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How do you begin to blog if you’re not “an expert? Here are some easy ways to get your courage up!
Don’t get too focused on “traffic” as your blog metric. You need to get the right kind of readers who will stick around and become fans. Here’s how.
It happened to Justin Bieber. It probably ain’t going to happen for you! Let’s sing the praises of the patient blogger.
If you’re only looking at social media strategy for success, you’re only seeing half the picture.
I can improve your blog readership by 400 percent with one easy tip. Lean in close. You’re about to find out!

Making analogies about social media based on current events has reached a ridiculous, and inappropriate, level. So let’s make it even more ridiculous. Proctology!
Throw the rules out the door. It’s time to blog! And that takes some new writing skills.
Working so hard to make your blog great can be depressing without feedback. And that’s difficult to come by!
Of course a blog can be the centerpiece of a content marketing strategy but on a personal level, it can mean so much more.
I’m looking for some true innovations in blogging and am coming up empty. What does this mean?
If some of the biggest names in blogging started their blogs today and followed their own advice, they would fail. Don’t be them.
There has been debate about blog comments but this post examines some business and philosophical reasons why you need to take comments seriously.
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