StumbleUpon is a fantastic tool for blogging – whether for research, inspiration or promotion it’s hard to beat it, but I think if we’re honest it’s number one use is to distract us from what we really should be doing! Work, writing a new post, interacting with your family, all these things fall by the [...]

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I don’t know about you, but I’m really not feeling it for blogging right now. It’s not just writing, although I’m not bursting with inspiration, but I’m not getting much out of my reading either, there seems to be a lot of bad feeling and general negativity around. A lot of it seems to be [...]

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That is the question…… Whilst you can find yourself asking that question before any post, especially if you’re about to give another blogger a good shoeing, I’ve found myself asking it just recently every time a ‘hot topic’ comes up. DealDotCom, Blogrush, WordPress 2.3 are all very popular right now, yet for every five posts [...]

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Oh I wish I was a ProBlogger without any hair In 2004 revolution was in the air I’m blogging too late in a world that doesn’t care Oh I wish I was a ProBlogger without any hair When John Chow wasn’t a money hog, Not everybody had a blog, When writing really mattered and when [...]

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Like the title says, if you’d like to win a 512Mb Phillips music player, a blog review or an advertising banner on Blog About Your Blog, just link to them, mentioning the contest and you’re in with a chance. BAYB is a multi-author blogging tips site, always coming up with something new and interesting, and [...]

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Had to share this one with you: hello , my name is Richard and I know you get a lot of spammy comments , I can help you with this problem . I know a lot of spammers and I will ask them not to post on your site. It will reduce the volume of [...]

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Themes  I’ve had a hankering to write my own WordPress theme for a while now, and I’m going to attempt to do one for my photoblog. There aren’t many to choose from for photoblogs (the one I use isn’t photo specific, although I think it does a good job), and those that are out there [...]

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Absolutely none of this happened to me, ok? Start blog, write first post, saying ‘Hello!’, and outline all the delights to come. Play with widgets, format etc. change the header colour again. Check stats, no visitors yet. Write a few more posts, on subjects close to your heart, that people are sure to love. Check [...]

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I’ve been reading a lot recently about how you should be auditing your About Page, and exactly what information you should put into it, and I’m not giving away any secrets when I say that my page is virtually unchanged since I started this blog, so it’s certainly due a refresh. I’m definitely in favour [...]

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This is not just a blogspot.com tip, this is how i coped without Internet at home for two months! In money making ventures on my ‘A little piece of me’ blog, i am still a fledgling, but i was concerned that this prolonged absence would affect by Google rank, Alexa score and other things that [...]

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