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Choosing the Best Link Generator for Your Carnival

May 10, 2010

Blog carnivals can be a great way to promote community and increase traffic not only to your site, but to your participants’ sites. But how do you do that? With a linky tool. A linky tool allows carnival participants to submit a title for their link and a link to their site. The linky tool [...]

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Helpful Blogging Links: Get Shared on Facebook, Facebook Privacy Settings, Community & Belonging

April 30, 2010

7 Scientifically Proven Ways to Get “Shared” on Facebook via Fast Company. Dan Zarella of HubSpot tracked 12,000 articles to see when they were posted, how they were shared, and what information they offered. He’s compiled the data to show you how you can get your articles shared on Facebook. Do You Feel Like You [...]

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Helpful Blogging Links: May 29, 2009

May 29, 2009
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Expert blogger Melanie Nelson finds and presents the most helpful blogging tutorials, new, and information links. Find out about custom styling, WordPress TV, legal guidelines for bloggers, monetizing your blog, and building community.

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Everyday Blogging Tips

May 6, 2009

Everywhere you turn you can find tips about how to build your blog, build your audience, build your social media presence, etc. What I want to talk about are the every day blog tips you can use to keep things humming along: Choose your link words carefully. Every time you include a link in your [...]

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Which directories should I use to promote/list my blog?

May 4, 2009

Unless you’ve decided to blog in a vacuum and don’t care if anyone reads what you have to say, at some point you’ve probably looked for ways to encourage new readers to find your blog. When I started blogging in 2004, it wasn’t uncommon for a blog to be part of several blogrings. A blogring [...]

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Choosing a Blogging Niche

April 27, 2009

I tend to approach blogging from a “passion” angle and not so much the “money” angle. I don’t think I’m alone, either. I know there are women out there who want to have their voices heard and the income (if any) is secondary to that goal. (Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great perk, but [...]

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How Do You Know If Your Blog Is Successful?

April 22, 2009

When I discuss blogging with others we invariably end up talking about how to make a blog successful. It may not be the thrust of our conversation, but it does come up. We all want to know how to do what we do better. Today’s article discusses Google PageRank and demographics and which is more [...]

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What Are Blog Metrics?

April 20, 2009

Blog metrics are a way to measure the success (or at least the popularity) of a blog. In this article I will introduce you to several of the sites that are most popular for determining a blog’s success: Google PageRank, Technorati, Digg, and Alexa. Whether you put any stock into them is your call. (wink) [...]

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Promoting Your Blog: Adoptic

September 16, 2008

As I mentioned before, Adoptic is one of the companies that has generously offered to help defray my costs to attend Blog World and New Media Expo. Adoptic is a free widget that allows you to promote your best posts. When you sign up for your free membership, you may choose up to four communities [...]

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