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Blogging Productivity

Are you taking productivity the wrong way?

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in Blogging Tips & Tricks

Some of us are workaholics, and like to spend hours working on our blog. Some people can do it, they can sit around for a long period of time and be alright putting in that amount of work for free. I know that when it comes to writing and designing, I will have sessions where I’m focused on them for a few hours at a time.

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Blogging tips

The Best Blogging Tips From Around the Community – Wired Weekend

by Alex

Once again, it’s the weekend! How do you plan on spending it? Have you set yourself up for a weekend of relaxation away from the blog, or did you plan your relaxation period blogging? Whatever you choose to do, it doesn’t hurt to try to get some reading in.
Let me tell you, I have some [...]

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The Easy Blogging Life and Why You Can't Live it

The Easy Blogging Life: Are you Ready for it?

by Alex

We want everything to be easy. Things are nice when they’re handed to us, aren’t they? The more handouts, easy breaks and close calls we experience, the more we want. All of these things have to do with luck, and the people you interact with on your blog.
The “simple life” I’m talking about above is [...]

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I Don't Feel Like Blogging Today

I Don’t Feel Like Blogging Today

by Alex

I‘m not kidding either. For the first time in weeks, it is warm out (about 57 degrees today), and there is actually a field of green grass showing under the bright sun instead of a blinding white. Why would I, or anyone else want to sit inside on the computer on a day like today?
It’s [...]

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Search Engine Optimization: Is it worth the fuss?

SEO: Is it Really Worth all the Fuss? – Weekend Debate

by Alex

I have been talking a lot about SEO (search engine optimization) over this past week on Blogussion. I started the week off with an article about good headline writing techniques, and ended it talking about optimizing content for search engines.
With all of the discussions those two posts generated about search engine optimization, it left me [...]

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Blog Content Optimization

Blog Content Optimization Made Easier…Much Easier

by Alex

When it comes to writing content, you have a lot of things you need to take into consideration before publishing that final draft onto your blog. The one thing you need to consider before publishing anything is whether or not your article is ready to be seen by many people.
There are a lot of [...]

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How to write better blog titles

Headline Writing Techniques That Just Work

by Alex

A good blog headline is often the only factor that determines whether or not an article on your blog will be read. The idea that content is king is true, but some people miss out on reading that great content because there is nothing interesting in the headline that represents it.
Unfortunately, writing a good headline [...]

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How to bring life back to old posts

How to Tweet the Life Back into Old Posts

by Alex

How effective are your Twitter marketing campaigns? How often do you retweet your blog posts? Do you just retweet current articles, or do you ever dig deep back into your archives to find posts to tweet to your followers?
A great method I can’t recommend enough to bring back life into old articles is to simply [...]

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The best blogging tips from around the community

Wired Weekend: The Best Blogging Tips Around the Community

by Alex

In this edition of Wired Weekend, I’m going to be sharing with you some great blogging tips that I have found from the readers of Blogussion over the last week.
If you want to be able to get your link mentioned here, all you have to do is participate in the community here. Reply to some [...]

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How to Overcome Creativity Blocks by Making These 8 Simple Offline Changes

How to Overcome Creativity Blocks by Making These 8 Simple Offline Changes

by Alex

Ever feeling uninspired? Lacking creativity? Can’t figure out what you should write about next? It’s a very common thing to face a mental block; something that prevents you from getting your work done. It happens to everyone, and as hard as we try to prevent them from happening – it still happens.
Having these mental blocks, [...]

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The 3 B's of Networking

The 3 B’s of Networking

by Alex

Are you someone who keeps to themselves a lot and doesn’t like to really communicate with others? Would you rather wait for someone to start a conversation with you, or are you a person who likes to start conversations? I guess what I’m trying to ask is, are you a networker?
The way you interact and [...]

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The Traits of a Successful Blogger

Weekend Debate: What is the Most Important Trait of a Successful Blogger?

by Alex

My version of success is probably different than your version. But, success in a longshot can really be defined as the accomplishment of a set goal. You would probably agree with that, right? Of course, there’s more to it than that.

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Why Your Ego is Your New Best Friend

Why Ego is Your New Best Friend

by Alex

Whenever you hear about an ego being talked about, isn’t it usually in a bad way? I hear a lot about how “a big ego is bad for you,” and while I believe it’s true to some regard, I have to disagree more than I agree. Today, I want to talk to you about [...]

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