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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 306 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Networking
Leaving a comment on a blog can be an important part of the experience. Blog authors want to hear what the readers have to say and have a chance to answer their questions. Most often we only get comments from other site owners.

Why is that? read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 307 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Social Media
I've been really curious lately what is a better way to go about getting more traffic, and just getting your blog out there more. Writing a post everyday, or spending time in the community, helping other bloggers.

February will be a bit of a te read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 310 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Networking
After almost 4 full months, I recently took the blog rush widget off Home with Heather. The widget had been displayed on my blog faithfully from mid September. I was even following the "rules", and kept the widget about the fold. The most prime s read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 311 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Blogging
How crucial is making a daily post to the overall success of your blog?

In the past, my goal was to post a new blog each and every day. If not a minimum of 5 days each week.

Sometimes that is very difficult.

I like to put up content that is read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 314 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Since I’ve been back, I’ve been having issues with my MBL account and widget. It wasn’t showing any updated traffic in my widget, and I wasn’t able to log into MyBlogLog the way I always have. I was also not being seen in other widgets on blogs that read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 314 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Blogging
In the first few weeks of the year, everyone always set these very ambitious goals and plans for themselves. We start out all pumped up, motivated, and invincible. We want to reach a PR5 by the next round, or we want an extra 100 RSS subscribers in read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 379 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Blogging
Blogging Zoom is the newest social networking site. It is aimed specifically at blogs and gives bloggers a chance to showcase their original material. BZ does not penalize you for submitting your own material, but it does need to be your original co read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 381 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://superbloggingtips.com)
Category: Blogging
I used to never be much of the type of blogger that planned things out (aka, the smart blogger). The only planning I ever did was write my posts the night before and timestamp them to publish the next morning. However, I never knew what I was going read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 382 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.marcorichter.net)
Category: Blogging
Marco has started a list of "Top Blogs about Blogging"

If you're looking for info on starting a blog, this is the place you want to be. Best of all Google Page Rank has nothing to do with making it on the list. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 388 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Blogging
Way back in June I posted an article, What Makes You a “Plugin Geek”. This highlighted some of the plugins I was using at the time and really enjoying. Since then I’ve added some other really awesome plugins. You’ve been emailing me and asking me ab read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 389 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Networking
This site is only a few days old, but it’s already getting some major buzz. And it’s already helping drive traffic to your site.

Blogging Zoom is a brand new social networking site that has been created by Courtney Tuttle and Vic Frankqui.

Thi read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 390 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Google AdSense
I’m talking, not even enough each month to pay my hosting fees.

It has always been a huge frustration to me, in fact I’ve really come to hate AdSense. Why does everyone else say they make so much money from just running AdSense on their website read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 397 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Google Searching
Last weekend was the big Google Page Rank shuffle. Many are screaming out against it. It seems that some of the major players got a major Google bitch slap.

Google is trying to make it fair for everyone to compete. What they are most concerned read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 397 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Water Cooler
If given the opportunity to go back to your high school graduation would you? Or are you at this time where you feel you should be in business and in life? read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 397 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Blogging
I officially wrote my first blog post one year ago today. It was the standard Hello World that comes with every wordpress install.

What a year it’s been.

When I started out with Home with Heather I was fed up with trying different MLM’s. HWH w read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 397 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Networking
I want to start a brand new meme today.

I’ve been blabbing about me for an entire year now. But it’s time for me to learn more about YOU, and so I’m starting this new meme. I sure hope it spreads :)

5 Questions about the ONLINE YOU… read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 403 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Networking
Shannon Cole has created a challenge for himself and for the rest of the blogosphere.

He wants to try and beat the number of RSS subscribers John Chow and Jeremy Shoemaker have within the next 5 Days.

5 Days to Beat John and Shoe

Do you thi read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 407 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Blogging
A while back, I had started a “Cross Blog Conversation” with a few of my fellow bloggers. I was really excited to see an answer to one of those questions this morning in my inbox.

Neena is a very busy mother of 4. The question that I asked her wa read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 410 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Other Online Marketing
In order to be more effective with the information I provide on Home with Heather, I run a monthly opinion poll in my sidebar.It’s time to change the question, but I’d love to get your answer before I do…

Last months poll question was “What is Yo read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 411 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Blogging
Instead of doing my Friday list of Favorites today, I thought I’d share two great reports with you.

Sometimes people discount free reports as not having any good information in them. What I find more so lately than ever before is that the informa read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 412 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Blogging
As I’m reading through my Bloglines today, I see that “comments” is the post flavor of the week. :) So what’s that all about?

Bloggers (Including myself) are always very concerned with how to increase quality blog comments. Some of the posts I’v read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 419 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Networking
If you use it properly it sure can be!

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post “Are You Harnessing the Awesome Power of Facebook”. In that post, I talked about the many different applications that can be used in Facebook to drive traffic to your website read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 420 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Blogging
I’m ready. Bring it! ;)

John Reese’s BlogRush is not even 30 days old and they have already done a major upgrade to the system.

You can check out all the cool stuff Phase 2 will implement at Income.com. My favorites: read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 420 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Water Cooler
So over the Thanksgiving long weekend, I had an opportunity to visit with some family and friends. It got me to thinking. I’d say 80% of the people in my “real” world have no idea what I do. Even if they know “she writes a blog” or she “works at hom read more »
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Avatar Posted By: wahmbuddy 421 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://homewithheather.com)
Category: Link Building
Link building is something that every blogger should be concerned with. It should be a regular item on your to-do list.

Sharing traffic with other sites is a great way to get first time visitors to your blog. Just last week, I had a guest blogg read more »
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