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blogging secrets


WordPress Plugins – how many is too many?

September 12, 2008

Got a WordPress blog? If you have, you know that plugins are wonderful; they’re tools which enhance your blog in many ways. However, wonderful as plugins are, they have a dark side too: the more plugins, the more danger than something will go wrong with your blog. Plugins are unpredictable. It’s best to add one [...]

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Your Blog Business – How to Make Money Online Fast

August 6, 2008

There’s no way to make money online fast… or is there? Your blog can be your own personal goldmine, which becomes more valuable over time. Discover how. I’ve been blogging for six years, and in that time blogging has evolved into an essential tool. Here’s why – blog technology and RSS. (Luckily you don’t need [...]

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Blog Power – Who’s Afraid of WordPress?

July 21, 2008

Love to own a WordPress blog but nervous of installing it yourself? Among professional bloggers, WordPress is the platform of choice. It’s completely free, and is easy and simple to install, just by following a few steps. The first step in is to get your own domain name. If you already have a domain on [...]

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Is your blog a business?

May 28, 2008

You love blogging. You add to your blog several times a week, and are thrilled whenever new subscribers show up in your Feedburner stats. You’re running a WordPress blog (of course) so all the free time you have to spare when you’re not creating content, you’re exploring plugins and themes. You’re going to splash out [...]

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Turning blogging pain into pleasure

May 26, 2008

Are you sick of your blog? Every blogger has dry periods, when blogging just feels like too much trouble. If your blogging’s giving you more pain that pleasure, it’s time to find the reason. Perhaps you’ve just run out of things to say on your blog’s topic. If that’s the case, Why Am I Doing [...]

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WordPress Blogs made Easy – In Five Simple Steps

April 19, 2008

Although WordPress is rightfully popular as a blogging platform, many bloggers are wary of installing it because it seems complex. It’s not. Discover how you can create your own perfect WordPress blog in five simple steps. The major benefit of WordPress is that it’s a complete Content Management System. No matter how large your blog [...]

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Fun Blog Income – create blogs and flip them

April 2, 2008

I’ve just published “Blogs for Sale: Creating Blogs and Selling Them” over on Blogging Tips, and have had an amazing response. Yes, it’s perfectly possible and profitable to create blogs with the express purpose of selling them. As I wrote in the article: Many people who want a blog don’t want to go through the [...]

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WordPress is all new again

March 30, 2008

Here we go again… WordPress updates are becoming a little TOO frequent of late. If you’ve only just updated, you need to update again. Tip: wait a while, to ensure that this update is truly stable. If you’re in too much of a hurry, you may find that your favorite plugins don’t work. WordPress Gets [...]

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Blog Traffic – Get Easy Blog Traffic With an Email List

March 29, 2008

One of your primary aims when blogging is to get more traffic for your blog. Having more traffic helps you achieve your goals for your blog, whatever those aims and goals may be. Although there are many ways you can get traffic, one of the easiest ways is with an email list. Although email has [...]

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Tutorial – install a WordPress blog on your own domain

March 26, 2008

Want to create s stylish WordPress blog on your very own domain? It’s quite simple. I’ve created a short tutorial for you to follow. View it on the Web, or download the PDF. Originally I created the tutorial for Sell Your Writing Online NOW subscribers, but I thought blog readers might find it useful too, [...]

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