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Top 5 myths of blogging for money

If only blogging for money was this easy.

How many of you started a blog thinking it’s an easy way to make money and do almost nothing? So you start your blog and it didn’t take long for you to realize that doing almost nothing will get you nothing to show for it. So you try to do just a little bit … [...]

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Permalinks are more important than you think!

Changing permalink default structure in WordPress is easy

Picture this. You’re at a casual dinner party and you have a friendly discussion on healthy activities. The next day, your friend sends you a link to your work email address that says “Read this!”. You click it and it brings you to an article that discusses an activity that the two of you … [...]

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Alexa rank: What you need to know as a new blogger

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So you finally created your blog and spent hours setting it up and adding content. How can you tell how well you’re doing compared to the rest of the web? There are a handful of ways that are industry accepted, one of them being Alexa. If you haven’t met her yet, oh you will; what [...]

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Anchor text is important for SEO

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Ah, anchor text…so important yet so misunderstood. Anchor text is simply another phrase for the label text for your link. Unknown to many bloggers, these words actually have an affect on how search engines perceive the link’s value. In fact, it’s well-known in SEO expert circles that anchor text is the top one or two [...]

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Postcard giveaway with no strings attached!

Remember Next Day Flyers? They’re one of my loyal sponsors and they have generously ponied up a giveaway that I think you’d like. The first time you heard about them was last summer when I wrote about their business cards. Today, they’re back with a postcard giveaway with no strings attached! You’ll get a set [...]

Six tips For blogging with a purpose

Last month, we featured an article from a new guest author, Nittin Aggarwal. Here he is again with some blogging tips! What do you think about when you start writing your next post? Before you even start, know why you’re doing it, so you can stand out from the crowd. Why do you write? Do [...]

Using words in permalinks is a pretty big deal

How many of you thought about what your permalinks, aka URLs, looked like when you first started your site? Usually this is a pretty low on the thought totem pole. However, once you’re up and running, have you ensured that you have went back to optimize your permalinks for past, present, and future? I know [...]

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