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Ebook Secrets: Turn Your Blog’s Content Into an Ebook

November 8, 2010

If you’ve got a blog, you’re constantly looking for new ways which will help you to monetize your content. Here’s a thought: why not sell your content directly? Turn parts of your ebook into an ebook, or into a podcast or video. I’ve done this several times, and I’ll do it again, because you can [...]

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Blog Content Creation Is Easy when You Have a Process

November 5, 2010

If you have a blog, you know that content creation is hard. However, you can make it much easier when you have a process. That process starts with your exit strategy. I’ve been blogging for 10 years. Over that time I’ve created many sites, and have come to understand that the primary challenge people have [...]

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Blog Writing: Four Easy Tips You Can Use Today

October 9, 2010

Here’s a sobering thought. Most blogs are created, and then abandoned. Yes, most new bloggers write just one post, and then give up. This is mostly due to the weight of their own expectations. I’ve been blogging for the past decade. I have literally hundreds of blogs, and while I may occasionally get bored with [...]

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Writing content for your blog: easy SEO

April 8, 2010

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is vital for your blog posts. Without it, chances are your posts just won’t be found. You need to research keywords before you start writing, and it’s a hassle. You just want to get on with it and write. Relax. SEO for your blog posts just got easier. You just need [...]

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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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Blog Traffic Primer: Using Content for Visibility

June 1, 2009

When it comes to getting traffic to your blog, nothing can replace the content. The more unique content a blog contains, the more page views you will get. Your blog’s RSS feed helps too. Let’s see how you can make the most of your content. 1. Plan Your Content, and Create Content Daily The more [...]

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Running out of ideas for blog posts?

October 5, 2008

I’ve just been scanning my feed reader. Some of my favorite blogs haven’t been updated in months. That’s always a danger when you’re writing a blog; you lose interest in the blog because you run out of ideas. Here’s the solution: learn something new. What would YOU like to learn? Over on my fabfreelancewriting.com blog [...]

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Posting secret of top bloggers

September 25, 2008

What’s the secret of the top bloggers? Posting frequency may be the most important. Blogging takes commitment, and if you want to create a top blog, you need to post often and well. State of The Blogosphere: The More You Post, The Higher You Rank reports: “Blogging is a volume game. The more you post, [...]

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Blogging for pleasure, not pain

August 20, 2008

Why do you blog? Your reasons will depend on your goals for a particular blog. However, each blog is a commitment, and the commitment can weigh on you if writing a particular blog isn’t fun. If you get tired of working on a particular blog – it’s more pain than pleasure – consider outsourcing some [...]

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Make your blog credible

May 5, 2008

The online world is becoming ultra-competitive, and nowhere is that truer than in blogging. However, you can nevertheless create a high-traffic blog, if you avoid some common pitfalls. 6 Surefire Ways To Make A Blog Look Like Spam comments that Blogger is a no-no: “Use Blogger Although Google would never admit it the vast majority [...]

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