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Love’s Labors Lost – vanishing Blogger blogs

June 13, 2008

Love Blogger? I do too. I created my first blogs on Blogger, way back when, before Google bought Blogger. Blogger is great for blogging newbies, and I recommend the platform… BUT… do realize that your Blogger blogs may vanish, and all your hard work with them. Reasons To Not Blog Using Blogger or Blogspot reports: [...]

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Blog content – how often should you update your blog?

April 10, 2008

There’s no doubt that blogs benefit from frequent updates. I like to update my blogs several times a week if I can, but sometimes that’s no possible. When I do update regularly, I get more traffic. Decide on a schedule for your blog that you know you can meet With a new blog, you’re filled [...]

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Today’s blog questions – traffic, home page

April 3, 2008

Q: How long does it take to get blog traffic? A: That depends on how much marketing you do. If you don’t do any marketing at all, and rely solely on your RSS feed and the search engines, it will take you around a month to get 50 visitors a day. Do more marketing, you’ll [...]

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Blogging is Writing – Five great Tips to Make Money Blogging

March 29, 2008

Got a blog? Great. Then you know that blogging involves writing, and the more writing you do, the more money you will make blogging. Let’s look at five tips to help you to become an expert blogger. 1. The more you write, the more you earn As a blogger, your primary task is content creation. [...]

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Is blogging a get-rich-quick scheme?

March 26, 2008

Many bloggers make money blogging. Some bloggers make a lot of money blogging, but if you’re looking for a get rich quick scheme in blogging, I recommend buying a lottery ticket. The odds are better, and it’s less work. Words to live by; this article on Why Blogs Can Be Extremely Profitable But … : [...]

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Build credibility with your blog: get known

March 23, 2008

Got a business blog? (My definition of a “business” blog is any blog on which you’re trying to do business – your blog is not a hobby, it’s a money-making exercise.) Denise Wakeman makes some great points on her blog video Business Blogs: How to Build A Better Blog: Business Blogging Tip: Put Your Name [...]

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Get enthused about your blog – be passionate

March 16, 2008

There’s nothing difficult about blogging. It’s instant publishing, so you write, and post to your blog, and that’s just about the only requirement – writing. However, there’s one attribute which is vital: passion. Darren Rowse nails it here in One Animal Trait That Will Keep Your Blog From Extinction – Mimicry: “The first thing I [...]

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Get started blogging and make money – absolute beginners

March 3, 2008

If you’re a beginning blogger, there are some useful tips in this video. So get started today. Imagine… $1,000 A Week For Just Ten Hours You can get paid to blog. The current rate for experienced bloggers is around $1,000 to $1500 a week for from two to five posts a day – VERY nice [...]

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One blogger’s (fake) food blog

October 31, 2007

Anyone can start a blog. Yes, even if you have no technical experience at all. In You too — yes, you! — can be a food blogger and LA Times reporter says: “This is the golden age of do-it-yourself publishing, and the bar for entry has never been set lower. Anyone with a computer, a [...]

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Trashing your blog – what to do if it’s not working

October 18, 2007

Darren at Problogger was asked a question about giving up on a blog – when do you know a blog’s not working out? On A Secret to Profitable Blogging – Trending Up Over the Long Haul Darren says: “You see early in my blogging ‘career’ I was close to giving up on blogging as an [...]

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