Blogging Tutorials

Tips and tutorials to help increase your proficiency with free blogging software from Wordpress.com and Blogger.

Quick Lessons in Live Blogging

You’ve heard of blogging, tweeting and Facebooking (yes, this has been made a verb), but how many of you have heard of live blogging? It’s not as popular as the other tools – yet, but it’s just as effective and really cool. If you’ve heard of live blogging, this post is a refresher. If you haven’t heard of it, this is your introduction. …continue reading…

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Shoot the messenger

Don’t Shoot The Messenger

Searching for information online leaves us with thousands of potential sources to choose from. So exactly how do we know which link to choose from…how do we tell who is the real authority on a particular subject? Some criteria may be whether the person authoring a given link has actually done the particular thing being inquired about, but then again how can we even be sure of that?

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Perfect Guest Blogger

How To Get Blog Readers To Love Your Bio Box

There is no doubt that guest posting is the easiest way to get blog readers to your blog or onto your email list. In fact, it is the key to the success of almost all the popular bloggers on the web. However, you need to do things right to make the most out of your efforts. In this post I’ll tell you 3 elements that you need to have in your resource box to really snag people’s attention.

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your blog conformity bores me

How to Get Me to Read Your Blog Post – A Lesson on Good Headlines

When it comes to reading blogs, I’m pretty sure I have the attention span of a four year old. And sadly, so does most of the traffic that stumbles upon your blog. Luckily, there are a few things that can get me to put on the brakes and see what you have to say. Let me teach you how to optimize the one part of your post that makes all the difference – an effective headline.

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Digging Deeper into Your Blog

Getting Your Blog Ready For CommentLuv Premium

You’re thinking about investing in the premium version of CommentLuv, here’s what you need to consider before you take the leap! CommentLuv is a WordPress plugin that you install on your blog to reward those who comment on your blog posts, by allowing them include a link to one of their blog posts in their comment. Many popular bloggers, myself included, prefer using CommentLuv over the other alternative commenting systems available for WordPress like Disqus, and Livefyre and Intense Debate.The latest version of this plugin is CommentLuv 2.9 and it’s available for free. …continue reading…

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