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A Death In The Family. Missing Michael O'Connor Clark

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I joined Twist Image in 2002. On one of those Toronto trips, we wound up heading out to a tech meet-up, where I was exposed to the grit of the Toronto tech community. While it's just an avatar, you really do get the sense like you are seeing and interacting with them (even if all you're doing is creeping on their content).

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9 Ways to Grow Your Blog Faster

ProBlogger

As you may well know, I started blogging back in 2002. And when you know what your readers need, you can create content, products and services to meet those needs. 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?).

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246: 9 Ways to Accelerate the Growth of Your Blog

ProBlogger

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 hope they kind of meet different ones of you at different parts in your journey.

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213: Blogging and Content Marketing: 10 Things To Know

ProBlogger

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. Anyway, I did meet some people who knew how to make text bold and they eventually redesigned my blog for me. Some people would call them personas or avatars today. I was the only one.

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278: Evolve Don’t Revolve Your Blogging

ProBlogger

” Now, I started blogging in 2002. It was a mind-blowing question to be asked because everything has changed in my blogging since 2002 except for the fact that a blog is pretty much the same thing. There’s lots of things have changed since 2002. The way we’ve been in 2002 is changing.

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The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Some people require face-to-face meetings before they invite you into their private lives. Add an avatar and a bio at the minimum. There are VERY few people I befriend on Facebook just through blogging — unless I meet them face to face first. There is no reason to make a personal request. Not humanizing your profile.

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