[New post] Traffic Dos and Don’ts: A Checklist

Ben Huberman posted: "One of the main reasons bloggers stop blogging is lack of traffic: at some point, they get tired of being the proverbial tree in the forest, making sounds nobody hears. We're here to help. No list of advice can guarantee your blog's success,...

[New post] Digging In the Dashboard, Part II: Features for Longform Posts

Elizabeth posted: "As we discussed in the first installment of Digging in the Dashboard, WordPress.com has so many great features that it's tough to be familiar with them all. I'm still discovering new ones myself! Let's keep the discovery going with three more features...

[New post] Cloudup Joins the Automattic Family

Raanan Bar-Cohen posted: "Uploading media and sharing content are at the core of the WordPress publishing experience, and that experience is something we obsess about. Today we're delighted to announce we're acquiring Cloudup, a company that's as fanatical about...

[New post] Stats Wrangling IV: Referrers and Clicks

Cheri Lucas Rowlands posted: " This summer, we provided a bird's-eye view of your Stats panel and have taken tours of various modules (Days, Weeks, and Months and Top Posts and Pages) that offer data about your site's visitors and your most popular...

[New post] What a Difference a Header Makes! Three Theme Transformations

michelle w. posted: "WordPress.com bloggers create some truly bespoke sites using our 200+ themes as a starting point -- the possibilities are endless, especially if you're willing to give CSS a try. What if you want something that's more off-the-shelf, but still...

[New post] Pocket and WordPress.com: Saving and Sharing Made Easy

Cheri Lucas Rowlands posted: "Working with our pals at Pocket -- a service that lets you save articles, longreads, and other media like videos that you find on the web -- we're happy to announce you can easily save content on WordPress.com and Jetpack-powered...

[New post] Unbound Creativity: Art Blogs on WordPress.com

Ben Huberman posted: "From painting and photography to performance art, the art scene on WordPress.com is thriving. Practitioners of every imaginable art form are inspiring visitors with their creativity, using striking themes and neat features like custom...

[New post] Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k 2013

Sara Rosso posted: "The Automattic Worldwide WP 5k is back again in 2013! Set your timers for September 29th! At Automattic we work from all over the world, and we use internal blogs for socializing and exchanging non-work ideas in addition to making...

[New post] The Year Without Pants: An interview with author Scott Berkun

Krista posted: "Scott Berkun is the author of four previous books and a sought-after speaker. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Guardian, Wired magazine, National Public Radio, and...