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New blogger tips to increase your traffic

September 30, 2008

You’ve got a new blog, and you had four visitors yesterday. You’ve been blogging for a whole three weeks – where are the crowds of eager readers? Patience, patience. Your traffic will come. If you think about it, you should be pleased that you’re not getting thousands of visitors a day. Since you don’t have [...]

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Blog – are you a blogging winner?

March 19, 2008

Are you a blog winner – someone who’s consistently making money blogging? Whether you are or you aren’t, it all depends on YOU. Is Making Money Online Really Worth It? – Make Money With GatherSuccess says: “The thing is I remember when I started, I took a total of 6 months of learning and failing [...]

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Blog: make friends and influence people

March 4, 2008

TechCrunch reports that “A new study has found Bloggers are better adjusted and live healthier, happier social lives.” Blogging Is Good For Your Social Life: Study: “The research, from Swinburne University of Technology found that ‘people felt they had better social support and friendship networks than those who did not blog’ after a two month [...]

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Blogging with confidence: blog traffic is cumulative

September 23, 2007

If you’re a new blogger (blogging less than 12 months), you can become depressed if you pay too much attention to your blog stats. I know it’s difficult, because you want traffic NOW, but try to ignore your stats if you’re growing your blog organically. By “organically”, I mean you’re taking the scenic route to [...]

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Blogging topics: what will you blog about?

June 7, 2007

Many new bloggers get stuck on the “yes, but what will I blog about?” aspect of blogging. Tip: it doesn’t matter. Start a blog about anything, as long as the topic has ADVERTISERS. Type your topic into Google, and see whether there are advertisers – the “Sponsored Links” on the right side of the search [...]

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Blogging: how long does it take to hit the top?

May 21, 2007

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Although blogging is instant publishing, it’s not instant success. When you’re building a successful blog, just like building a business, or building a career, it takes time. Although you can start making an income with your blog within months, that income grows as you get more content on your blog. Read problogger’s “Top 100 Blogs [...]

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Blogging For Beginners: How to Create a WordPress Blog

April 27, 2007

WordPress is a popular blogging application that you can use to create a very professional looking blog. Blogs boost your site’s traffic and help you build relationships and trust with your visitors. The more trust your readers have in you, the more likely they are to become your customer. Blogs are also great money-makers. There [...]

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New to blogging: What’s your blog’s purpose?

July 15, 2006

You’re all set to start a new blog which will make money for you. Before you click Create A Blog in Blogger, or Create A Blog in Typepad, or install WordPress onto your own domain name, you need to do one important thing. Please don’t omit this, because I promise you (having done it myself) [...]

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Get started blogging: build your blogging brand

June 29, 2006

The first step in becoming a career blogger, whether you decide to blog for a business, or to build your own blogging empire, is to GET a blog. If you’re new to the whole blogging concept, and are finding it a little hard to get your head around, start off with a Blogger blog. Yes, [...]

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