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How to Make Your Blog Posts Stunningly Beautiful with Images

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You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. But that doesn’t stop millions of people from doing exactly that every day. Everyone makes value judgments based on appearances. Unfortunately for me, that means I’ll probably…

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33 Common Online Struggles from Last Week’s Experiment

Common Online Struggles Experiment

Last week I asked, “What do you struggle with online?” The point of that post was two-fold. One, to interact with you on an individual level. Two, to better understand how I can help you …

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10 Things to Do on Day One of Your Blog

Blog Day One

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. That’s a quote by the Chinese philosopher Laozi and it’s particularly relevant to new bloggers. That first step is the most important one, but …

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Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Blog Post

Step Guide Writing Blog Posts

It consistently takes me six hours to write a blog post. In a comment last week, Nick Messenger asked me about this figure and how I write. I gave you a little bit of insight …

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How to Get Bloggers to Reply to Your Comments

Bloggers Reply Comments

It was a warm Colorado evening on May 28th, 2009 when, for the first time, I left a comment on IncomeDiary.com. 18 minutes later, Michael replied. Over the next two years, I left more comments, …

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10 Blog Post Marketing Steps to Take Immediately After You Publish

Blog Post Marketing Steps

Last week I wrote 10 SEO Blog Post Publishing Steps that Most Bloggers Forget. The post did well: 100+ Tweets, 50+ comments (half mine), and Michael even told me, “when I saw it, I was …

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10 SEO Blog Post Publishing Steps that Most Bloggers Forget

SEO Blog Post Publishing Steps

I see this time and time again. As people get started with blogging, they think it’s as simple as clicking, “Add New Post,” typing up a few paragraphs, and clicking, “Publish.” Then they hopelessly wait …

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How to Measure Your Blog’s Growth

How to Measure Your Blog’s Growth

While no one wants to get bogged down by statistics and analysis, it is still important to monitor your blog’s growth from all angles. Keeping track of your blog’s progress is important to see if …

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How To Run a Blog With Only 12 Hours a Week

How To Run a Blog With Only 12 Hours a Week

Writing a blog isn’t as time consuming as you may think and so long as you put in the ground work at the beginning and come up with regular content ideas, the website will do…

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How To Use Photos In Your Blog To Make It More Interesting

How To Use Photos In Your Blog To Make It More Interesting

If there’s one thing I’ve learnt from writing blog posts, it’s that people barely ever read the whole thing (the majority of people won’t even read this); they read titles. Images are a great way…

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