much from you! I especially appreciate your relaxed, humorous, fun style without sacrificing the real know-how.

      Thanks for the positive feedback on the post. I’m so delighted to be team mates too :)

      You are so right about not being able to blog alone; connecting with others makes all the difference and it’s so personally rewarding.

    • Thanks, Lynn. Glad the links are helping. Annabel is fantastic and I know you already connected with timethief too. You have a great blog and I would be so happy if any of these links helps your blog grow more.

    • Hi Tony, Welcome to the blogosphere. I’m so glad you found this article helpful. Thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it so much! Good luck with your new blog.

  5. Great information, Sandra. Thank you for compiling this list and sharing it with us. I see I have a lot of reading to do, but you have already done the hard part and delivered the reading list to me. I am looking forward to implementing some good advice. Yes, timethief is amazing.

    Kathleen

    • Kathleen,

      I’m very glad to help in this small way. I think the reading will be fun – especially if you pace it. One a week or one a month! Thanks for leaving a comment. It’s always encouraging to hear when a post helps.

  6. Hey Sandra

    Thanks a lot for the shout and for putting me in such an exquisite company. I really dig your approach “stay tuned for the best, lose the rest’. Learning to ignore is a very valuable lesson. :-)

    • Dragos,

      So happy to acknowledge you. I appreciate the unique insights you share on personal development, love the stories around your daughter especially! Your blogging advice is terrific too. All the best to you.

  7. Sandra, Great advice for a newcomer to blogging. I find myself in danger of doing exactly what you are warning against – signing up for any/every blog that seems to offer helpful blogging hints and tips, though I’m realized that some are just inflated BS. Will look up the blogs you recommended and see which ones – apart from Annabel’s that I really like – will work for me.

    • Penelope,

      You have a fantastic looking blog and you are blogging on an important topic – starting fresh after an abrupt termination. As a newcomer to blogging, you seem well on your way. Your analysis of “inflated BS” gave me a good laugh. So true. I wish you the best in finding your treasury of blog advice. Hope your book is a huge success and your blog too.

  8. Sandra,
    Love all the links you have shared – there is a plethora of information out there. So, having a list like this, to refer back to…wonderful!!! Everything all in one place!!

    Thanks for putting this together!

  9. Thanks for including my post with these fabulous links, Sandra. I have read most of these posts and they’re outstanding resources.

    You give excellent advice on how to make the most of our time. I used to try to read everything and everyone out there. Considering there are something like 45 million blogs, that doesn’t work so well :)

  10. I’m a fan of timeless, durable stuff and I like this lots.

    Really, it’s the principles, patterns, and practices.

    I really like how among the sea of information exchange, there are certain posts that always float to the top when you have to tackle certain problems … so they aren’t just timeless, they are also tride-and-true.

  11. Ah, the three P’s! You are so on target: the best standouts or as you put it, floats to the top. Thanks for your perspective, which always goes to the heart of the matter.

  12. Hi Sandra,
    Oh goodie! I have read or recognize these bloggers and links, and it reminds me to go back to them a second time. Like J.D. said, I like this lots. I also really like this line, “Remember, ‘best’ doesn’t necessarily mean the most popular. It means the folks that help you the most.”

    That is so true — I’ve learned so much from people who aren’t necessarily “A-list” and may only have a couple hundred subscribers. No all prescriptions are best for all people, same with medicine. We have to use our heart, too.

    Tess’ Vibrational Marketing post, for me, was a real eye opener. I think that’s one of my favorite posts this year.

    It’s great to meet you, Sandra, and thanks so much for your comment at my site, too.
    Hugs to you.
    ~xo

  13. Hi Lori,
    Thanks for the excellent points you have added! I too felt it was so important to include this point that ‘best’ and ‘popular’ are not necessarily the same in terms of your own goals and aspirations.

    Tess’ post really turned my head around too! It can be so easy to feel like you are going to lose out if you don’t join one of the “hot” clubs! I’m sure they are beneficial for many people but not necessarily the right medicine for all as you say. I personally don’t like marketing via fear, which is one of the main modes on the internet too. Apparently, it works but not with me.

    It’s good to connect with you too Jane. I love what you are doing on your blog!

  14. Most bloggers writing blogging tips blogs perhaps with the exception of Timethief’s are monetized blogs passing around the same copy from blog to blog. They are not blogging as a way of self expression, but of self interest with growing dollar signs for eyes. They’re not bloggers in the true sense of the word. One blog I came across claimed 958,373 visits on a new blog in just three months. I was tempted to comment and say how great an achievement that was, but how much blogging did you actually do?

    • Hi Jaco, Thanks for sharing this perspective, which sadly is so true. Whoa, that’s an awesome number of visits for a 3 month old blog! Your question is so to the point.

      By the way, I totally love the new look on your blog – very clean, elegant, attractive, appealing.

  15. I derive much value from reading your blog posts, Sandra. I was so touched by your choice to honor my blog by including it on your list among such distinguished blogs. Thank you.
    Love,
    TiTi

    • I am so happy to include you here as you were my first blogging mentor and continue to be a stream of outstanding information and resources. All the best to you.

  17. Welcome and thank you, Samuel. I’m in awe of young bloggers like you! You are really taking the world into your hands and are very inspiring to all of us.

  18. Hi Sandra,
    Thanks for the link love. I really appreciate you mentioning my blog. I like Lance like a nice list I can go to check out and not spend hrs online. I love it when bloggers do this! xo You’re the best.

    • Tess, I am so happy to link to your article on vibrational marketing. It had a huge impact on me and I’m so grateful to you for sharing this perspective.

  19. This is a great list Sandra. Having only been blogging for 3 months and it CAN be overwhelming! I seem to always be looking for MORE info and then I suffer from analysis paralysis, lol! Having a limited list helps!

    Bernice

  20. A fabulous list, I know just about everyone you listed here – including All is Well Within -and it’s one fantastic well of resources….If only – if only there were more hours to sit down and explore each site to detail….but glad I made it here today! Thank you Sandra!

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