From the monthly archives:

December 2007


Eight blogging mistakes to avoid in 2008

December 31, 2007

Here we are with a brand new year. It’s your chance to start afresh and make your blogging a huge success. Let’s look at eight mistakes you should avoid this year: 1. The plan-less blog The biggest mistake I see novice bloggers making is the lack of a concrete plan which works. I hammer the [...]

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Tracking your blog – keep a blog log

December 20, 2007

Do you track how you’re doing with your blog(s)? I have lots of blogs, and blog for others too, keeping track of what’s happening with each blog is a challenge. I use several online apps, including Basecamp and HighRise, as well as a couple of calendar programs. For 2008 however, I decided to get an [...]

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Treasure in your blog’s archives – what’s in there

December 19, 2007

You’ve got a blog and you’ve been posting to it for a year or two. This means that there’s treasures in your archives. Top 10 Tips for New Bloggers From Original Blogger Jorn Barger recommends: “Re-post your favorite links from time to time, for people who missed them the first time.” You’ll always get new [...]

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Blogging for dollars – blogging trends

December 17, 2007

If you’ve been reading this blog, you know that I advocate setting up blogs and marketing them, and repeating the process until you make a good income. It sounds simple, and it is, because blogs are wonderful marketing tools. Indeed, this blog is itself a marketing tool for my ebook of the same name, Blogging [...]

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Finding the perfect Web host for your blog

December 12, 2007

Sponsored post. Ready to launch your new blog? Excellent. Now you’ll need to make an important choice – where to host your blog. Finding a good Web host can make make or break your blog. You want Web hosting that’s reliable: up-time is vital, as is your host’s ability to take sudden traffic increases in [...]

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Technorati gets (another) revamp

December 5, 2007

When was the last time you used Technorati? Yep, me too. Over the past six months I’ve used Google Blog Search much more than Technorati. TechCrunch reports in Exclusive: Technorati Relaunches To Focus On Core Blogging Audience: “The recently changed home page, just three months old, is gone. In place of the streaming blog posts [...]

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