GhanaBlogging.com Break-out Session started at 15:20pm and is moderated by Kajsa Hallberg Adu. She started blogged to tell people back home (Sweden) about life abroad (Ghana). Blogging is a conversation and so she sort to meet other bloggers, thus facilitating the creation of GhanaBlogging.com Steve Danso blogs about how technology can affect our business. He blogs [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Expressions is a monthly event revolving around a literary & arts night. It is hosted by DK Osei-Yaw and this month’s event features Ghana Bloggers. It is to be held at Smoothy’s on Upper Oxford Street in Osu, Accra. It comes-up this Friday 4th December 2009 @ 7pm prompt. Ghana Bloggers can be found at www.ghanablogging.com
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 1, 2009
This blog post is part of a series of blog posts focused on how to blog more effectively. In an earlier post titled “How to be a better blogger“, Kenyatykoon asked: “how should i ask for back links from blogs that are more popular than mine but in the same niche?? there are a few that i [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 11, 2009
This blog post is part of a series of blog posts focused on how to blog more effectively. This week, I am examining an issue that has cropped-up since I started this “Effective Blogging” series. All the tips I offer are meaningless, when they are not put in proper context. Defining your motives at the very [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 28, 2009
This blog post is part of a series of blog posts focused on how to blog more effectively. Last week’s blog post in this series makes a case for the importance of statistics in the business of blogging. Running a successful blog requires that you give your readers what they want. This requires that you get [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 26, 2009
I unveiled a new look of this blog Oluniyi David Ajao over the weekend. For regular readers, you might think this is one change too many. I am thus using this blog post to explain. The previous blog design in recent times have been largely cosmetic. They lacked the functionalities I wanted in this blog but [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 21, 2009
This blog post is part of a series of blog posts focused on how to blog more effectively. One critical part of effective blogging is having a good idea of the visits to your blogs. Stats programs tell you a lot about your blog including: what countries most of your readers come from, which blog posts [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 20, 2009
A recent temporary change in algorithm for blogs ranking by Africa’s most authoritative blogs aggregator attracted a lot of debate and suggestions. After complaints by bloggers, Afrigator soon made a formal announcement via their blog: Blog ranking changes A lot of bloggers have noticed that there has been quite dramatic changes in the ranking of blogs. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 30, 2009
This blog post is part of a series of blog posts focused on how to blog more effectively. In your quest to be a better blogger, you should read other blogs as well. Blogging is not just about writing and giving out opinion or information. It shouldn’t be a one-way traffic. Blogging should be a conversation [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 23, 2009
This blog post is part of a series of blog posts focused 0n how to blog more effectively. Some are born to blog – or so it seems, while others though can blog, are not so prolific with doing it. To the second group of people, inspiration to blog only comes occasionally. They have the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 23, 2009
I have a flair for writing and thus enjoy blogging. Based on positive feedback on a few ideas I have shared in the past, I have decided to start a series of blog posts about how you can blog more effectively, if you are already a bloger or intend to be one. It does not [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 14, 2009
I thank everyone of you who wished me well on my birthday anniversary yesterday. I am grateful for the best wishes expressed via Facebook, Twitter, Web Chat, SMS and phone calls. I had a good time at a beach outside Accra with a few friends and relatives. Like Abraham Lincoln said: “And in the end, it’s not [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 4, 2009
This blog post is part of a series of blog posts focused on how to blog more effectively. A going concern for many bloggers is the number of comments they receive on their personal blogs. Many bloggers consider comments on their posts a mark of endorsement, approval or popularity; this is true, to some extent. Should [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 29, 2009
I suspect there has been a lot of rank dancing at Afrigator.com lately. I have noticed that the rankings of Africa’s top blogs have been shifting radically in recent times. Is it possible that they have improved the algorithm behind their ranking of Africa’s top blogs? One of the outcome is that as of now, [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 15, 2009
Thursday night was special for me because several guests attended the monthly Ghanablogging.com meeting. Smoothies on Osu Oxford street was the venue and techies, bloggers, entrepreneurs, photographers were among those present. Total attendance: 23. The discuss varied from the introduction of maneno.org by Miquel Hudin Balsa, popularity of blogging in Ghana, comparison with Nigeria, to a [...]
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Monday, December 21, 2009
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