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Build a Blog 2007 Review

So here I am at the beginning of 2008 looking forward to the new year and what I want to achieve in it. But it also makes me reflect on the year just gone 2007 and look at what I achieved then, take stock and use it as a guide to move forward in this year. So here [...]

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The Photographer Blog Launch!

I am officially launching the case study blog, The Photographer Blog. I have been writing to it for a couple of months and now I have decided it’s time to tell everybody about it. I have been documenting it’s progress from the planning stage onwards on this blog in the case study category, and will continue [...]

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Hot Links – Episode 10!

This week in Hot Links: This week I am looking at how easy it is to find good and informative articles through Blog Carnivals. Are they good places to find blogs to read and comment to, and to find fellow bloggers? Here are three articles that I found on blog carnivals: The Blog Me Cash carnival had this [...]

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Top 5 Ways to Increase RSS Subscriptions

I have said before that the main aim for the case study blog – The Photographer Blog is to attract readers and then try and convert them into RSS subscribers. Here are 5 ways that I have used to make it easy for readers to become subscribers: 1. Large RSS button/icon 2. Place the button above the [...]

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Hot Links 9!

This week in Hot Links: Here is a fun way to see what level your blog is aiming for with readers, or in other words what is the reading level of your blog: The Blog Readability Test This is a great post from Blogging Tips, and especially good if you are just starting a blog like I [...]

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Hot Links – Episode 8!

This week in hot links: Decision time is upon us. It’s the final chance to join Blog Mastermind, it’s doors close today! Here are the free resources that Yaro has given out again, don’t miss out! Video Case study – How to get more traffic to your blog Sample Lesson – Marketing through conversations I’ve been having a few [...]

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How Can You Get More Traffic To Your Blog – Video Case Study

So how can you get more traffic to you blog? “How To Get More Traffic To Your Blog – Video Case Study” Because after all that is very high on most bloggers agenda. With the current interest in blogging you may find that niches are becoming more crowded. And while that is good for the readers [...]

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Blog Mastermind is Closing it’s Doors!

Blog Mastermind Sample Lesson I have just had an email to let me know that Blog Mastermind will be closing it’s doors to new members on Monday 10th December 2007. Yaro has not said how long this will be for, it could be a while, so it’s time for a decision! It is the only mentoring [...]

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Hot Links – Episode 7

This week in Hot Links: I have been looking at the top commentator plugin this week. It displays the top commentators on the blog and links to them in the list. Which in turn encourages the bloggers to comment on your blog in the hope they will get a link. I only hope is that they [...]

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Hot Links – Episode 6!

This week in Hot Links: Skelliewag is a fairly new blog that has achieved a lot of growth in a small space of time, and has a really interesting article explaining how she did it: How to get 1,050 subscribers in 3 months. I looked at plugins in my last post, 10 Essential Wordpress Plugins. If you [...]

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