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12 Fantastic WordPress Plugins to Help Build Your Internet Presence

by Guest Blogger Blogging

Matthew Hooper helps people, small businesses and individuals build an internet presence. Don’t forget to get his free report, “A Beginner’s Guide To Building An Internet Presence”. He has also just launched a step-by-step video training course called “The WordPress Course” so that you can learn WordPress in a single weekend. As WordPress users we [...]

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Choose My Blog Tagline

by Christian Hollingsworth Blogging

Branding is a science. It’s also full of creativity. I tend to make my bed in the room of Creativity. Occasionally I spend the night at the home of Science. As so often occurs, cobbler’s children have the worst shoes. I spend so much time on company campaigns, branding and marketing that I often let [...]

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On Reaching 100k Twitter Followers

by Christian Hollingsworth Blogging

105,223 people now follow me on Twitter. I didn’t expect the “100k” number to come so quickly. A combination of new support from various countries, appearances in local media and professional support led to the increase. I’m overwhelmed and humbled. Not many words describe the intense feelings that occur within me now. Ranging from the [...]

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Overcome the Fear of Blogging

by Christian Hollingsworth Blogging

We fear the unknown. And why? Humans fear what they cannot control, or do not know how to control. For example, think of sharks. A widely feared animal. Much due to the fact that we feel in little control in the ocean. It’s vast. It’s unknown. A domain suited perfectly to sharks. On another front, [...]

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How To Choose A Blog Name

by Christian Hollingsworth Blogging

A good friend of mine, almost like a fourth grandmother, sits next to me now as we go about discussing a name for her new blog. This week as I’ve been at her home I let her know I’d help her setup her blog. That’s when her mind started working like mad. Nightly she’d wake [...]

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Choose Your Blog Topic

by Christian Hollingsworth Blogging

Your blog topic will either kill or accelerate the growth of your blog. It’s extremely important. There’s been a trend the past few years for bloggers to jump into blogging and choose a topic that they believe will make them the most money. They jump into blog topics such as medical health, affiliate marketing & [...]

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Why should you blog?

by Christian Hollingsworth Blogging

Blogging is now a mainstream activity. It’s everywhere. No matter where you turn (whether business or personal) there’s a blog in existence. And for good reason too. Blogs are a fantastic way to share information with the world. Businesses use blogs as a way to generate community and action in regards to their products and [...]

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I was Caught on Comments!

by Christian Hollingsworth Blogging

You might find this rather humorous. Years ago, before Gravatars even existed, I would “inflate” my blog comments. What I’d do is use a few of my different email addresses, and post comments on blog posts with pen (fake) names. I’d chat back and forth, and get the conversation flowing. Little did people know, those [...]

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Newbie Spam Tactics for Traffic

by Christian Hollingsworth Blogging

Building a website and drawing traffic to said website for the first time, is an exciting experience. Unfortunately, it often leads many to explore different spam techniques. I remember, ten years ago, when I started my first website. It was a free Yahoo! Geocities website account. Simple space to upload and manage your own site. [...]

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How To Access the Power of WordPress

by Christian Hollingsworth Blogging

WordPress, as many of you know, is one of the most popular blogging sites (and free blogging platform software) allowing you to create a mini website or blog. Now for quite a few, WordPress has many key advantages over the other blogging companies and products available to most bloggers. But the real question remains… How [...]

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How To Produce Content For Your Blog

by Christian Hollingsworth Blogging

So now you have set-up a blog and all set to get started. But how do you produce a blog with content? Content for posts must be compelling and prove to be a good read for visitors. Most people land in your blog when searching for information online. So the information you post, should also [...]

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DoFollow Blogs for Bloggers.

by Christian Hollingsworth Blogging

Today I’m cutting the tape. I’m officially releasing a brand new (free) service to and for bloggers around the globe. What is it? www.YouDoFollow.com I’ve been working on this project for a few weeks now, preparing for its release, and I’m excited to finally make it available to the public. Although it will still be [...]

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Successful Blogging is like Brushing your Teeth

by Guest Blogger Blogging

My name is Jonathan Gaurano and I’m a recent graduate from the University of California, Berkeley. I was told by someone that I should focus on a passion to keep my mind distracted from any harm I could create to myself or others. Thus, I write. I write stories, confessions, polemics, and give advice. This [...]

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Why Do You Blog? The Final Part!

by Christian Hollingsworth Blogging

Why do you blog? A simple question with millions of varying answers. Upon finishing this series, I am saddened. It’s been a brilliant ride watching the answers stream in, publishing, promoting and sharing. You all inspire me so much. I’m proud to call you all friends. I could say so much more here in regards [...]

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Learning from food blogger Namiko Chen of Just One Cookbook

by Christian Hollingsworth Blogging

Nami was born and raised in Yokohama, Japan and now lives in San Francisco with her husband and 2 young children. Her website, Just One Cookbook, features quick & easy Japanese home cooking recipes with step-by-step pictorial directions. She shares not only traditional food, but also contemporary food that local Japanese restaurants in the US [...]

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Why Do You Blog: Part 6

by Christian Hollingsworth Blogging

I wish I could dedicate an entire post to each blogger featured here. Their information is both informative and inspiring; and all in some way motivate me to be a better blogger. I’m grateful for all they’ve decided to share. Remember, each blogger has something unique and special to share. Listen. If you’ve missed any [...]

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