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- StumbleUpon. Blogging Tips From an Expert Blogger - Social Media/Web 2.0. How to Write About Old News and Be Original. I’ve suffered yet another round of disgust with my feed reader. Something new and shiny becomes the latest thing, and suddenly a flurry of “same old’ posts flutter about on the blogosphere like so many ripples in a dead lake going nowhere. Been there. Done that. Recently, my feed reader looked like a broken record. No less than 12 posts on how to increase comments sat there waiting for my attention – in the same day.

Even the titles and headlines looked the same. I marked everything as “read” and moved on, saving myself half an hour of boredom. Then I ranted on Twitter. It was a good question. Yes, yes and yes. Wait until the buzz dies down. Write about your perspective. Discuss the opposing view. Examine all angles. Search before you write. Don’t be sheep in a pasture.

Point to other resources. Be daring and disagree. Stay away from the latest fads. You don’t always have to come up with earth-shattering revelations. So be different. Slow down. Post by James Chartrand. Free Photos - Top Sites to Find Free Photos to Use on Your Blog. Finding free photos to use on your blog that don't have stringent copyright restrictions can be challenging. The following five websites offer free photos that bloggers can download to use on their blogs. Make sure you check the copyright restrictions on any photos you use on your blog. Some of the free photos on these sites could require you to provide attribution (which you should do anyway), notify the photographer of your use of their photo or more. Always follow the copyright and creative commons licensing rules related to any photo you use on your blog and obtain any necessary permissions. 1. Stock Xchange Stock Xchange is a great resource for finding free photos to use on your blog. 2.

Flickr is growing in popularity everyday. 3. morgueFile MorgueFile has a large selection of free photos that you can use on your blog. 4. Dreamstime provides a good selection of royalty free stock photos as well as images available for a fee (as low as $0.26). 5. 6. How to Write a Blog - How to Write a Blog That People Want to Read. Grammar & Punctuation : When to Use a Semicolon. SO MUCH TO TELL YOU: the 100 club - StumbleUpon. 105 Writing Tips from Professional Writers.