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Beginner Week: My 43 DOs and 25 DON’Ts of Blogging

ProBlogger

As I prepared for a recent mini ProBlogger event event in Perth, I created a little list of some of the ‘dos and don’ts’ of blogging that I wish I’d known back in 2002 when I started. Do think beyond what you’ll write today – develop an editorial calendar. Don’t become too promotional. Do push through bloggers block.

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Finding Readers Week: Corinne Talks Commenting, Engagement, and Are Forums Right For Your Blog?

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I knew nothing about growing an audience or how to promote myself. Call me an idiot, but during my first year of blogging I went against one of the most common blogging tips: I didn’t use Twitter to promote my blog. The same can be said about other forms of social media. I only started blogging late December 2012.

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207: Smartphone and Tablet Apps for Bloggers

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One of the biggest changes that has happened in my blogging since I began back in 2002 is the technology I use. I have also had a number of iPads in that time (although I never actually bought any of them – I managed to win them all in affiliate promotions). The next category that I talk about is social media.

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The Team Behind My Blogs: From Solo Blogger to Business

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November 2002 : I started my first personal blog almost nine years ago, without even the faintest suspicion that it’d be anything more than a hobby. She is also involved in the creation of ebooks, writing sales copy, and other editorial tasks. social media (mainly on ProBlogger). Blogging: from hobby to job.

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246: 9 Ways to Accelerate the Growth of Your Blog

ProBlogger

In today’s episode I want to share my keynote at this year’s Social Media Marketing World – 9 Things I Wish I Knew About Blogging that Will Accelerate the Growth of YOUR Blog. Social Media Marketing World. Social Media Marketing World last year’s virtual pass. New Members Area. Starting a Blog.

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216: How to Create a Style Guide for Your Blog (and Why You Should)

ProBlogger

I started blogging in 2002, 2004 for ProBlogger, of course things have changed. Do you allow people to embed content – YouTube videos or Vimeo videos or even social media? I look back on the early days of ProBlogger and I look at the first posts I wrote and they were all text, there was no images in them at all.

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278: Evolve Don’t Revolve Your Blogging

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” Now, I started blogging in 2002. It was a mind-blowing question to be asked because everything has changed in my blogging since 2002 except for the fact that a blog is pretty much the same thing. There’s lots of things have changed since 2002. The way we’ve been in 2002 is changing.

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