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Tips to Better Blog Writing on WordPress

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What makes a blog post “worthy”? Without something like a Mjolnir to check worthiness (I like Thor, sue me), it often falls upon the lone blogger to evaluate the quality of his/her blog post. But since we’re all fundamentally attached to things we create, it’s hard to see the posts we write in a detached, […]

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Starting Your Own Blog: When Can You Expect to Make Any Money?

Do the following 7 things and you might make money within a few weeks to months after starting your own blog. 1. Market Research Before you create your blog and/or a product, find out if there’s a potential interest in what you want to sell. Next, confirm that you might be able to compete with […]

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Starting Your Own Blog: Essential Tips for How to Do it

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1. Keyword Research If you want to attract lots of visitors to your blog do keyword research before you choose what to blog about. Keyword research tells you what people are searching for online and if there’s an interest in what you want to cover. 2. Choose WordPress.org or WordPress.com WordPress blogs are simple to […]

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Starting Your Own Blog: 10 Reasons Why You Should Do It

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1. Google. If you want your website to appear on the coveted first two pages of Google, a blog gives you an advantage. Google prefers the structure of blogs and often records (indexes) them in it’s databases quickly. 2. Networking. A blog can attract likeminded people globally, helping you form new personal and professional relationships. […]

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What is Blogging: Personal Versus Business Blogging

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What is blogging? First it’s important to understand what a blog is. A blog (a term derived from “web log”) is a website that takes the form of a diary or journal. Entries on a blog are called “posts”. Posts are usually in reverse chronological order so the most recent posts are listed first. Blogging, […]

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Best Ways to Promote Blog Posts Online

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Regularly posting quality articles on your blog that are optimized for readers, and search engines like Google, can help your site rank high in search engines, attracting more visitors. 3 Very Effective Ways to Promote Blog Posts   1. Social Media By occasionally posting links to your blog posts on popular social media sites like […]

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Best Solution to Develop a Blog: WordPress.com, WordPress.org, Blogger.com, or Blog.com?

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Search engines like Google love quality blogs and index them quickly, so blogging is an ideal way to build an online presence rapidly. Which blogging platform is the best? That depends on your goals. Short-term vs Long-term Short-term For short-term goals a free blogging platform like wordpress.com, blog.com, or blogger.com might be adequate because you […]

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Create a Blog in a Subdomain, Subfolder or on a Different Domain?

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Google, and other search engines, place a high value on blogs so it’s wise to add a blog to your main website. Regularly publishing quality articles on your blog to complement what you’re offering on your website (e.g. products, services, opinions, causes) will attract more quality visitors to your website overall. The best blog building […]

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Content Creation: The Value of Frequent Posting

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Regularly posting new content on your site, one to three times a week, is key if you want to be successful online. Why? There are two good reasons: 1. SEO (search engine optimization) Search engines like Google scan the content of blog posts to figure out how to catalogue them in their databases. Keywords in […]

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