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RSS Series: How do I burn my blog’s RSS feed with Feedburner?

March 8, 2010

Today I’m starting a five-part series about RSS and why you need it. Throughout the series you’ll learn what RSS is and why you need to make sure you’re offering it (Pt. 1) how to burn a feed with Feedburner (Pt. 1) how to offer your readers RSS via e-mail (Pt. 2) how to customize [...]

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Helpful Blogging Links: Win a Year of TypePad, Tips for Using Your Digital Camera, Photoshop Tutorial

March 5, 2010

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. Win a Copy of TypePad for Dummies and a Year of TypePad! via Blogging Basics 101. Today’s the last day to enter to win a copy [...]

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Win a Copy of TypePad for Dummies and a Year of TypePad!

March 1, 2010

It’s here! After months of hard work, Shannon and I are so pleased to announce that our book, TypePad For Dummies, is now on bookshelves. Want to know what you can expect to find inside? A basic explanation of blogging technologies, geared toward newbies to get them up to speed. We explain RSS feeds, Rich [...]

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Microblogging Tool: TypePad Micro

December 14, 2009

BlogHer.com did a short series on mini-blogging and some of the popular tools for joining in the party. This article is part of that series. So far in our overview of microblogging tools I’ve introduced you to Tumblr and Denise admitted her addiction to Posterous. Those two tools are the most popular options going, but [...]

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How to Automatically Publish Your Latest Posts to Twitter

October 26, 2009

For the last six or eight months, a friend of mine has told me that she uses Twitter as her RSS feed. She follows everyone she’s interested in and follows the links they provide via Twitter (whether to personal or news blogs). She doesn’t use any other aggregator. Her experience made me stop and think: [...]

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TypePad for Dummies

July 18, 2009

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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Choosing Typepad as Your Blogging Platform

January 26, 2009

Typepad is a paid, hosted platform and is one of the most popular options in the blogosphere right now. One of the questions I am asked most often is whether Typepad is worth paying for. Even though the service is reasonably priced, many bloggers aren’t sure they want to pay for their hobby, but they [...]

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Choosing a Blogging Platform

January 21, 2009

When you decide to start your own blog, there are many choices to be made. The very first choice is which platform to use. The most popular blog platforms are Blogger, Typepad, and WordPress. This article will explain the basic differences of these platforms and the pros and cons of each. When choosing your blog [...]

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Blogger vs. Typepad: Some Questions

April 25, 2007

I receive many questions asking me why I use Typepad for my blogs (Don’t Try This at Home, Blogging Basics 101, and Bloggy Giveaways) instead of Blogger. In fact, I receive so many of the same questions regarding this I’ve decided to devote an entire post to it. 1. Are the Typepad templates easy to [...]

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So, um, how DO I start my own blog?

April 24, 2007

It’s pretty easy to start your own blog–even if you think you’re not tech-savvy and don’t know the first thing about what you’re getting yourself into. First you need to choose which blog platform you’re going to use. We’ve written an article giving some basic information on the most popular blog platforms. If you aren’t [...]

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