Blogging is Like Playing the Guitar

How Blogging is Supposed to Be A few weeks ago I gave a presentation to an Ag Communications class at Missouri State University. I had a wonderful time talking to the students and viewing their blogs.  One topic came up that has stuck with me. It seems that all their blogs looked alike. At that time we discussed changing the theme to solve the problem. As I have come to think on this further, it’s kinda the way...

Stop the Excuses; Start Blogging

Before you can Speed Blog, you have to actually have a blog. Luckily for everyone wishing to start blogging, it is so easy. And if you have an ag business, you really can’t use the excuse that you don’t have enough time. I have considered writing about how to start a blog, but when I saw the following infographic I knew I had to share it. I mean why reinvent the wheel, right? So give your ag business a boost into...

Facebook is Fickle

Facebook Badges I don’t know why but facebook likes to make helpful items a mystery to find. Then once you find it; they switch to something else. I just discovered their badges page that lets you add widgets to your sidebar or footer. I had a previous post that was similar to this but the process on that link sometimes doesn’t work. Facebook now has one page where you can pick which type of badge to put on your...

Top Mistakes Beginning Bloggers Make

Blog Post Blunders Don’t feel bad. You don’t know what you don’t know. And we have all been there. Honestly, even the best and most experienced bloggers are still learning. So let’s get right to it. This will cover the most common mistakes I see new bloggers (even those who have been at it awhile) make in their posts. I believe this is extremely important because posts are the content which is the...

Improve Your Blog in 31 Days

Blog Motivation After going through this workbook in January, I am convinced that a group setting is so much better than going alone. Accountability: Knowing others are expecting your participation is a great incentive to get things done. Multiple points of view: Getting input from people from around the country brings you valuable  view points that you may never have considered. Cheer Squad: Each blogger in the group wants...

11 Ways to Speed Blog

No Time To Blog Almost every blogger’s biggest obstacle to keeping up their website is the lack of time. But honestly what takes the most amount of time in blogging is setting it up. Once you have it started, maintaining and updating your blog doesn’t have to take that long. Yet reading the featured farmer guest posts, time is listed as the most common obstruction to blogging. So this post is for everyone that is...