Weekend Reading: September 29th, 2007

Here are a few articles from around the blog sphere (and my RSS reader) that I found interesting and that may be of interest to you as well.

Avoid Blogging Burnout
One of the top reasons bloggers quit blogging, and abandon their blogs, is because they suffer the dreaded burnout. However, with proper planning and self evaluation, burnout can be avoided. For tips on how you can avoid burning out read this article on 12 Ways to Avoid Burnout.

Stick to Your Point
When writing a post it’s important to have a single, unified point that will stick with the reader. Blogging Tips has some helpful Tips for Having a Point and Sticking to It.

What is StumbleUpon and How Does It Work?
StumbleUpon is a fantastic resource and if used correctly can send thousands of new visitors to your site or blog. If you new to StumbleUpon, PureBlogging has a nice article on what SumbleUpon is and how to get the most out of it.

Don’t Forget the Newbies
Tay from Super Blogging reminds us that even though you may be writing for a more advanced audience, everyone’s level of experience is different and the beginners should not be forgotten.

Tips For Driving Your Visitors Away
Ben over at Binary Moon has a fantastic set of tips on what you can do if you want to drive away your visitors.

Contests

Here are a few contests happening around the blog sphere.

Free advertising, blog review, and text link
Sly from Slyvisions.com is currently hosting a contest with a prize of a free 125×125 ad spot, a free review, and a link on his blogroll! You can easily enter and win just by reviewing his blog and the contest, or by donating $5.

Noise isolating headphones
Andy from fyddyp, creator of the CommentLuv WordPres plugin, Stumbleupon Widget for Wordpress and the Hello Stumbler WordPress plugin, is holding a contest where he is giving away a set of Noise Isolating Headphones worth 69.99 GBP.

To enter this contest you must write about it on your own blog and link to this url: http://www.fiddyp.co.uk/fiddyp-blog-contest/ with anchor text of FiddyP Contest, FiddyP Blog or just plain old FiddyP. The post on your blog needs to be at least 100 words and should mention the CommentLuv WordPres plugin, Stumbleupon Widget for Wordpress and the Hello Stumbler WordPress plugin.