By Jessy Troy

February 5, 2013
Blogging is, by its very nature, a social endeavor, and you’ve undoubtedly gotten to know many of your colleagues, competitors, and readers over the time you’ve been contributing your thoughts and ideas to the web. While this fact may serve to make us feel particularly well-liked, it can often be disconcerting when placing a face alongside a name isn’t possible. If getting to know both your trade and your virtual social network better is important to you, check out any one of these bloggers’ meetups during this winter and spring to finally meet in person:
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By Jessy Troy

January 15, 2013
Every blogger knows the benefit of guest blogging. If they don’t they most certainly should. It is one of the most effective ways that you can increase your visibility, reach a wider audience and build lasting relationships with other bloggers so you can assist one another in the future. It is the reason so many do regular crossovers, despite not being official affiliates. But how do you make the most of every single guest blogging contact you make? Sure, the bulk of that effort rests on your writing quality posts and remaining friendly with the site owners and staff while doing it. Is that all of it, though? Actually, there are several things you can do to improve those nifty positives of guest blogging. Just follow these simple tips.
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