- 6 years ago Sticky: Welcome to the /t/BES tribe! What exactly is this place?
- 6 years ago Sticky: Run a blog, vlog, or podcast? Start your own community like this one (but based on your topic of expertise/choice) and utilize the concept of “strength in numbers” to help you in awesome ways never before available.
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WordPress 4.8: Evans
Gear up for a more intuitive WordPress! Version 4.8 of WordPress, named “Evans” in honor of jazz pianist and composer William John “Bill” Evans, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. New features in 4.8 add more ways for you to express yourself and represent your brand.
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3 Things Struggling Bloggers Do to Guarantee Your Failure (and 3 Solutions)
I’m gonna kick your ass today. But you will love me for it. Imagine the Dalai Lama meeting Gordon Ramsay. I will be somewhere in the middle. I’m writing this post to move you out of Fear-Based Fantasy Land into Fun Based Reality.
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The Future of the World's Most Boring Software, the Word Processor
The word processor doesn't just deserve scolding. Here's an honest look at some budding word-processor innovation efforts. They're worth writing home about.
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Be Careful Celebrating Google’s New Ad Blocker. Here’s What’s Really Going On.
Google’s ad blocker, far from a benign offering, is another step toward dominating the internet itself.
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How to Become the Best in the World at What You Do
It can feel impossible to move toward your dreams. You know exactly what you want to do, but there are endless obstacles in your way.
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TED Talks: 12 truths I learned from life and writing
A few days before she turned 61, writer Anne Lamott decided to write down everything she knew for sure. She dives into the nuances of being a human who lives in a confusing, beautiful, emotional world, offering her characteristic life-affirming wisdom and humor on family, writing, the meaning of God, death and more.
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Katy Perry's 'Save As Draft' Brilliantly Captures the Struggles of Blogging
Barring her unforgivable 2007 disgrace “Ur So Gay,” I’m a pretty big fan of Katy Perry. “Hot ‘N Cold” is one of my favorite pop songs of the new century, everything on 2010's Teenage Dream makes me want to drop what I’m doing and run to a karaoke bar, and I will preach the gospel of Prism (Deluxe Edition)’s second half (tracks 9-16) until my dying days.
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Other Bloggers Are Not Your Competition
Think about the more traditional business environment. Think about how capitalism is supposed to work. You’ve got Coke and Pepsi. You’ve got Apple and Microsoft. You’ve got Toyota and Ford. It’s perfectly understandable to expect the executives working at one of these brands to look upon the other company as competition. If someone buys a can of Coke from the grocery store for a dollar, it means that Pepsi is not getting that dollar.
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Top Lead Generation Tools Every Business Should Be Banking On
Whether you realize it or not, you are marketing every day. You are a living, breathing marketing machine. Don’t believe me? How’d you get her to say yes to a lifetime with you? Solid marketing skills. And how did you manage to convince your child to eat the peas? Sly marketing techniques. Marketing simplified is: “I’ll give you X for Y.” Every company thrives on sales. Without them, you’re not in business. Sales simply mean that your product or service is adding so much value to someone’s life that they are willing to pay you for it. But everyone arrives at your doorstep skeptical, so it’s your responsibility to convince your potential...
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Wordpress's owner is closing its San Francisco office because its employees never show up
The blogging platform's parent, a remote-working advocate, wound up listing the property.
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Blogging for Startups: How This Blog Earned Us $750k+ Worth of Traffic
In this article, I explain how we built readership to this blog, and why blogging for startups such as ours is such a powerful growth hacking tool.
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Why 1 View is Everything
It baffles me how many people think that they are bigger than they actually are. I hear people say, “Well, how do I get in the New York Times?” or “How do I get that meeting with that CEO?” and often times, I just say, “One is better than zero.” Now this might catch you off guard, but let me explain. The concept around one is better than zero is simply a call to action to do. It’s understanding that one view is better than zero and that humility and patience is the foundation for success.
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5 Secrets That Successful Bloggers Don’t Share
Being a blogger means you have the chance to reach thousands or even millions of people from around the world. The problem is that if you want to make blogging a full-time career, there seems to be a gap of knowledge between those that are trying to make it and those that do.
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Edmonton police charge blogger with LGBTQ hate-related offence
Edmonton police have charged a local blogger with a hate-related offence for allegedly targeting well-known LGBTQ advocate Kris Wells in a series of online posts, CBC News has learned.
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When and Where Bloggers Blog
Most bloggers write their posts during business hours and do their blogging from home, according to this research. See stats on guest posting and what times and which places bloggers blog.
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How Google ate CelebrityNetWorth.com
Google’s Featured Snippets are not only often wrong, they’re also damaging to small businesses that depend on search traffic.
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How I get over a blogging funk
With the evolution of the blogging industry over the last few years, things have changed so much. Gone are the days of going to work for the day, coming home in the evening and blogging. Now we have to keep up to date with Instagram, Instastories, Snapchat, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter along with events, launches and the actual blogging itself! It's a full time job as it is and if you've got an actual full time job like myself, it can all get on top of you.
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Council 'threatened blogger with legal action' over Grenfell Tower warnings
A local blogger who highlighted the danger in Grenfell Tower was sent a legal letter by lawyers working for the local council – accusing him of defamation and harassment.
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What's So Special About This Era of Millennial Blogging
People are really into exploring their views with the perfect use of this internet world. Hence everyone has a keen interest in developing a rock solid social presence through a blog. What’s so special about this era of millennial blogging? Why do people call it a phase of youngsters? The answer lies within you, your audience, and this virtual world of people connecting with each other from different parts of the world. (These millennials were born between 1981-2001).
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8 Ways to Monetize Your Blog and Make Money Online
When you're just starting out with your blog, it can seem like one of the most arduous and frustrating tasks. With so much information to consume and strategies to digest, how is that any one person can find the time or the wherewithal to not only grasp the art of blogging itself, but also that of driving significant amounts of traffic?