From the monthly archives:

March 2010


Blog content: oh, the horror and guilt

March 29, 2010

Blogs need content. Unfortunately, as your initial enthusiasm for your blog wears off, content may become harder to create. You tend to procrastinate: you write draft posts, then ignore them or delete them because they don’t seem to be going anywhere. Whole weeks (and months) go by, and your blog is all but abandoned. If [...]

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Guard your blog’s most important asset

March 28, 2010

What’s your blog’s most important asset? Here’s a clue. Foursquare Goes Dark Too. Unintentionally. reports: “While the site is back up and running now, it appears that Foursquare forgot to renew their domain name, which expired on March 25. As a result, GoDaddy, the registrar, pulled the site and put up their own landing page. [...]

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Blog host: how to choose a blog host

March 27, 2010

Which blog host will you choose? Over the years, I’ve created and managed many blogs, on many different hosts. Some hosts were outstanding, others were a complete and utter disaster. (I don’t need to name the disasters, because they’ve long vanished from the web.) When you’re looking for a great blog host, decide whether you [...]

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Blogging for Money: turn your blog into a money machine

March 27, 2010

Is your blog shoveling money into your bank account every day? If it isn’t, you may want to look at what you’re blogging about — your niche. It’s vital that people are spending money in your niche; only then can you make money. In Blog Money Machine: 5 Tips for Daily Cash | Blogging for [...]

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