Mar
31

Blog better by emulating this community-focused blogger

In yesterday’s post, Blog better by following the baby steps of a better blogger, I presented you with what I’ve learned from Ms. Freeman, a blogger who is truly focused on the  community of her blog.  As promised, today I present the responses to a recent interview. 

Mar
30

Blog better by following the baby steps of another blogger

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What I learned from Ms. Freeman of Baby Steps of an Internet Entrepreneur The power of Asking “If you ask shall you receive?” Is one of the memorable posts I remember first encountering on this site.  This very persuasive post reminded me of the value of asking. Many times if we just took the time…
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Mar
29

10 Interviews every blogger should read

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Guest Post by Tom Walker Different bloggers have succeeded for various reasons and they really are a treasure trove of experience that any blogger, regardless of their experience, can draw inspiration from and put into practice. Read these interviews with ten of the internet’s pioneering bloggers, learn from their advice and apply the lessons learned…
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Mar
26

6 Tips for more efficient blogging

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Since the goal here is to be efficient and save time, this will be brief. The following tips will help you organize your blogging efforts so that you’ll still have time left in the day to do your laundry, mow the lawn or whatever else you haven’t been doing since you started blogging.

Mar
25

Guest Posting: A Step-by-step guide

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I’ve produced this guide for you in response to a comment I received from Chris of Crackerjackblogging on yesterday’s post,  How do you choose a site that won’t take forever to publish your guest post .  I hope you’ll find it to be helpful.

Mar
24

How do you choose a site that won’t take forever to publish your guest post?

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My guest posting woes Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to bite the hand that feeds me or kick a gift horse in the mouth or any other cliche that might apply here – but there is something wrong with writing a guest post that ends up floating around in the review queue so…
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Mar
23

What will the death of Youtube mean for bloggers?

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I’m not a negative person, and I’m not preparing for the worst, but I am concerned about what I read in Shoemoney’s post: Is the Death of Youtube comin?. While I don’t necessarily post a lot of videos of my own, I know a quite a few bloggers who rely heavily on Youtube videos. It…
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Mar
22

10 Blogger Must Reads – Weekly Link List

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During last week’s reading, I found these posts to be extremely helpful and insightful. I especially appreciated discovering this first post – the author gives applicable examples that will help you find new ways to write eye-catching headlines. A secret source for writing great headlines

Mar
19

Blog better by measuring progress

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Yesterday marked the end of my first 30 days here at WeBlogBetter! So how did I do? It’s been a real challenge trying to keep up and bring you the best content possible – but that’s a good thing. My goal is to continue to grow this blog, and with your help and continued participation,…
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Mar
18

How I increased my Alexa rank

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…and what I did with my blogging knowledge This is a continuation of yesterday’s post:  What’s your blogging story? I’ll get right to the point – when I finally began posting everyday, that’s when I started seeing immediate improvement in traffic and reader engagement. To add to the effect, I also did a few guest…
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Mar
17

What’s your blogging story?

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How and when did you start blogging? A year ago today, I started my very first blog on Blogger. It had a very plain, blogger template and had absolutely nothing special going for it. I had no friends in high places and no social media experience other than my late 90s experiment with a social…
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Mar
16

Scheduled Tweets vs. Automated Tweets: There’s a difference

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I schedule tweets so that I don’t annoy everyone else I recently wrote a guest post entitled To schedule tweets or not to?  Two Reasons and one of the comments I received helped me to come to the conclusion that there’s a difference between scheduling tweets and RTs and totally automating your tweets – so…
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