Tag: blogger
SEO For Dummies: A Beginner’s Infographic
I know, SEO is boring, right? I used to think that too. I used to think that I would rather poke my eyeballs out with an ice pick than learn SEO, but not anymore. Let me explain. I never wrote a blog post before coming here to Bit Rebels in the summer of 2009. Since then, I've written about 1,2 ...
Funkadelic Facts About Infographics
I read somewhere once that an infographic is worth 1,000 words. It's true. Why are infographics so popular? I'm seeing them everywhere, more and more. We've even started using them a lot here on Bit Rebels. There must be a reason for it, right? Why this sudden interest in graphics that provide ...
5 Lessons A Snowflake Can Teach Us About Blogging
We aren't very familiar with snow in Atlanta. If we are lucky, it snows about two or three days each winter (about an inch or two each time), and it is usually melted after a few hours. However, this week it's very different. It's like we are living in the twilight zone or something. We have a l ...
This Internet Troll Almost Got Killed For His Comments!
What the hell? This story is, well, literally insane. All of us bloggers have gotten those nasty comments that Internet trolls sometimes leave on our posts, right? I know I have.
I never blogged prior to Bit Rebels, so I never received a negative blog comment until about a year and a half ago. ...
5 Basic Skills A Blogger Must Have!
There are so many blogs created everyday. With the boom of social media and people everywhere wanting to share their knowledge and experience, more and more people have started a blog. It might be about something personal, or maybe a "how to" blog or even a fashion or cooking inspired blog. The choi ...
The 3 Types of Readers That Will Visit Your Blog
In an effort to become a better blogger, I've recently been studying the different types of readers that visit Bit Rebels. One thing that I've learned, which I find fascinating, is that there are basically three different kinds of readers who visit our blog and your blog.
As a blogger, it is imp ...
Social Media Explained In 2 Minutes (10 Key Facts)
Social media is in the limelight and the topic of conversation in your office and with your friends. You can read about it everywhere. However, there are still people who do not quite understand what it is, and what its relevance is in our professional and personal lives. The majority of people s ...
Happy 1st Birthday Bit Rebels! – 10 Lessons We’ve Learned
My name is listed as the author on this article, but it is from all of us at Bit Rebels. Let me give you a little history...
It's hard to believe it's been a whole year since Bit Rebels began. It feels like just yesterday. I remember my dear friend @mistygirlph working hard on her first articl ...
3M Creates New Subliminal Tool for Designers & Marketers
Designers, marketers, advertisers and savvy bloggers know the importance of using stunning graphics in each piece they create. In my opinion, with more and more visuals competing for our attention, this is becoming increasingly critical to the success of our work.
3M recently launched a new tool ...
An iPhone Drawing A Day Keeps The Blogging Blues Away!
We've all heard the advice. If you want to get good at something, practice, right? You want to become a better blogger? Blog more. You want to become a better reader? Read more. You want to become a better tweeter? Tweet more. It really applies to almost everything in life.
Artist Kristof ...
How To Brand Yourself Properly In Social Media
People are drawn to social media and why not? We get the chance to connect and network with different people from all over the world 24/7. The world gets smaller. Imagine having the chance to get views and opinions from leaders of different industries. Think about geting the freshest news from t ...
How To: Embed A Forum Into Your Website
Engaging our readers, our followers and our friends in the different social networking platforms is a daily habit for a lot of people all over the world now. We use Twitter, FaceBook, LinkedIn, etc... Bloggers have always been looking for ways to communicate with their readers, and not just commun ...
8 Reasons Why Geeks Make Better Bloggers
I’m a geek. Everyone I work with is a geek. All the writers here at Bit Rebels are geeks. Most of my friends on Twitter are geeks. So... when I saw a link in a tweet last week from @Alyssa_Milano entitled Why Geeks Make Good Lovers, I got a good laugh. The funny thing is, I can see there could ...
10 Post Ideas To Give Your Blog A Boost
A few weeks ago I wrote a post called How To: Get Rid of Writer’s Block. As a follow up to that post, I would like to share with you ten blog post ideas to give your creativity and your blog traffic a little boost!
These are ideas that always seem to work well for me and the other writers here a ...
How To: Get Rid of Writer’s Block
It’s 10pm, you finally sat down to relax and update your blog. You get comfortable, turn on some music, and stare at your computer screen. Nothing. You put your fingers on the keyboard ready to go, nothing. What is going on? This is so strange. You tell yourself to shake it off and try again. ...