How does it feel to have your own little part of cyberspace, where you can air your thoughts, views and ideas? Doesn’t your blog give you a great opportunity to share, impart learning, learn from others and grow as a person? Sadly, not everyone is using their blogs positively or responsibly. Here are the 10 rules of responsible blogging.

1. Verify Information Before You Post

If the information you’re going to post is not true, of if you’re not sure of its veracity, be honest with your readers about it. The credibility of you as a blogger and that of your blog depends on the integrity of what you publish.

2. Respect People’s Viewpoints

Don’t use your blog to come down heavily on anyone’s viewpoints, be they religious, political, moral or whatever. Allow your blog to be an impartial ground where people can discuss multiple viewpoints but insist on respect.

3. If In Doubt, Wait Before Posting

If you’re not sure about a particular post, wait for at least 24 hours before posting it. Yes, we know, all bloggers undergo pressure to post and stick to a schedule. Check with your friends and network if it’s sensible to post it. If your counselors indicate in the negative, refrain from posting it.
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 Good grief time is flying by this year and now that it’s July @bbrian017 over at BlogEngage is running another brilliant contest, so I’m going to get my backside into gear and get entering this one, with its brilliant prizes, I’d be made not to enter it.

So the big questions are how to enter and what are the prizes? Well folks it really easy, just follow the guidelines below and get entering.

The Prizes

First Place, 200 USD, Free Month Business RSS and Contest Sponsorship Services
Second Place, 100 USD, Free Month Platinum RSS and Contest Sponsorship Services
Third place, 100 USD, Free Month Gold RSS and Contest Sponsorship Services
Fourth Place, 50 USD, Free Month Gold RSS and Contest Sponsorship Services
Fifth Place, 50 USD, Free Month Gold RSS and Contest Sponsorship Services

How to Enter

Now that’s easy, just click on the link and you’ll be magically transported to all the information on how to enter the BlogEngage contest, if you’re not a member of BlogEngage, then simply join here! Ok Time to enter The Blog Engage Blogger Spotlight Contest for July 2011 and good luck everyone

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Now this is something that I’ve seen a time or to and even my Guest Bloggers here on Blazing Minds have had the problem with the dreaded WordPress white screen of death when they have tried to get on to the dashboard to add a guest post.

But is there a way to solve the problem?

The simple answer to that is YES!

There can be many things that cause this to happen, it could be plugins needing an update after you have upgraded to the latest version of WordPress.

It can even be a simple matter of memory on your server and 9 times out of 10 this is the main cause of the problem.

Most of the time a user will either get the dread WordPress white screen of death or they will get the dashboard appear with an error showing:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 2323020 bytes) in /wp-includes/class-simplepie.php

But don’t worry there is away around this and it’s really easy to do.
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Now those of you that read Blazing Minds will know about the amazing website called BlogEngage, you may also now about the awesome competitions that the owner Brian runs from time to time, now it’s time for the 2nd contest which started on the 16th April and will run right through until 31st of May.

Brian has took it on himself, with much appreciation from other bloggers, to include a list of bloggers that commented on the competition that he entered over at FamousBloggers.

BlogEngage is THE must place to be for bloggers and it’s a community that is there to build on the reputation of newcomers and proffesional, so this competition is certainly one to enter in to.

So here’s a little more info on the competition.

Start Date

April 16 2011

End date

May 31 2011

Contest Rules

In order to qualify for our contest you must write an article about the blog engage contest and it’s sponsors on your blog ASAP! The sooner you write the article about our contest and sponsors the more bonus points you get.

If you write about the contest and sponsors article in April you will get 300 Bonus points. If you write about the contest and sponsors article in May you will get 150 Bonus points.

Special 1000 USD Note

By entering into our contest your guest article is automatically entered into a chance to win the the1000 USD to the best guest blogger of 2011 contest

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Getting your blog seen and grabbing visitors is probably one of the most important things that all bloggers are look and hoping for, there are many sites out there that can help you with getting the much deserved traffic for your blog and Blokube is certainly one of them.

If you’ve been a long time visitor to my blog you will have seen the buttons that I use for several sites in the author box below the posts, including the Blokube button.

Clicking on this button, will not only submit the article to Blokube but will also allow you to vote for already submitted articles.

So why should you use Blokube?

Blokube is a social voting website and the more that you article get voted on the more popular they will get and this in turn leads to visitors and backlinks to your site, the site is mainly based around Blogging, Marketing, SEO, SEM, web development etc. It’s not only about the voting, it’s about communication as well, most users will comment on the submitted articles and even be there if you need help in a specific field.

Building a reputation with other bloggers in your field and becoming known is all very important in any social community and Blokube is certainly one of those that pays attention to its users.
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It’s that time again when @Bbrian017 over at @BlogEngage is giving away another amazing prize in the BlogEngage bloggers contest, this amazing prize of $500 is something every blogger would love to get their hands on, I know I would

The contest ends on the 31st March, so you better get your blogging done and follow the GuideLines that Brian has set up for entrants to the contest, more on those later at the end of this post.

The Prizes in the BlogEngage Contest

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Yes folks, it’s that time of the week again, when I bring you a list of Tweeters who have been kind enough to retweet my tweets and even tweet out the blog posts here on my blog.

So this week, as I mentioned above, I’m going to list the Top 10 Twitters users that have ReTweeted @BlazingMinds over the last week, so if you aren’t following them, then check them out in this weeks Twitter FollowFriday list;)

Top 10 Twitters For FollowFriday

1. @icttrends – Hi I’m Suresh Khanal – Teacher, Blogger and a helpful simple man, started SEO MMO Tips blog to help new bloggers create, promote and monetize their blogs.
2. @basicblogtips – Blogging tips and tutorials for everyone including WordPress.com and Blogger!
3. @drrus – Movie Critic-Frame by Frame: A Family-Friendly Guide to Movies; Encouraging and Empowering Others; News Director; Talk Show Host, Photographer
4. @ileane – Visit Basic Blog Tips for blogging tips, social media advice and free video tutorials.
5. @maria_muir – Maria Muir.com | This That & The Other, Blogging Tips, Social Media, Inspirational, Motivation, Guest Posting, Humour & Activist
6. @kevincumbria – Cloud computing and social media writer who wants to empower SMEs and the self employed.
7. @kanarle – Male, earthling
8. @justkissie – Philanthropist, Democrat, Bible Believer, Vegan, Witty Writer, Dog Lover, Purpose Driven Atlanta Mom, 1st Time Grandma
9. @sweetsfoods – Blogger. Foodie. Social Media Addict. Health & Fitness Enthusiast. Runner & Biker. Like Internet Marketing, Search Engines Optimization too..better Follow Me!
10. @dragonblogger – I am a married father of 2 Children who works full time in Information Security and blogs about technology, software, blogging and some product reviews as well

Worthy Mentions!

@element321 @jsinkeywest @famousbloggers @woodooprod and @johnaguiar

So there you have it another week and another Twitter FollowFriday list.