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Internet marketing blogs and spam blogs: a silly waste of time

July 24, 2007

The idea of “get rich quick” spam blogs is taking over the Internet marketing world again. I’ve had several queries from readers about software scripts which let you create thousands of splogs (spam blogs). Here’s my response. Just a few things to consider. Spam blogs: a waste of time and energy You won’t get rich [...]

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Does your blog need a static Web site too?

July 20, 2007

Much as I love blogs, some things are easier to accomplish with a static site. As your blog grows over the years, stuff gets lost – you forget what you called a particular post, you want to change a price, you want to advertise a product… Finding a specific posts, because of a blog’s chronological [...]

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Blogging applications and services: beware of small, proprietary brands

July 19, 2007

There are dozens of blogging applications and services. The most popular ones, like Blogger, WordPress, and Movable Type are well established, and won’t vanish anytime soon. (I hope.) However, there are many smaller proprietary blogging apps and if you start blogging using one of these you can run into challenges – the application may suddenly [...]

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Color and excitement: using images on your blog

July 7, 2007

Images can spice up your blog, adding interest for your readers. Image tips * Ensure that your image adds to the blog post – it needs to be relevant in some way; * Resize the image and optimize it for the Web. Most images are too large to use as-is; * Images are copyright, so [...]

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Automated blogs – would you put your name to them?

July 4, 2007

Splogs (spam blogs, often automated) come into fashion, and then rapidly head out of fashion again once the owners realized that 1000 blogs created on Tuesday are de-indexed the following Friday. It seems so easy. Use a nifty bit of software and create as many money-making blogs as you please. It’s not easy, because once [...]

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A blog that’s a Web site – via TypePad

June 29, 2007

When I suggest to a small business owner that a blog might be a useful business tool, I often hear: “I don’t want a blog – I want a Web site!” “A blog IS a Web site,” I reply, “you can create a site that looks like a Web site on a blog platform.” Now [...]

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A Web site versus a blog: why not have both?

June 27, 2007

There’s an interesting discussion on “Web Site Woes: Why Can’t I Just Kill It & Blog?”: I get such dismal traffic to my Customized Newsletters website that I wake up with dreams of trashing it altogether. Why can’t I just put it all on a blog? Blogging is something I know how to do and [...]

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My current favorite blogging platforms and why I like them

June 24, 2007

TeraPad There are dozens of blog platforms, and I’ve tried many of them. Some are great. Some are horrible: I spent three figures on one platform which was a complete and utter disaster, and which I won’t name. My current favorites are WordPress, TypePad and TeraPad. Why I like WordPress WordPress is as simple, or [...]

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Blogging from your desktop: free Blog Desk

May 26, 2007

Blogging from a desktop application is much easier than blogging right in your blog platform – usually. My primary writing computer is a Mac, so I blog using ecto (it’s also available for Windows machines), but I’ve heard good things about a free Windows desktop blogging application, Blog Desk. Give it a try. Technorati Tags: [...]

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TypePad pages – finally a way to add pages to your TypePad blog

May 20, 2007

There’s been a challenge with TypePad – you can’t create pages in a TypePad blog, as you can in WordPress. But now you can. If you’re unfamiliar with TypePad, the platform has many benefits, especially for new bloggers. The TypePad platform lets you create a blog quickly and easily. You don’t have to concern yourself [...]

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