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Developing a Good Reputation »

A major part of branding is developing a good relationship with your fellow bloggers. They are some of the people that will support you the most when you are trying to make it in the blogosphere. Here are some tips you can use to help you develop a good reputation online:

Leaving Quality Comments
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Offline Blogging Tools »

Many bloggers consider their computer to be their main blogging tool. However, there are many other things that should be considered blogging tools. I know that bloggers such as Darren Rowse have emphasized other blogging tools, so I thought I’d put a few things out there, which I think should be essential to […]

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How is this Blog doing? »

Well, this blog has been “active” for a little over a month now, I suppose. The first post was made on December 12, 2007. You can check it out here! I’ve made a few posts since then. Obviously not as many as I’d like to, but I’ve had an unstable internet […]

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Blogger Vocab: CTR »

When you’re reading all these blogs online, do you ever wonder what all those acronyms and strange words mean? CTR? SEO? There are many more out there too. I’m going to try to help you out on some of these terms, and whatever you can’t figure out on your own, don’t be […]

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Make Money:Direct Ad Sales »

One of the ways that a lot of blogs make money online (and regular websites too) is by selling ads directly to other blogs and companies. Depending on the blog, prices can vary, as well as the size and location of the ad. It does seem like many blogs have adopted the 125 […]

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News: Auction Ads switches to Shopping Ads »

I just received an email from the Shopping Ads team, which is interesting since I’ve never signed up for them. Anyway, they have informed me that the Auction ads system has been integrated into their ShoppingAds system. I noticed this on my hockey blog, Let’s Go Terriers, yesterday night actually.
I’ve been using Auction […]

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Reading vs. Writing »

What do you think of when the term “blogging” is put in front of you? It’s more difficult to me than you might think. When people think blogging, I think that some of the terms that normally come to mind are:

Wordpress
Blogspot
Writing
Problogger, John Chow, John Cow, etc.
Twitter

However, I think that an extremely important aspect […]

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Welcome Back, One Man’s Goal! »

I meant to post this earlier, but I wanted to just give a shout out to Bryan at One Man’s Goal for his return to “the blog that started it all”. As you may or may not know, One Man’s Goal was Bryan’s attempt to make a living online. It was a huge […]

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Win A Premium Wordpress Theme »

While I will eventually be trying to give away some Premium Themes later on, I figured that I would take this time to spread the word on how to win a Premium Wordpress Theme of your choice! I’ve already tried to stress the importance of a great theme for your blog, and this is […]

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Feed the Need »

Have you ever wondered what your feed can do for your blog? Your own feed in particular is very important, as it is a way for your readers to get access to your blog without going to your site. Having great content in your feed can actually get people to click through to […]

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