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Should I blog for free or self-host my blog?

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Free blog hosting platforms like Blogspot, Tumblr and WordPress.com are a great way to get introduced to blogging and are a fine place to start.

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Tumblr or WordPress: Where should I start my blog?

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Tumblr or WordPress – where to start your own blog? It all depends on what you want to do with your blog.

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Three ways bloggers just gotta have fun

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What is the main purpose you blog? Perhaps it is to make money. Or it might be to spread information. It might be to change people’s minds or just to rant.

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How unsociable is your blog?

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Most bloggers are actually unsociable. Here are my observations, tips and advice on what makes a sociable blogger and why it is key to blogging success.

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6 reasons why you should avoid automated blogging tools

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Auto blogging software that creates blog posts based on RSS feeds from other blogs. You don’t need to create any content as it pulls the other feeds.

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6 things to do before publishing your first blog post

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You write an article, then you hit the publish button, and wait for the traffic to flood in. After all, that’s what you should be doing, right?

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Blog traffic – From 0 to 200.000 visitors, 8 blogging lessons learned

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I recently achieved 200,000 visitors landmark, so this was a good time to put down things I learned that I would recommend bloggers to think of when getting blog traffic.

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58 ways to build a better blog

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Looking to improve and optimize your chances of blogging success? Need inspiration for how to get your blog to the next level? This is a list of 58 simple things that you can do to improve your blog today.

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Is blog RSS subscriber number a worthless metric now?

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I don’t check my RSS stats daily anymore. It is not that I don’t care about the progress of my blog, I just find RSS subscriber number less relevant to the growth of a blog now.

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Thoughts on writing timeless blog posts and post bylines

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Blog post byline is one of the first things people see. It can send image of outdated, irrelevant blog post or an inactive blog to new visitors. My thoughts.

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Why your most popular blog posts come from the most simplified places

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Some of the easiest and most simplified posts I have written are also some of the most popular posts on my blog. Read more for the reason why.

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How blogging ideas spread – 6-step plan for creating something big

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This is a 6-step plan that shows how those who go for their dreams, spread their ideas to many people and reach their blogging goals.

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How Google Wave will reshape the blogging world forever

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I suspect that Google Wave will change the way bloggers write their blogs, and the way that blog readers read the content and interact with the blogger.

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Thinking out of the “text is king” blogging box

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People follow blogs to be informed, entertained, and inspired. Your content must clearly address at least one of these needs.

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How Gary Vaynerchuk built a multi-million dollar empire around a video blog

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“Pump out content – if you don’t produce something every day you’ll be out hustled”

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Are you a blog consumer or a blog producer?

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Too many people sit and talk about starting a blog and making money from their blog, but talking about it is as far as most go.

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How to put your best blog posts back into the spotlight

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Trying to increase the lifetime of a blog article to give a better experience to first-time visitors.

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Blogging is your opportunity and career-booster

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Having a well-executed blog gets you noticed, gives you a competitive advantage and improves your CV.

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How to keep your blog active while you are away on holiday

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I was on a trip last week and with a bit of planning I was still able to keep the blog alive and active.

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