14 Do's and Don'ts of Blogging

I thought this article by Modern Mint Designs, about 14 do's and dont's of Blogging was worth a read.  Hope you agree!

Is watermarking your photos a waste of time?

I have just read this article on Pro Food Blogger called "Why I Stopped Watermarking My Food Photographs".  It certainly gave me food for thought.  What do you think - will you stop?

4 Reasons why Bloglovin is my new Bestie

I am now so glad that Google forced me off Google Reader – I was annoyed at the time but really Bloglovin is a much better option for me.  This is for 4 main reasons:
 

One -     It's easy to group and read the blogs I follow – I am keeping up with them much better.

Two -   When you look at a post via Bloglovin, that blog gets a page view – this didn't happen either on Google Reader or when looking at a post in your Blogger Dashboard.

Three - Bloglovin emails me every time a new follower signs up to follow – so I can then check their blog out and follow them right on back.  You need to set this up in your settings – you can choose other notifications as well.

Four - Bloglovin also helps you find new blogs to follow.  If someone you follow is on Bloglovin you can see who else they follow or who is following them.  And you can also look at popular posts or blog types or use the search function.

I do find Bloglovin to be a bit slow at times.  Hopefully they will sort that out.

Ps  It is sad that Recipenewz has disappeared – hopefully it will either come back or someone else will set up another site like it!

Link to good article on Pinterest tips for bloggers

I just read this article on tips for using Pinterest for bloggers by Poofy Cheeks and found it a good one , so I thought you might like it as well.

Another article about taking photos - this time at night.

I saw this article about taking photos at night on the Minimalist Baker and thought you might like it too.