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blogging secrets


Blog Profits – How to Turn your Blog into a Home Business Money-maker

March 22, 2008

Hundreds of thousands of new blogs are created every day, and many people who blog want to turn their blog into a profitable home business. Unfortunately many of those blogs are doomed because of a lack of planning. You can turn YOUR new blog into a money-maker. Just follow these five steps. Notice that you [...]

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Do you trust all your WordPress plugins?

March 7, 2008

I love WordPress… I’ve got lots of WordPress blogs, and install plugins without a second thought. So far everything’s been great, but this post from John Andrews may be a wake up call. » Trusting WordPress Plugins and “SEO for WordPress” – John Andrews – johnon.com: “We can’t check all of WordPress. We rely on [...]

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Blogging Confidential: Top Five Blogging Secrets

February 22, 2008

A few years ago, blogging was a niche activity. Now blogging has become mainstream. Businesses small and large are blogging. But what’s a blog? Essentially a blog is just a Web site. However, it’s a Web site in a special chronological format, so that as you “post”, or write a new blog item, that new [...]

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Your blog gets a SEO grade

February 5, 2008

Here’s a terrific new tool which can help you to optimize your blog for natural search engine traffic: Website Grader. Just type in your URL, and Website Grader gives you free SEO tips. Nifty. Imagine… $1,000 A Week For Just Ten Hours You can get paid to blog. The current rate for experienced bloggers is [...]

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Tracking your blog – keep a blog log

December 20, 2007

Do you track how you’re doing with your blog(s)? I have lots of blogs, and blog for others too, keeping track of what’s happening with each blog is a challenge. I use several online apps, including Basecamp and HighRise, as well as a couple of calendar programs. For 2008 however, I decided to get an [...]

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Paying for a WordPress theme: is it worth it?

October 10, 2007

Blogging is becoming very competitive. This means that you need to take every opportunity you can find to stand out from the crowd. My Blogging Tips article this week covers a way to get your blog into Google News – this will make your blog stand out. The Blog Herald offers another way, How to [...]

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Update your WordPress installation, get tags

October 8, 2007

WordPress is now available in version 2.3, with built-in tags. This will make blogging much easier for many people, who had trouble tagging with some of the available plugins. I’ve updated several blogs, and the update when smoothly. Related PostsWordPress: getting started with WordPressWordPress is wildly popular as a blogging platform because it’s endlessly customizable. [...]

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WordPress themes: I still love the WordPress AdSense system

October 6, 2007

Another day, another blog. I’ve just created a new “write a book” blog, and the first thing I did after installing the theme was to install the great free theme that you get when you sign up for the WordPress AdSense System. I’ve used this theme on a couple of blogs now. Here’s why I [...]

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Estranged: Latest Performancing WordPress theme

October 2, 2007

Performancing’s released several great WordPress themes. Their latest offering, Estranged, looks up-to-the-minute and elegant. It’s definitely a theme I’m going to play with. Technorati Tags: WordPress, themes Related PostsAnother beautiful WordPress theme from Performancing I love WordPress, and as an aficionado, I’m always on the lookout for new themes. Performanci…Choosing a WordPress theme for your [...]

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New blog theme: Daleri – three columns and widgets

September 30, 2007

Further to my WordPress theme hunt. I installed Deliciously Blue, and liked it a lot. Eventually, I may go with this theme after all… Then I spotted Andreas Viklund’s Daleri theme, which is new to me. Three columns, beautiful navigation, so it’s now my choice. For the time being. I’ve spent a lot of time [...]

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