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WordPress Errors to Avoid
I found this while perusing copyblogger. My favorite is the one about deactivated plugins posing a security issue. I love to install plugins, activate them, test them out, then deactivate them but never delete them. Turns out that’s a big mistake. So, check out this infographic… as for me, I have some housecleaning to do! [...]
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Beyond Blogging, Getting Organized, Getting Started, Increasing Readership, Technical Information
5 Free WordPress Plugins You Need!
Here’s a quick review of some of the best WordPress plugins being offered right now. These are all free. I’ve picked the top 4 plugins that I think every blogger must use if they want to reach and retain readers, connect with their audience, and easily make direct sales. The 5th plugin is one that [...]
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The 30-day Blogging Challenge – Keep Writing!
Seth Godin has a great post over on his blog, the post is titled Writer’s Block and The Drip. I’m sure I’m not alone as someone with great ideas who suffers the occasional lapse in commitment. (Let’s not discuss the whole “Lollipop Empire” I was going to build. Seriously. I think, two decades later, I’m [...]
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Quick Guide to Creating Your Own Blog
Is your New Year’s Resolution to “Start a Blog”? Get this first installment of The Blogging Resource’s new guide, “Quick Guide to Creating Your Own Blog” now for only .99 cents! This is a special offer for a limited time. Hiring a professional to create your blog costs hundreds or even thousands of dollars. I [...]
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Getting Organized, Getting Started
How Often Should I Publish On My Blog?
Oh boy. There are more answers to this than there are colors in the rainbow. The bottom line is, it really depends on you. In this article we’ll talk about the pros and cons of different posting schedules, and at the end I’ve provided an editorial calendar (Google Doc) that you can download and use [...]
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Blogging Resource – Web Host
Choosing a good web host is tough, there are a lot out there and it’s hard to know which is the right one. I’ll do a review of the different hosts one of these days, but for now I’ll just tell you about the one that I’ve used for several years now for my own [...]
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Beyond Blogging, Increasing Readership
5 Rules of Commenting to Expand Readership
Commenting isn’t just something you to do pronounce your disdain for a Youtube video. Comments are a powerful tool for reaching and appealing to new audience members for your site. Here are 5 simple rules of commenting that will expand your readership (with bonus “commenting checklist” at the end!): Comment. Do it. Create a list [...]
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3 Quick Blogkeeping Chores You Must Do!
Do you have a housekeeping chore list on your refrigerator door, where everyone has to check off the chores that they’ve done for the day? Do you have a blogkeeping chore list? Of course you understand the value of a housekeeping chore list — it ensures stuff gets done and your cats aren’t forced to [...]
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- How To Use Auto Responder Emails to Boost Your Blogging EffortsThis is a guest contribution by Asher Elran of Dynamic Search. I thought emails were a waste of time and that they are ignored, but then I learned how to do it right and watched the numbers flip. After you published a great post and pushed it through your social network, the third step [...]Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger How To Use Auto Responder E […]Guest Blogger
- How Much Content Should I Have Ready to Go When I Launch a Blog?I recently had the opportunity to sit with a small group of Pre-Bloggers – people about to start their first blogs. One of the questions I was about how much content should be written before launching a new blog. My answer came in two parts: The Ideal Scenario What I actually have done The reality [...]Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger How Much Content […]Darren Rowse
- Blog This! Sometimes Going Back to Basics Leads to the Best PostsToday, I’m preparing some slides for a keynote I’m doing tomorrow. I included this diagram – something that Chris Garrett came up with years ago as a way to show new bloggers what they should blog about. The idea – obviously – is to find the connecting point between what YOU know (lessons you’ve learned, [...]Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger Blog This! […]Darren Rowse
- Why Interlinking Your Blogs Posts is a Must (and Not Just For SEO)This is a guest contribution by Daniel Vassiliou of Endurance SEO. Everybody loves (LOVES) to talk about link building and find the latest and greatest technique for building backlinks to your blog. While this gets you more traffic and better rankings in the search engines, it can draw away from an equally important aspect of your blog – [...]Originally at: […]Guest Blogger
- How Many Posts Should a Blogger Post? [Pros and Cons of Daily Posting]Almost every time I do a Q&A at a conference I’m asked this question – How many posts should I post? The frequency of blog posts is something that gets talked about a lot and there is no perfect answer for all blogs – but here are a few thoughts on the topic. The Pros [...]Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger How Many Posts Should a Blogger Post? [Pros […]Darren Rowse
- Will Your Content Marketing Last The Distance?This is a guest contribution by Ruchi Pardal of ResultFirst. Some people believe that content marketing means multichannel, and seemingly mechanical, publishing of anything, anywhere. Their goal is to gain links and rank well (of course, momentarily) using thin content, spinned content, keyword-rich content or unnecessary press releases. That’s the kind of c […]Guest Blogger
- My April Blogging Income BreakdownYesterday I published a post telling my story of adding 12 income streams to my blogs over the last 10 years. One of the comments and tweets I had a number of times was a request to make the diagram I used shows how the 12 different streams of income go towards making the overall [...]Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger My April Blogging Income Breakdown […]Darren Rowse
- 12 Blogging Income Streams [And the Story of My 10 Year 'Overnight' Success]Today I was speaking with a blogger (I’ll call her Alice for the sake of this post) who was feeling a little overwhelmed with the idea of monetizing her blog. She expressed that as she looked at other blogs in her niche, everyone seemed to be doing such amazing things. She said she felt she’d [...]Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger 12 Blogging Income Str […]Darren Rowse
- Affiliate Marketing: Cult or Cash Cow?This is a guest post from communications and marketing consultant Brook McCarthy. When I was a young hippie, I accidentally joined a cult. I was a student of religious studies at the time and believed I was merely observing, until one morning, when I found myself at 5am, chanting to a giant image of the guru in a [...]Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger A […]Guest Blogger
- Final ProBlogger Training Event Tickets Go On Sale NowThe final round of tickets for the Annual ProBlogger Training Event go on sale later today at 1.30pm Australian Eastern time. UPDATE: a limited number of these tickets are now on sale here. Over the last few years we’ve held 3 training events and have seen things grow each time. Year 1 saw Chris Garrett, [...]Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger Final ProB […]Darren Rowse