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Helpful Blogging Links: Learning Tech, SEO Plug-in & Advice, Blogrolls

April 9, 2010 By 1 Comment

Every day I share links to all the tech articles I love on the Blogging Basics 101 Tumblr blog! Subscribe to the Tumblr blog and never miss another article. One Year Ago Today — Learning to Embrace the Tech Community via Girl with a Computer. I really needed to read this yesterday. I’ve had a [...]

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Understanding the New FTC Guidelines: Your Questions Answered

October 8, 2009 By 11 Comments

If you’re blogging professionally or even semi-seriously you’ve likely heard about the new FTC guidelines regarding bloggers and how we disclose any relationships with companies who have paid us to endorse or review products. As is usually the case when something changes, rumors and misinformation are swirling. This article seeks to give you a basic [...]

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What is HARO and How Does It Work?

October 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Finding sources for a news article is hard when you don’t know where to look or if you don’t have contacts within an industry. It’s also hard to contribute your knowledge on a given subject when you don’t know who needs your help. Enter HARO, which stands for Help A Reporter Out and is a [...]

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TypePad for Dummies

July 18, 2009 By 6 Comments

Melanie (BloggingBasics101.com) & Shannon (RocksInMyDryer.net) have been tapped by Wiley Publishing to write the upcoming TypePad for Dummies book due in stores early 2010.

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Develop an Elevator Pitch

June 3, 2009 By 10 Comments

An elevator pitch is the short version of what your blog or business is about. Having an elevator pitch ready helps you quickly and concisely share your focus with new people at conferences, work, or a backyard BBQ.

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I’m Speaking at Blissdom ’09!

December 22, 2008 By 5 Comments

I am presenting on a panel with Shannon from Rocks In My Dryer at Blissdom ’09. I would love it if you would come too! Here is a synopsis of what Shannon and I will be discussing: Shannon Lowe and Melanie Nelson will give beginning bloggers some solid advice on building a strong foundation for [...]

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Advice: Writing Well and Increasing Traffic to Your Blog

December 22, 2008 By 2 Comments

I recently found some notes I took from an interview Darren Rowse (Problogger) did this summer with The Blog Squad and thought I’d share them with you. He has some basic, but unbelievably useful tips. The following are my notes and thoughts from his interview in August. Related posts: Advice for Blog Design and Blog [...]

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Advice for Blog Design and Blog Goals

December 9, 2008 By 7 Comments

I recently found some notes I took from an interview Darren Rowse (Problogger) did this summer with The Blog Squad and thought I’d share them with you. He has some basic, but unbelievably useful tips. The following are my notes and thoughts from his interview in August. His key points are the bold bullet points. [...]

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Blog World Expo: ProBlogger’s Advice for Beginning Bloggers (#bwe08)

September 30, 2008 By 5 Comments

Before I attended Blog World and New Media Expo, I sat down and declared some goals for myself: Learn as much as I can in as many panels as I can. Meet as many bloggers as possible and try to really connect with them. I didn’t just want to exchange cards, I wanted to find [...]

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