The process of building a successful blog can be harder than people first think. OK so you spend your time writing, how hard can it be? Generating original material day-in, day-out is one of the hardest things a person can do. When you’re struggling for ideas, the pressure to publish can […]
The Horror Of Bad Writing! How Not To Get Your Guest Post Published
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I get sent quite a lot of submissions from people every day who want to get their guest post published on this site. So many, in fact, that it usually takes me a few days to get through them all. Now I am in a very good situation where I […]
5 Ways To Improve Your WordPress Website Security
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WordPress is a very good platform for blogging. Apart from the fact that it is user friendly; it provides you with so many tools where you can monitor and relate with your readers. However, as you make more friends and get more subscribers/traffic, remember that not everybody that is coming […]
Mind Mapping: Your New “Secret Weapon”?
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As the saying goes, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. But that first step can be a bear. Let’s say you need to come up with ideas for you blog posts. What’s the most interesting thing you can write about? Suppose a prospective client suddenly […]
5 Tips For Managing Freelance Writers
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With so many companies beginning to market themselves through Internet blogging, the job market for freelance writers is expanding. Rather than hiring full-time staff bloggers, most companies are discovering that they are able to stay more cost efficient and draw from a bigger pool when they employ freelance bloggers on […]
Reader Retention – The Key To Growing Your Blog
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The success of a blog is highly dependent on loyal readership. You can buy traffic, advertise on places, or give away freebies to get traffic, but these will not help you unless the readers are loyal. A loyal reader is one who loves you, your writing, or something about your […]
From Working In A Cubicle To Working From Home – Are You Ready?
Working from home has a number of great benefits, including the ability to work from anywhere you choose and set your own work hours, design and decorate your own workspace, make more time for family or friends and wear whatever you want every single day. Of course, there are downsides […]
5 Reasons Why You Should Outsource Your Facebook Page Management
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Facebook has been the new directory of many businesses online. Almost all businesses are maintaining their own Facebook visibility in the hopes of maximizing social exposure. In this article, we will talk about 5 Reasons why it’s good to outsource Facebook Management to a third party services provider. 5 Reasons […]
CommentLuv vs Disqus – Why I Don’t Use CommentLuv!
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Some people have been telling me that I should switch to using the ‘CommentLuv’ comment system. However after taking some time to look at it and weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of using it, I came to the conclusion that I was better off not installing CommentLuv! I recently […]
Use Blog Comments To Get Links & Network
I want to talk about blog comments and the reasons you should leave comments on other people’s blogs. You may not be aware of it but this is a great opportunity to increase the exposure of your website/blog. And it is one that can be done relatively easily, quickly and […]