Expert Blogging Advice - To Help Bloggers Succeed
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How to blog like an expert
Blogging has evolved to new standards of professionalism. To succeed as bloggers we must be willing to meet the challenge of competing with the best.
I've been blogging since 2001 and have studied the experts extensively. I no longer believe blogging is an easy road to riches, though it can bring in a good part time income for most of us. Some will excel, but it is hard to find a niche that hasn't already been dominated by some other expert for years already.
If you've found an exclusive niche that isn't glutted by other bloggers, you're a lucky one, and I suggest you go ahead and try blogging, so long as you can commit to frequent updates on your blog. There are many blogs that are updated only once weekly. Others say to blog several times a week, or even several times daily. Whatever schedule you set for yourself is fine though if you want to attract readership, blogging less than once weekly isn't likely to do it.
Every article you place on your blog should be considered a potential search engine magnet. It needs to be configured correctly, including an appeal to the ideal keywords that search engine visitors might use to find you. That's why I say, "Keep spinning your SEO web." SEO is search engine optimization. Learning SEO is a big part of blogging like an expert.
***My Best Blogging Tips***
* Be Genuine - Write From The Heart
* Connect With Readers - Make Friends
* Be The Authority - Teach Something
* Be Opinionated, Unique, and Creative
* Write Something Useful
* Write About What You Love
The Squidoo-Blogger Poll
...do you Squidoo, blog, or both?
I'm curious who might be looking at this lens. Is it people who blog, or people who don't blog, or Squidooers who do or don't or what? So here's the poll:
Getting Started
Choose a domain name, get a host, and start blogging!
How to decide what to blog about
...by blogging expert Lorelle Van Fossen
Preliminary Thoughts on Choosing Domain Names
...how to name your blog.
If you want a highly successful blog you'll need a domain name people can easily remember, or one that brings in tons of search engine traffic. Let's look at the domain names of some very successful bloggers.
1. Catchy names: www.problogger.com and www.copyblogger.com are not only easy to remember, they contain the magic word, 'blogger'.
2. Your name: www.stevepavlina.com and chris.pirillo.com - they're using their own names. These also can be memorable.
3. Variations on your name: www.chrisg.com - I never have any trouble remembering the URL of Chris Garrett's blog.
4. Keywords: Sometimes in naming my blogs I've chosen to use keywords: www.countrykitchenpantry.com was chosen for the keywords 'kitchen pantry' and 'country kitchen'. It ranks well for both.
5. Short: Shorter names are easier to remember. Compare my http://www.eftjoy.com with www.countrykitchenpantry.com. What would you remember?
Content Writing
Develop outstanding content for your blog. This is the most important aspect of being an expert blogger.
Content Writing Tips
Blogging Advice From Professionals You Don't Want To Miss
...Blogging 101
There are some amazing bloggers out there trying to help others become better bloggers. Here are links to some of my favorite posts about how to become a better blogger.
You can vote them up or down, but please vote so that others will know which links you found most valuable.
31 Days to Building a Better Blog Headquarters
Darren Rouse, the ProBlogger, has made quite a sti more...4 points
How to Make Money From Your Blog
Once you have a blog you might consider having it more...2 points
Building a Better Blog
This links to a series of lessons on blogging bett more...1 point
22 Things You Should Do To Your Blog
22 suggestions for improving your blog, from Perfo more...1 point
The Most Powerful Persuasive Element of Blogging | Copyblogger
As a content marketing strategy, what is the most more...1 point
The Search for Blog Content « Lorelle on WordPress
Lorelle on WordPress tells how to find great blog more...1 point
How to Make Money Blogging: 7 Strategies to Make Money Online
You can make money from blogging. It can pay for y more...1 point
How to Say Nothing in 500 Words - A Lesson on Writing
This blog writing article is at DoshDosh, a blog w more...1 point
FTC Rules For Bloggers
The FTC Rules For Bloggers has changed. Here is in more...0 points
Brian Clark, Founder of Copyblogger Suggests a Way to Develop Unique Content for Your Blog
Learn more about Copyblogger
Three Top Bloggers Share Their Best Content Writing Tips
Stats! How to Get Traffic
We bloggers become statistics watchers. We need to know how many people are visiting our blogs, where they're coming from, and what search terms are used to find us.
Link to Other Blogs and Sites
...do not be afraid of giving too much to others.
A lot of people have the misguided idea that linking to other sites will detract from search engine ranking. I've noticed that with my sites where I link to other sites, my blogs become more popular and better rated in the SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages).
Link in your sidebar, link in your posts. Link, link, link. People will find you because you've linked to them and will love you for it. The more friends you have, the more your blog will prosper.
Darren Rowse Tells How To Get More Blog Traffic
Search Engine Optimization
Yes, you're going to need to learn something about search engine optimization, but it isn't as hard as it sounds. I like to think of SEO as being fun and I hope you will too.
SEO News From Around The Blogosphere
...blog posts about search engine optimization.
If you want to be a successful blogger, you'll need to study and understand search engine optimization (SEO) which is the way to get your blog noticed by people who use search engines.
It is a fact that most of your site visitors will be sent to you from Google, so you'll need to know how to optimize your blog for Google.
Though I don't do every blog post with Google in mind, SEO does influence me at times. It is important not to overdo it. Your first duty should be toward making your blogging voice authentic. Make it sound like the real YOU. After that, if you can choose the right words, it wouldn't hurt. But don't ever sound stilted like someone just fishing for search engine traffic.
Yes, it is like walking a tightrope at times. ::sigh:: . . . just remember, you're talking to PEOPLE and connecting with them heart to heart. Nothing else matters as much.
In the meantime, do study SEO. It is important.
Here are links to a few current blog postings about SEO:
- SEO Positive Embraces Social Media Week
- SEO Positive, an Essex-based internet marketing company known for its appreciation of social media marketing channels, will become actively involved in Social Media Week, which is running from 13th ? 17th February. Social Media Week is an initiative ...
- Basic SEO Troubleshooting With XML Sitemaps
- There are tools to quickly parse URLs contained within XML files and find this information like the Screaming Frog SEO crawler. Once comprehensive and quality XML sitemaps have been submitted to Google and Bing, breaking up sitemaps into categories can ...
- Korda, 18, rallies for breakthrough on L
- Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, Julieta Granada, So Yeon Ryu and Hee Kyung Seo also were in the playoff that matched the largest in LPGA tour history. Ryu and Seo, playing ahead of Korda and Nikki Campbell in the second-to-last group, ...
- 1SEO.com Ranked #1 for Best Integrated Search (SEO & PPC) in the Country for ...
- On Wednesday February 1st 2012, Top SEOS, the Independent Authority on Search Vendors, released their February 2012 report on the Best Integrated Search (SEO & PPC) companies awarding 1SEO.com with the very coveted #1 spot. Ranking #1 amidst the top 30 ...
Great sites with SEO information
- Jill Whalen - Search Marketing Articles
- Article archive from SEO expert, Jill Whalen.
- SEO Dictionary
- SEO Dictionary offers brief and clear descriptions of all relevant technical terms in the field of Search Engine Marketing & Optimization.
- SEOmoz
- SEOmoz is a hub for the search marketing industry, providing an SEO Services Marketplace, a popular SEO Blog, SEO Tools and premium content.
- SEO for squidoo - getting found in google: search engine optimization
- SEO - search engine optimization - has many different facets. This lens goes over the main ones - especially how they effect making successful lenses on squidoo.
- SiteProNews: Webmaster News & Resources
- Webmaster news and webmaster resource site, focusing on web site promotion, SEO, web 2.0, blogging, RSS, design and marketing. Articles by noted Web experts
Your Blog Links
...where are you blogging these days?
This is it! This is the place where you can add links to YOUR blogs. Feel free to link up as many as you have. I look forward to visiting your blogs.
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John Dilbeck's Blog - Squidoo Marketing
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Northern Lights Reptile Blog
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Lensmastery by Linda
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Happiegrrrl Climbing
Where I've been, and things that have happened whi more...1 point
Squidoo Land
My ramblings about life on Squidoo.1 point
Klamath Design: Starting A Home Based Web Design Business — Helping Web Designers Succeed In Business
Learn how to start a home based webdesign business more...0 points
Child Protective Services “CPS” False Accusations — Family Rights v. Child Welfare
Family Rights and Child Protective Services - fals more...0 points
Geniyyah Energy Healing — Reiki, Energy Therapy, Healing
Energy healing, energy therapy, intuitive healing more...0 points
Independent Homeschooling — Dedicated to families that homeschool independently
Independent Homeschooling is dedicated to the self more...0 points
Friends of Sasquatch - Research Blog — Research for the facilitation of interspecies communication.
Sasquatch research for the facilitation of intersp more...0 points
Perspectives On Writing — Linda Jo Martin
Perspectives on Writing has author interviews, com more...0 points
All My Lenses
Links to my Squidoo lenses.0 points
Religion and Spirituality lenses (and more)
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Sara's Dog Blog
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Sara Silver photoblog hosted by Shutterchance.com
A result of the recent California wildfires were t more...0 points
John Dilbeck and Friends : John Dilbeck
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Marketing with Squidoo
News and views on marketing with Squidoo lenses.0 points
Musings from Joan
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Inks Goes Freelance
My journey through the world of freelance writing0 points
4 Star Rating
Book reviews & promotion/marketing resources.0 points
All Considering
Spiritual blog.0 points
My Bloggers Blog
A little Blog about stuff I enjoy sharing with oth more...0 points
LarryB's Blog...
LarryB builds yet another blog...0 points
Billco's Outdoors
Outdoor activities - fishing, hiking, arrowhead hu more...0 points
Billco's Autograph Collecting
Tips for building an autograph collection with exa more...0 points
How to Teach a Novel
I Always Wanted to Read this Blog, So I Finally Ha more...0 points
Heroic Animals
Heroic Animal Stories %u20260 points
http://howlingsquidreview.com
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http://lake-erie-artists.com
Day to day doings of a gallery owner in Cleveland, more...0 points
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Eco-Chic Green Fashion
Due to the popularity of the Eco-Chic Green Fashio more...0 points
http://working-artists-life.com
Help for working artists to learn to increase thei more...0 points
Deb's Search and Rescue Stories
My personal experiences as a Search & Rescue v more...0 points
FTC Rules For Bloggers | Joe-Marsh.com
The FTC Rules For Bloggers starts in a few days. C more...0 points
Bottom Up Marketing - Social Media Optimization
Bottom Up Marketing are Market Leaders In Social M more...0 points
More Great Blogging Advice
- How to Become an Authority in Your Niche: Eight Content Development Tactics
- Online content is usually created to express opinions or share information with others.
- Free E-Book: "Killer Flagship Content" by Chris Garrett
- Get this free e-book... it is worth reading.
- Blogging Tips That Work
- A collection of applied blogging tips that work covering writing, community and social media aspects.
- Wordpress, Wordpress, or Wordpress that is the question!
- Should you use wordpress, or blogger? Here's a message board discussion on that topic.
- How to Make Money From Your Blog
- Expert advice from someone making $1000/day by blogging.
- How To Blog - Why You Should Use WordPress | Become A Blogger
- Claim Your FREE Copy Of "The Roadmap To Become A Blogger"!
- How a Blogger Creates a REAL Full-Time Income
- How a Blogger Creates a REAL Full-Time Income
- Starting Your First Blog? 29 Tips, Tutorials and Resources for New Bloggers
- Starting Your First Blog? 29 Tips, Tutorials and Resources for New Bloggers
- Lorelle on WordPress
- Fantastic blog about blogging - mostly with WordPress. Dig into her archives!
- 15 Tips For Those Who Want to Make Money Online
- If you are hoping for some kind of ?secret' or ?magic pill', I am sorry but you will not find it within this post. In fact, I can assure you that you will not find it anywhere else on the Internet either.
Do you want to start a blogging network?
- 46 Things to Do Before Launching a Blog Network
- There are many things that a potential blog network owner should do before actually showing the world their sites.
- How to Launch a Blog Network
- How to launch a blog network.
- Blog Networks
- Blogs just got a whole new audience: the casual reader. There has been some concern as of late that mainstream web users don't really read blogs, but a ...
Books About Blogging
If you've read any of these books about blogging, please vote it up or down depending on how much you liked it.
ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income by Darren Rowse, Chris Garrett
Blogging has become a popular and fascinating past more...1 point
The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly by David Meerman Scott
The Internet has profoundly changed the way people more...0 points
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson
"We need a solid book explaining and illustra more...0 points
WordPress For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by Lisa Sabin-Wilson
Are you a wannabe blogger? A seasoned pro migratin more...0 points
The New Influencers: A Marketer's Guide to the New Social Media by Paul Gillin
The influence of bloggers, podcasters, and users o more...0 points
Start Your Own Blogging Business (Startup) by Entrepreneur Press, J.S. McDougall
Blogs are one of the internet's fastest-growing ph more...0 points
What No One Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting: Real-Life Advice from 101 People Who Successfully Leverage the Power of the Blogosphere (What No One Ever Tells You About...) by Ted Demopoulos
As all these people become publishers and even mor more...0 points
Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World's Top Bloggers by Michael A. Banks
Among more than 102,000,000 blogs, a few stand out more...0 points
The Rough Guide to Blogging 1 (Rough Guide Reference) by Rough Guides
The Rough Guide to Blogging is the ultimate refere more...0 points
How to Make Money with Your Blog: The Ultimate Reference Guide for Building, Optimizing, and Monetizing Your Blog (How to Make . . .) by Duane Forrester, Gavin Powell
You can make money with your blog. Simply follow t more...0 points
The Corporate Blogging Book: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know to Get It Right by Debbie Weil
The definitive guide to corporate blogging, and wh more...0 points
Publish and Prosper: Blogging for Your Business by DL Byron, Steve Broback
While personal blogs take up much of the blogosphe more...0 points
The IT Girl's Guide to Blogging with Moxie by Joelle Reeder, Katherine Scoleri
How to start your first blog, polish your prose, g more...0 points
Blogging for Business: Everything You Need to Know and Why You Should Care by Shel Holtz, Ted Demopoulos
Why do 20 to 40 million Weblogs, or blogs, serve a more...0 points
Video Blogging
...you too can make cool videos to add to your blogs!
A Word About WordPress
...mega-popular, mega-versatile!
- WordPress Training
- Great blog on how to use WordPress.
- Lorelle on WordPress
- Lorelle helps you learn more and do more with WordPress.
Thanks for visiting my lens about blogging...
...one of my favorite topics!
Blogging is a great way to express creativity, meet people, and have fun. Enjoy blogging, and a whole new world of interaction and self-expression opens up. Your comments are welcome.
...are you a blogger?
Let me know what you think.
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AskPat
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- This is very helpful. Thanks for the great information.
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Yassir Khan
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- Thank you for sharing those useful tips from the expert in the field :)
You can enjoi our portal to get our work too.
http://www.quantumseolabs.com
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kendrafowler
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- That was a great collection and everything in it seemed pretty useful. I liked the part - Be yourself and not somebody else. This is what I fear. I am thinking of starting a blog and I have gone through so many people's blogs that I am afraid that mine will have traits of others. This is preventing my efforts to start my own blog.
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- Great info. I still consider myself a newbie and have to agree that finding an unsaturated niche is the hardest part. Also if you don't like writing content can become a real drag. thank you for great info
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David Christopher
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- Those are great blogging tips! I just kind of assessed my self with you tips, if I passed you tips as a blogger. Really, Community Information and Expert Advice are essentials. If this were missing like your advice, I wouldn't be able to grade myself with the thing I blog. That really interest me a lot! Thank you very much, so much information with your post! Tanks for sharing..
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kuldeep singh
Dec 14, 2011 @ 11:01 am | delete
- This is very helpful for a blogger, as i love to learn new things i enjoyed it lot . I highly recommend newbie blogger to read expertblogging lense and push your blog high
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adcopywriter
Nov 15, 2011 @ 7:12 am | delete
- Thanks. Great lens. I liked the list of SEO sources. I am a big fan of SEOmoz, but you helped me to discover some new but really useful websites.
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Layne
Nov 7, 2011 @ 3:38 am | delete
- Excellent compilation of videos from blogging experts! Also thanks for the good intro.
In my opinion, blogging is really just sharing your thoughts in interesting ways and building a following and a community of like-minded people. The key to success in it is being opinionated, being open and sparking discussions, so that people with same interests as you WANT to hear more from you when it comes to the industry/field/niche you're in.
Layne J
eCommerce Platform Blogger
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plrallecontent
Oct 25, 2011 @ 8:45 am | delete
- Very useful information.
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resabi
Jul 19, 2011 @ 8:38 am | delete
- This is packed with useful information. I've bookmarked so I can revisit and go through all the links. Thanks so much -- it's going to be very useful for me.
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AddaptAbilities
Jul 18, 2011 @ 11:48 pm | delete
- I started a blog a few years ago, but didn't choose my domain well. My most recent blog is a different story entirely -- I used google adwords, chose my domain, and have I'm already being discovered. But there's still so much to learn!
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bames24
Jul 1, 2011 @ 3:08 am | delete
- very informative... I am new to blogging and it is quite a task for me to come up with ideas for a new post... thanks for the information you shared via your lens... :)
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Hendrik_Goote
Jun 27, 2011 @ 12:00 pm | delete
- Thx for yet another informative blog, Linda!
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whoisbid
Jun 26, 2011 @ 4:38 am | delete
- You are the reason I am on Squidoo. I even wrote about you (not knowing who you are) and now I get to tell you!..
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Cumberland
Jun 13, 2011 @ 6:07 pm | delete
- Helpful info. Thank You.
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Pukeko
May 28, 2011 @ 7:12 pm | delete
- Thanks for sharing all of these wonderful tips. Blessed by a Squidoo Angel.
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bolillie
May 17, 2011 @ 7:52 pm | delete
- Lots of helpful stuff here. I especially liked the many links.
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whoislinkingtome
May 2, 2011 @ 4:21 pm | delete
- Great Stuff
Man.. Squidoo really slows me down but I can see the value in it!
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Ruthi
Jan 28, 2011 @ 2:13 pm | delete
- Great blogging info you've shared! I liked seeing you mention Copyblogger, one of my favorite places to recommend also.
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Helenee
Dec 30, 2010 @ 2:59 am | delete
- Good lens - comprehesive, covers quite a few aspects of blogging, provides useful links and useful, practicable advice for creating better blogging content (xa xa, this is a little practice on the use of KeyWords, I'm so new to SEO!). Structured lens, also; I appreciate structure in informative pages. I'm favouriting it!
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RebeccaE
Jul 15, 2010 @ 5:06 pm | delete
- To me this is wonderful, it only proves that you need to be passionate about blogging, I don't make much off my blogs, but I love them too much to give them up...
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LisaAuch
Jul 14, 2010 @ 7:18 am | delete
- Wow...and I thought I was a Blogger, had to bookmark this for the wealth of knowledge you shared, thankyou
Lisa
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Carol
Jul 13, 2010 @ 12:14 pm | delete
- Linda, I enjoyed reading your lens and have made some notes. I am new to blogging and enjoying it so far! 5*s
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ulla_hennig
Jun 30, 2010 @ 6:00 am | delete
- Thanks so much for putting together that collection of important sources regarding blogging.
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- Wow! What a great resource! You have so much information here that I'm bookmarking this page to come back often. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and for the links to other blogging tips. You Rock!
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Joan4
Jun 5, 2010 @ 5:56 am | delete
- Congratulations on your purple star!
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Susan52
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- Congratulations on the new purple star! I'm happy to have featured it on my Quest for 20 Worthy Lenses lens! http://www.squidoo.com/20-worthy-lenses
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Brookelorren
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- Congratulations on your purple star. I have a few blogs. Thanks for the tips.
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theraggededge
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- Excellently brilliant. Adding it to faves so I can come back and read it properly and apply the info. Thanks! Blessed :-)
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Susan52
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- I am a blogger, but I have SO much to learn. Thank you for this excellent resource!
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LakeMom
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- Thanks for the great info on blogging! I have felt like I was drowning in the blogging world and didn't know where to go. You have pointed the way to some great people & great info! Thanks!
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- Thanks for all the useful information!
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Ramkitten
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- Lots of great information and tips here. I have two blogs and, though both have some ads and Amazon affiliate links on them (and I occasionally blog about something I've read), I never have been too concerned about making an income from them. I've been much more interested in, as you say, being myself and connecting with people. I think, if you focus on those sorts of things, the money will come. It may not be a LOT, but it will. At least, that's been my experience. For me, the biggest income earner as a result of my blogs is the fact that people go from the blogs to my novel and buy a copy. And that's with very passive promotion.
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lakeerieartists
Oct 6, 2009 @ 4:07 pm | delete
- Great lens, and well laid out. Blessed by a Squid Angel. :)
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- I have started 3 different blogs - but they need lots of work! This is lens is a favorite and will be a valuable resource for me :)
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muckbusters
Jun 17, 2009 @ 6:30 am | delete
- Just found your site here. It is packed full of useful information thats extremly helpful. I have a blog http://www.josieconnor.com and now 1 lens on Blogger Plugins. I will now add you to my favourites and I will be back.
Best Wishes
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spirituality
Apr 27, 2009 @ 1:49 am | delete
- Wow - you made a lens about blogging that actually ranks :) blessed by a squidangel :)
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WindyWinters
Apr 20, 2009 @ 2:01 pm | delete
- Fabulous Blogging Advice. Thanks so much! :)
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AnnRadley Dec 22, 2008 @ 1:22 pm | delete
- I'm going to hang onto this lens - it is such a thorough resource. I've been thinking about blogging, but haven't started yet. I now know where to come to for guidance. Thank you 5*****
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Nov 30, 2008 @ 7:44 am | delete
- Thank you for the many resources!
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Billco
Nov 23, 2008 @ 5:51 am | delete
- Great information you're shared in this lens. I
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kidztales
Oct 18, 2008 @ 2:53 pm | delete
- I have just recently started a blog at http://thebumpyroadtopublishing.blogspot.com a few weeks ago. I don't think mine is quite right yet but I really liked yours. It's has so much good info that I bookmarked it!
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LarryBass
Oct 16, 2008 @ 9:43 am | delete
- Wow, what a Great Lens you have created in here Linda! I like it so much that I've added a link to it on one of my Lenses, to help do my little part of spreading Your fine work, around the web...
You Go Girl...
Kindest regards,
LarryB
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clefty
Sep 13, 2008 @ 11:08 pm | delete
- I have favorited this lens and rated 5stars. I have just recently started a niche blogging course and the information in this lens will really help me become an expert blogger. I'll be referring to this great lens often. Thanks!
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Joan4
Aug 19, 2008 @ 5:56 am | delete
- This is super great! I can't believe I just found it. "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear!" Right? I am ready to start my Squidoo blog, and now I have your great info to help me! Thank you!
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vbright105
Aug 9, 2008 @ 7:00 pm | delete
- Great lens. I am getting good at squidoo (and Helium, and habpages, etc.) but my blogs? Well, the one I think should do well is here:
http://thriftyhome.blogspot.com
But, I know nothing about promoting blogs.
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johndilbeck Aug 8, 2008 @ 1:55 am | delete
- Hi Linda, you have some good information about blogging and I enjoyed taking your poll.
I've been blogging a long time and have way too many test blogs that need to be mothballed. However, I learned the hard way never to give up a URL that has regular traffic. At one point I had a blog at johndilbeck.blogspot.com. When I closed it, someone else grabbed it and started advertising things I never would have. So, this time, when I close the blogs I no longer plan to maintain, I'll add a final post explaining what I'm doing and linking to one or more of my sites, blogs, or lenses that would be relevant.
My goal is to get down to five blogs that I can update regularly.
Act on your dream! JD
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spirituality
Aug 2, 2008 @ 6:00 am | delete
- Vox Blogs are an easy way to blog with web 2 built in.
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Zee7
Jul 24, 2008 @ 4:06 pm | delete
- Wow this is really helpful since I recently started blogging...I have a problem though. I don't know which one here I should read first, haha anyway, thank you for the info, i have already started reading some. =)
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Writer's notebook
...you'll need one of these.
Moleskine Ruled Notebook Large
Amazon Price: $9.00 (as of 02/13/2012)
Carry a writer's notebook with you at all times to write down those momentary inspirations when they come to you. This will help you when you're ready to blog. Ideas are valuable!
Pilot Precise V5 Pens
...my favorite pens!
Pilot Precise V5 Stick Rolling Ball Pen, Micro Point, 7 Assorted Barrel/Ink Colors, 7 per Pack (26015)
Amazon Price: $9.98 (as of 02/13/2012)
These are my favorite pens. They are bright, cheerful, colorful, and write a good strong line. I do a lot of my blog writing originally in my journal, and need great pens to stay happy.
On Writing Well - a classic book on article writing
by William Zinsser
On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Amazon Price: $7.25 (as of 02/13/2012)
As a professional blogger you will want to read as much as you can about writing articles that work. This book is a classic primer on how to succeed with non-fiction article writing. Yes, blog postings are technically, articles. The better you write them, the more valuable your blog will be to the waiting public.
