Blogging

The 10 Minute Blog Post

Remember all those essays we had to write back in school? I don’t know about you, but my English teacher back in grade school used to teach us (and force us to write) something called the five-part essay. Little did I know that I would re-encounter it so many years later as a professional blogger.

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Problogger’s Secret To Massive Amounts of Content

The key to being a rich blogger is to produce a lot of content. Additionally, you want to have your content be in a variety of formats. You also want to have reports and info products. All this takes a lot of time. It may seem as if it is so time intensive that you [...]

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Risley’s ProBlogger Toolbox – Software & Services Listed

As you know, I have turned blogging into a full-time business for me. And, yes, I do pretty well at it. Every day, I try to show people on this blog how to do things to turn their own blogs into a business. Another part of the story, though, is the tools and software I [...]

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How To Deal With Sites That Steal Your Blog Content

Once your blog gets a little bit of popularity, it is practically inevitable that somebody out there is going to rip off your content. What do you do about it?

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Blog Setup = Huge Business Opportunity

Blogs are sprouting up all over the place these days. And it isn’t going to stop anytime soon. I expect this recession is resulting in a huge growth of blogging. This opens up a huge opportunity for people who know even basic blog setup. This is not something I have any intention of doing myself. [...]

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How To Strategically Comment On Other Blogs

Being a regular reader and commenter on other blogs in your niche is a great way to build your brand and bring some traffic over to your own blog. This is probably nothing you haven’t seen before. However, have you ever thought about your strategy to actually doing it?

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Quit Talking to Yourself

This is a guest post submitted by Nathan Hangen, of the Webrepreneur Blog. In this post, he gives some good lessons about branding and connecting with your blog’s audience. One of my favorite parts about making a living on the internet is being part of a community that understands itself and the members within it. [...]

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9 Power Blogging Strategies from a Master Programmer

This is a guest post by Robert Plank, author of the Action Comments plug-in that I have recommended so highly to my readers. Being a programmer, I have worked with a lot of smart programmers and a lot of stupid programmers.  Many times I see site builders, especially bloggers, make the same mistakes with their [...]

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Confessions of a Rookie Blogger

This is a guest post submitted by a budding blogger and he shares what he has learned so far. It’s 6:30 a.m., just had my first cup of coffee, black. My mind is racing. It is filled to the brim with flagship content waiting to pour onto my computer screen. I type for seven hours, [...]

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Using Gravatars On Your Blog – Why And How

Blogs are simply awesome for building a community. There is innate two-way communication to you posting something and others offering their two cents by way of comments. That sense of community, though, is enhanced when you can SEE them.

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