This is a guest post by Eric Pangburn at Snitch IM.

The beauty of the Internet is that it allows you to make a significant amount of noise without necessarily having to spend a lot of money. Well, that’s the idea at least.

But is it the same way with creating a social media buzz?

This is a short list of ideas I’ve had –usually in the middle of the night– for niche blogs. Like most things with me, the idea makes me immediately think of words to frame it in, so over time I’ve come up with a whole list of potential domain names for niche blogs that I could start but probably never will.

So, if you want one of these, take it.

Wondering who the “biggest” mum bloggers are? Here’s a handy top 10. If you’re interested in parenting blogs, these are some of the women you might want to follow or pitch a guest post to.

If you’re blogging for a business, whether you’re the business owner, an employee or a freelance blogger, check what you’re doing against this handy infographic. It’s not a major problem if you haven’t been hitting every one of these nails on the head; just start improving your business blog from today onward.

This extremely helpful reminder from Social Triggers covers all the basic elements of a good blog post today. Pin it, share it, print it out and stick it somewhere handy. Like this? Get more marketing tips from Social Triggers. Read these related …

I was reminded of this quotation today while attempting to decipher a blog comment: Correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. -George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1872 It’s hard to explain [and that’s weird for me because I’m usually …

If you find a typo or misseplling* on your website, you can change it any time you like. Don’t think that the instantly changeable web page will save you, though. The Wayback Machine lets people check out all the errors of your misspelled youth [unless …

The word “proofreading” comes from a specific usage of the word “proof”: a test print of a text that literally proves the accuracy (or not) or the typesetting before you go ahead and print off a big run of copies. Publishing online, …

It might not seem important when you’re pushed for time and the internet’s doing an excellent impression of being an eternal source of joy, wonder and backup copies. But keep your own copy of anything that matters. Srsly. I used to write …

Some of the ideas that I was told [or otherwise absorbed; I have an osmosis-prone mind] before I’d even started my first job were utter bullshit. I don’t want anyone else falling for the same old shit, so here are the career …

Jeanna Cornett is a multi-talented creative soul with a successful freelance writing career. Here, she kindly answers a few of my questions about her career and how she came to be a freelance blogger.

When you’re just starting out as a freelance writer, you’re often in the “beggars can’t be choosers” category — jobs are so difficult to get that you’ll take almost anything. Getting the all-important clips and good references is important, yes, but so …

Everybody loves my physical filing system. It’s the simplest in the world: I have a cardboard box into which all my hard copy bills and invoices and other crap like travel tickets are supposed to go. They don’t always make it straight …

OK, two not-entirely-unrelated things I’ve been thinking about: image choices on stuff for and about writers, and choices about displaying your photo along with your work or your professional info. Tired Graphic Design: A Pen for the Web Srsly, a pen? Possibly …

I swear to all the gods, People Per Hour may well have saved my life. This has been my main source of work for my entire freelance writing career, and I like the system so much I often ask people who’re offering …

Every day, even when I’m not working, I see spelling errors online and offline. Vast and powerful organisations are just as prone to the occasional typo or editing fuckup as anyone else.

So, this blog is now live as of a couple of days ago. And there’s nobody here but me and a couple of folks who were curious enough to get in touch and ask me WTF it’s all about, really? To which …

One of my favourite Robert Frost [and, on a side note, Whedonverse] quotes is this: Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. Welcome, invisiblogger. Sit down, take your shoes off if it …

…including this.