Jun
23

Why less is more: Apply a fashion rule to blogging

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For those of you that have been reading my blog for awhile, I guess you may have noticed that I am removing social buttons left and right. There are also some numbers displayed and some hidden. I think that there is a fashion rule that we can and should apply to blogging – Less Is…
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Jun
22

I Dare You To Try The Lovers’ Guide To Blogging

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Getting to know your reader is a bit like going on a date! Here’s a fun way to think about your blog.

May
23

You Can Blog Like a Star Even If You’re On a Budget

This is post #12 in the WBB Guest Posting Contest! If you like it, please leave a comment and share this post :) Do you wish that you could have a successful blog that people love and flock to but you think that you can’t because you are on a budget? I have good news for…
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May
09

Search Engine Optimization? SEO What?

This is post #5 in the WBB Guest Posting Contest! If you like it, please leave a comment and share this post :) What’s all the fuss about? Why are so many bloggers writing about SEO this and SEO that? How can anyone dwell so intently on search engine optimization techniques without their eyes glazing…
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Apr
13

5 Things The ‘How To’ Sites Don’t Always Warn You About

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Is blogging taking over your life? Here’s what I did. It might help you too.

Jan
06

5 Link Baiting Ideas For Bloggers

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Guest Post by Angie Stewart Getting links to your website from a wide variety of domains, servers and geographical areas can be difficult. Link-baiting is a way of attracting links from other web users by writing unique, valuable and compelling content that entices people to link to it. This in its self can be an…
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Dec
14

5 Ways to Stand Apart from the Crowd

How many blogs are there in the world? 100 million? 200 million? 500 million? I honestly don’t know, and for the first time in a long time the Internet is not providing me with a satisfying answer. My guess is there are so many new blogs are created each day that it’s impossible to keep…
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Dec
06

10 Lessons Your Parents Can Teach You About Blogging

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Guest Post by Bilal Day after day, bloggers are discovering blogging lessons from famous people like Bruce Lee and James Bond, games like World of Warcraft, movies like “Eat, Pray, Love” and even ordinary things like a woodburner. So what do our parents have to teach us about blogging? 1. Play Nice With Other Kids…
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Nov
15

10 Blogger Must Reads

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I haven’t done a post like this in a while, but last week, I ran across some truly noteworthy posts – I couldn’t help but to share them with you. I hope you enjoy them – they just might inspire a light-bulb moment or two… :) The New Rules for Winning the Blog Game

Nov
02

3 Steps to a More Successful Blogging Style

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Think about all the blogs you read.  As a blogger, you probably read twenty, fifty, one hundred a day.  It’s how you stay current and on top of the trends.  But, when you think of your favorite ones, what is it that keeps you coming back from more? Chances are, it’s the style of the…
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Oct
27

What I Learnt about Blogging Better at the Car Wash

We were at the car-wash. Half way through….the window leaked. Badly.

Oct
26

So You Want to Start a Blog – Writing Tips for First-Time Bloggers

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Guest post by Peter Garety Thanks to blogging, becoming a well-known writer with a loyal audience is now a lot easier to accomplish.