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Offering free stuff on your blog has its advantages, if done right. Here are the four most important rules for a successful usage of this technique. read more »
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Every blogger concerned about his blog’s exposure and traffic levels has a StumbleUpon account, right? Oh, you don’t? Then you should. But never mind that, let me tell you about some less happier experiences on StumbleUpon.

I’m one of those Stumb read more »
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Have you ever wondered what was it that made blogging turn into such a mass phenomenon, with billions of bloggers and readers spread all over the world? What’s behind the huge mass appeal? Sure, in the beginning it was a simple and accessible way to read more »
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The new FriendFeed Beta has been launched with a lot of cool, new, useful features, including friend lists(groups). Read on about them. read more »
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A collection of applied blogging tips that work, covering writing, community and social media aspects. read more »
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There are some who believe bad PR only comes from failed or irresponsibly planned actions of public relation specialists. It actually also comes from having no PR to handle negativity associated with a certain company. There’s also this ongoing beli read more »
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Getting social media love and subsequently traffic takes more than quality content. That great content needs to be made known to the social media users. read more »
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Keyword optimization is a highly effective way to increase your blog's SEO score. Find out what you should do or avoid for a better blog optimization. read more »
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With blogging, we can be more than what our otherwise natural course of evolution would have made us. Sure, before blogs we still had books, and self-help books were (and still are) best-sellers, but, through blogs, the information access time was d read more »
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What does it take to be a good orator? You'd probably say it takes good communication skills, ability to adapt from audience to audience and a spontaneous character. Some people have these skills written in their DNA, others train them. If you're lo read more »
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One lesson that I had to learn the hard way was to maintain my publishing rhythm. I was so sure that I could keep up with writing a post every two days until that moment when the inevitable happened. I had no back-up posts, no drafts saved and not e read more »
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A question that has been haunting many bloggers is whether to publish short or long blog posts, when to go for one or the other, or just simply stick to one. This is one of those questions that cannot be answered by a simple “Go for short” or “Go fo read more »
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Yes, that’s right! Enough with it! Why do we have to make all these comparisons between these services, when sometimes it just isn’t the case?

For the past month my RSS reader has been literally filled with Twitter posts, FriendFeed posts and now read more »
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When blogs showed up, it became clear that it was my opportunity to run an online publication. And since it’s a one man show, I like to think of myself as a Blogger in Chief. Over what? Over my blog, my plugins, my templates, decisions have to be ma read more »
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Let's say that you wrote a very interesting and helpful post. You would definitely want it to rank well in search engines, and by doing so, attract more traffic to it.
This is how you should optimize you individual posts. read more »
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Although being a successful blogger is not an easy task, it's not one that should frighten you. Before asking yourself if you can be one, take a moment to think about what you do and how you do it, and see how many characteristics you can tick off f read more »
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Seriously, you don't want to make money blogging, not from the start. If this is the goal that you've set for your blog, then it should be your ultimate goal; not your first, not your second, but last! read more »
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