What are some tricks and tips you'd like to share with the Bloggers of RallyPoint?

1st - Only post information that you would not be embarrassed to learn had been revealed on open forums, newspapers, news reporting or tabloids.
2nd - Read, edit, and spellcheck before you post.

SGT (Join to see), for me it's the simple things. Replying to everyone - comments, related FB posts, tweets, emails, etc. Being gracious and courteous to your readers, and always maintaining professionalism. I am also mindful of my words and how they might look to my superiors. I detail many of my experiences, but I am cautious of how/if I word things that are unfavorable, or if I leave them off completely.

If your going to blog - regardless of topic - decide:
1) Am I willing to follow through and to be committed to a schedule either daily, every other day, once a week, etc. to both post to my blog and to comment or followup on comments.
2) Why am I interested or committed to the topic, issue or agenda, I will be blogging about.
3) Am I attempting to use a blog, instead of a website to sell or to raise money? Problem.
4) Do you understand the use of and power of the Fair Use Doctrine.
5) Are you willing to learn the tactics of getting your message out using a blog. Writing or sharing something does not mean anyone will read or see it.
6) Have you considered that you also have to be prepared for success - because if people read you, they also expect you to continue.
7) Note, you do not have to pay anything to blog other than to potentially buy a domain name for your blog - no necessary; but if your blog becomes successful, you may wish you had done so. You do not need to buy products like wordpress to blog. All of my blogs - cost me nothing financially but cost me a great deal of time.

One of my blogs has over a quarter-million readers & followers and I do not pay for any support, and accept no income, have no paid ads and no tracking codes and subscriptions are free. My why - question above - was to have influence! It was not to make money. But everyone has their own reasons for blogging.

Success in blogging can be fun or even better yet meaningful. As one of the oldest bloggers (age and time blogging), I have used blogs for various purposes and agendas. The blogging was easy, the getting my stories promoted on the news networks and other sites, read by allies and foes, and promoted by others took time, building relationships with others and learning over time lots of inside tricks of the trade and being disappointed by a few people. Success has its cost and for me it required opening up to others by building a network of contributing authors to help meet the needs of readers and the various news services and others pulling the blogs feed.

Also, today it is also easier to share stories, articles and pictures today with the expanded social networks that did not exist when I began blogging.

Warning: once you publicly post something on a true blog or other social media, you can never totally recall it. Yes you can delete a post but that does mean it hasn't been copied, posted on other sites, blogs, social media etc. or archived somewhere else.

Jacqueem, Hope my comment was not too expressively long :)