This is a navel gazing sort of meme, but what aren’t? I was tagged by the lovely, Celia Kyle. I’m not going to tag anyone per say, but if you want to do this meme then just comment and I will link to you.

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Instructions: When this meme is passed on to you, copy the whole thing, skim the list and put a * star beside the tips you especially like.

Add the next number (1. 2. 3. 4. 5., etc.) and write your own blogging tip for other bloggers. Try to make your tip general.

After that, tag five other people. Some peeps say ten, but whudeva!

1. Look, read, and learn. - http://www.neonscent.com

2. Be EXCELLENT to each other.- http://www.bushmackel.com

3. Don’t let money change ya! - http://www.therandomforest.info

4. Always reply to your comments. - http://chattiekat.com

5. Link liberally — it keeps you and your friends afloat in the Sea of Technorati. -http://chipsquips.com

6. Don’t give up - persistence is fertile. - http://www.velcro-city.co.uk

7. Give link credit where credit is due. - http://www.sfsignal.com

8. Pictures say a thousand words and can usually add to any post. - http://scifichicki.com

9. Visit all the bloggers that leave comments for you - it’s nice to know who is reading! -http://stephaniebooks.blogspot.com

10. When commenting on others’ blogs, a few kind words go a long way. **** - http://shelflifeblog.blogspot.com

11. When you’re starting out, comment on all the blogs you like to read; that way the bloggers will know that you exist! - http://astripdarmchair.blogspot.com

12. Make sure you check your links! http://superfastreader.com By way of explanation–when you cut & paste the text of a meme, you don’t get the underlying links. If you just see text, you need to turn the text into links manually. If you see hyperlinks, you can cut & paste from the Page Source to get the HTML code and preserve the links. In Firefox, you can use Command/Apple-U to see this. The whole point of a meme is to spread link love, but you need more than just the text to do that.

13. Give your blog a theme/focus; make a niche for yourself. - http://www.theaccidentalnovelist.blogspot.com

14. Post on your blog daily and if not daily then at least 3 -4 times a week. Readers will not continue to come to your blog if there is not something new to read and comment on. And while you’re at it throw in a contest or two. - http://vickilane.blogspot.com

15. Be yourself. When you’re acting like something you’re not, people see through it. Nobody wants to read a fake blog. http://www.avarosejohnson.literalseduction.com/blog

16. While being yourself, sharing info, and educating others in what it is you know…don’t share too much personal information. Blogs swim in a big world of crazy and we don’t want to wake up with a big ass crazy fish on our front step, now do we? http://celiakyle.com/pornwithaplot

17. Pictures of attractive, half-naked people is always good. http://arinrhys.literalseduction.com