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5,000 Days (of blogging)
Today is my 5,000th consecutive day of blogging. A one-year challenge I began back in 2003 has somehow morphed into a 5,000-day marathon and a full-time vocation. I love what I do and am honored that I get to do it. Before I say or do anything more, please accept my gratitude for reading the site. It is your visits that continue to make it possible.
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WPCampus 2017 Will Be Streamed Live for Free
WPCampus, a conference focused on using WordPress in higher education, takes place this Friday and Saturday in Buffalo, NY. If you’re unable to attend the event, WPCampus will be live streaming the sessions for free.
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The Only 3 Types of Writing People Actually Want to Read
I remember the first time a piece I wrote was rejected by an editor.
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How to Craft an Outstanding Guest Post
6 tips to write the best post possible … not just to get it accepted, but to make a great impression on readers and help you both achieve your goals.
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The ultimate, 6,000 word guide to making it as a blogger in 2017
There are thousands and thousands of posts written on Medium every single day. There are hundreds of thousands of stories on the platform. There are millions of blogs and bloggers. There are different (and not entirely different) combinations of words being thrown together every single day and pushed out into the world.
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3 Tell-Tale Signs Your Written Content Is Boring The Life Out Of People
Your content should be something people care about, so here are three tell-tale signs that your content is boring the life out of people, and how to fix it.
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The learning curve
Of writing, and hanging on.
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12 Warning Signs that You've Told a Common Blogging Lie
As a veteran blogger, I’ve been around the block a bit, and in that time I’ve seen just about every type of blogging there is. I’ve seen masters of prose, masters of spin, masters of drama, and masters of nothing at all. And while each of us has our own story to tell, and our own way to do it, there’s one consistency among all of us that no matter how hard we try, we just can’t shake - we love to stretch the truth. We can’t help ourselves!
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30 Influencers Share How They Got Their 1st 1000 Subscribers
One of the biggest challenges for new bloggers is getting their first email subscribers. While getting the first 1000 subscribers can be tough, I’ve found that list growth comes much easier and more naturally once you reach that point.
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10 Reasons a Self-Hosted WordPress Blog is the Best
Looking to start a new blog? The quickest way is to use a hosted solution like WordPress.com or Blogger. But although these platforms are OK for beginners, they are also extremely limited and throw up many issues. To be completely honest, I don’t really like hosted solutions because they are a walled garden and allow little room for customisation and expansion. Want to run Google AdSense on a free WordPress.com blog? You can’t. What about uploading that cool new plugin you just found? Nope, it’s not supported. And don’t get me started on the problem of account suspension!
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9 Powerful Tools That Will Proofread Your Content For You
You may think proofreading is an outdated activity, but sometimes spellcheck is just not enough. These clever web tools will proofread your copy for you.
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25+ Tips for WordPress Blogging Professionals
Discover the best 25 WordPress blogging tips you need to turn tables in your blogging career.
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Content Repurposing: Getting the Most Bang for Your Content Buck
Content repurposing. Repurposed content. Recontent... Re-what? The concept is misunderstood (even by Chris Brogan), yet is the new era of content marketing.
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Should You Work for Free?
Wait, all of it?” I asked. “Pretty much,” my new friend said. “A lot of these pieces won’t be timely next week, so I just put them up for publications to use for free.” He was discussing the merits of ghost writing. This was a guy who’d made a living being invisible. Up to this point, things were going well. Still, he was worried. His needs were changing, and he wasn’t getting paid enough. Although his expenses were low, he had other goals, more plans, and bigger dreams.
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How to Turn One Content Idea into a Fascinating Four-Part Series
How do you prepare multiple pieces of content in advance and meet your publishing deadlines without getting overwhelmed? Follow this simple plan.
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203: How to Approach Influencers in Your Niche (Podcast)
The do's and don'ts of connecting with influencers in your blogging niche that helps you build your brand, not hurt it.
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This New Data Will Make You Rethink How You Write Headlines
Every day, people are working really hard to create quality content. But then they shoot themselves in the foot by slapping on some crappy headline onto that great content. It’s mind blowing!
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How to Decide What to Blog About: 6 Data-Driven Tactics for Choosing Blog Topics
Learn these 6 data-driven tactics to decide what to blog about.
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5 Essential Blog Foundations for Strong SEO
These strategies should be the cornerstones of any new blog and will protect your blog from the fickle nature of Google updates.
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8 Ways to Revive Dead Blog Posts from the Grave
As a blogger, it’s your job to constantly come up with new ideas and create captivating posts that delight your audience. But what happens to those ideas you’ve already used? All too often, your dead blog posts are left to just sit there and gather digital dust.
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