From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Blogging Resources Improve Search Engine Traffic

Blog­ging Resources are tan­gi­ble con­tent vis­i­tors can use to build their under­stand­ing or refer to reg­u­larly.  Most blogs will have one or two of these resources and the most suc­cess­ful blogs have dozens or hun­dreds of valu­able resources to offer their readers.

The rea­son why these resources are impor­tant is because they are very link-worthy.  Arti­cles with lots of valu­able infor­ma­tion, great links, and con­tent not found any­where else are usu­ally book­marked, tagged, and linked to by other blog­gers for their vis­i­tors and per­sonal blog­ging needs. Keep Read­ing →

6 Lessons I Learned From Walking On Crutches That Tie Into Blogging

6 Lessons I Learned From Walking On Crutches That Tie Into Blogging

by Alex

A few months ago, I hurt my ankle pretty bad and was forced to walk around in crutches for about a week. I have to say that this was the most dif­fi­cult thing I had to do in a long time due to how much I walk around in school all day.

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Giving it all up: Job vs Internet lifestyle

by Marcell

Have you ever read someone’s suc­cess story and it encour­ages you to do the same thing as him or her. I sure have and let me tell you, it did not work that way for me. I thought that there was an eas­ier way to make money online then by work­ing a 9  –  5 job. I will explain the steps […]

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From Planning to Earning

From Planning to Earning — A New Guide Proving it’s Never Too Late to Earn Money Blogging

by Alex

There has been a lot under devel­op­ment over the last few weeks here at Blo­gus­sion. New ideas and old have started to begin devel­op­ing, and we are just hit­ting a new level of what it means to really blog with each new devel­op­ment. Today, we would like to present to you a new blog­ging guide we have come […]

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How To Start A Blog: Blog Platform

by Seth

Start­ing your blog is excit­ing and a lot of fun.  Most peo­ple have read a friend’s blog or maybe a busi­ness blog while online.  Then even­tu­ally the thought comes… “I think I want to start a blog”.  After a few weeks or months you even­tu­ally get around to start­ing it and then you think to your­self, “How do you start a blog”? […]

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From Barista to Blogger

From Barista to Blogger

by meganh

In this post, Megan Hur­ley talks about the future we all want for our blogs, and how we can take baby steps to achiev­ing a happy future. If you would like to guest post on Blo­gus­sion, read our guide­lines for more infor­ma­tion. At some point in his or her life, almost every­one will land a min­i­mum wage […]

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How to Setup a WordPress Backup System

by David Turnbull

Most blog­gers stress the impor­tance of back­ups but have lack­lus­ter sys­tems in place them­selves. Luck­ily, because of Word­Press’ bril­liant com­mu­nity there are plu­g­ins avail­able to help even the lazi­est of blog­gers. But I must point out that there are far more advanced backup sys­tems that you may want to explore as your blog grows. In the early […]

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The Secrets to More Effective Blogging

The Secrets to More Effective Blogging

by Alex

The def­i­n­i­tion of blog­ging has sig­nif­i­cantly changed over time as the idea has advanced. I have heard many things about the future of blog­ging. I have heard it is dying, it is dead, and of course it’s noth­ing that it used to be. Blog­ging, in many cases has become a more pas­sive activ­ity over time. Many new blog­gers out […]

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Build Your Community, Stop Begging for One

by Seth

Recently I house sat a small dog named Louis (Looey) for a cou­ple of weeks.  He was an incred­i­bly well trained dog that never once made a mess on the floor, ruined my fur­ni­ture, scratched my door, or barked all night. By the end of the week I real­ized that Louis was a one in a mil­lion kind of dog.  He waited until […]

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