Do You Walk Your Talk Or Are You Just Blowing Smoke

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Words gets a lot of politicians in trouble, with some believing politicians are just blowing smoke.
Words are easy to say or write. The question becomes, do you stand behind your words? Do you walk your talk?
Whether you are in business or blogging, your words are a reflection of you.
Today’s [...]

Why Wait - Blog For Dollars Now

Many bloggers are being careful not to monetize their blogs too soon. Why? Because a few big name bloggers said you should wait to monetize your blog until you build up a loyal readership. Yes, that makes sense. After all, we don’t want other bloggers to think we’re only in [...]

Blogging? Watch Your Language

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Earlier I wrote about profanity in blogs, today, I’ll discuss language of another kind.
Today’s Lesson
Do you think visitors to your blog know what a “post” is? Unless your audience is other bloggers, chances are, you are confusing them.
Let’s look at a sentence that is commonly used.
“In tomorrow’s post, I [...]

Help For Life Issues From The NBOTW

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This Tuesday brings you, my fifth “New Blog Of The Week” (NBOTW).
Have you ever read a post that brought tears to your eyes, and heart felt pain for the author?
This week’s “New Blog Of The Week” had that affect on me.
Why? The first post I read of hers, spoke [...]

Blogger Exposes Herself - Traffic Soars

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If you know me, you know I don’t mean she exposed herself, like “that”.
Search long enough though, and you will find some bloggers are literally exposing themselves to gain readership/viewer ship, but that’s not what today’s lesson is about.
Today’s Lesson
Have you ever read a blog, marveled at the content and design, and [...]

And You Say You Are Not A Gambler

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On two of my favorite blogs, both authors have written about gambling, in December 2007, Hunter published an article titled “I won the lottery”, and recently, Nez wrote a post titled ” Who Are The Gamblers?”
Lotteries and casinos, are notorious for aiming their marketing toward those that should not [...]

15 Time Saving Tips For Bloggers

Yesterday I wrote how we often marry our blogs, by becoming consumed with blogging.
Today, I will share time saving tips I use on a daily basis which streamline my blogging activities..
Today’s Lesson
1) Install a good spam blocker. I use Akismet, however, there are others available which will alleviate wasting time deleting spam comments.
2) [...]

Me And The Blog - Till Death Do Us Part

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We love to blog, but as time passes, maintaining a blog gets very time consuming.
Today’s Lesson
When you first heard of a blog, you found how to get one for free, or signed up with WordPress and got a web host. You read/watched WP blogging tutorials and soon realized [...]

New Commenter Becomes NBOTW

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It’s Tuesday. It’s time!
Until further notice, I will be dedicating my Tuesday post to the “new blog of the week” (nblotw). This will give me the opportunity to share with my readers, why I have chosen each new blogger.
In hindsight, I wish I had done this with [...]

Stubborn Blogger Wouldn’t Ask For Help

Photo Credit: Ben Zvan

This lesson starts with a short story. Stick with me.
Many years ago, at a time when it was safe for two young girls to travel alone, my best friend and I went on a road trip. From the Midwest, we headed toward the west coast. [...]

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