If you want people to read your blog, then you have to promote yourself, and whatever form it takes, it all comes down to advertising yourself. The best form of advertising comes down to getting linked from a high page ranked site, and even better if that link is part of an in-depth review, as [...]

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Or perhaps that should be Fechr-ed? Fechr (pronounced ‘feature’ not ‘fetcher’, and definitely not ‘felcher’ which is something altogether different) is a very new site aimed at promoting your blog. How does it work? Very simply, you write a short review about Fechr on your blog, then submit your blog to the site, and if [...]

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If you’ve been blogging for more than 10 minutes, then this has probably happened to you, no matter which blog platform you use:You upload a new widget, edit your template or maybe upgrade to a new version, and suddenly everything is broken and your blog looks a mess or is totally unreadable. Now most things [...]

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Although upgrading WordPress is a lot easier than people think, and, if your host provides the Fantastico script, it can be as simple as a couple of clicks, this plugin will still be the answer to a lot of people’s prayers and is destined to become part of the core WP features: WordPress Automatic Upgrade [...]

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One of the new topics I missed while on vacation, that’s been picked up by a lot of bloggers is a company offering to make comments on your behalf for a fee. Going through my feeds, I first saw it here on Problogger, but quite a few others have posted on it, and none have [...]

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All entries were assigned a number, the Random Number Generator did it’s thing, and the recipient of a free RSS ad spot in my feed is: Binary Moon. Binary Moon is the creation of Ben Gillbanks, who is too young for me to contemplate (I remember 1980….) but has been online since 2000 which is [...]

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Back from holiday and it already seems like a distant memory We had a good time, although the summer in the UK is pretty much non-existent this year, with 24 hour a day rain seeming to be the only weather we’re going to get. Many thanks to all those of you who wrote guest posts, [...]

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I’ll soon be back, and I’m sure you’re all panting with expectation, but until then, why not have a read of these blogs: Blog About your Blog: A community blog written by a large team of personal bloggers, who write to both promote their won sites and pass on tips and knowledge.  Expertly run by [...]

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Michael Martine is a long-time blogger who has released a number of custom WordPress themes for free use by other bloggers. He does not include sponsored links within the themes, but as is common included a simple footer link to his own site as the author. Fair enough you would say, given his work in [...]

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Dan Saffer has some good advice for people who want to be taken seriously when commenting in blogs. He says that comments will not be taken seriously unless authors follow a few simple rules: Use reasonable English grammar. Even if you don’t speak English as your first language, you can at least obey some basic [...]

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