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9 Ways to Grow Your Blog Faster

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As you may well know, I started blogging back in 2002. When I started Digital Photography School I created avatars to represent the different types of people I’d be writing for. Sounds a bit like an avatar, doesn’t it?). And then we provide links to a curated list of posts and podcasts, that help them get past it.

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246: 9 Ways to Accelerate the Growth of Your Blog

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Having said those things, I want to talk about these nine things that have helped me to accelerate the growth of my blogs over the years, things I wish I knew back in 2002 when I started out and I hope that that will help you in your journey as well. I started blogging in 2002. Gradually over time, I began to deepen my avatars.

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213: Blogging and Content Marketing: 10 Things To Know

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For me, it all started in 2002 with an email from a friend. Okay, It was 2002 and I got this email and it had four words in it and a link. Some people would call them personas or avatars today. I know some people like personas and avatars, other people don’t. Whether you’ve got an avatar or not, understand these things.

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