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Mastering the Art of Listening: A Blogger’s Guide to Success

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When I began blogging in 2002 I made a lot of mistakes and had a lot of false assumptions about blogging. The people we tend to be drawn to in real life are people who pause in conversation to let you have a say, people who ask questions about you, people who have a genuine interest in what you’ve got to say.

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5 Ways To Write Like An Expert Without Writing A Book

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Oops—did you just get knocked over by a stampede of burning questions? Failing all that, of course, you can always write a book. Based in Maryland with roots in New York, she’s been crafting effective marketing copy as a writer and polishing many forms of prose as an editor since 2002.

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Augmented Reality in Games: The Future?

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Millions of gamers would pay top end to have a device which successfully merges reality with digital reality; just imagine this: Question is, is this concept as distant as having a real-life ‘holodeck’ from Star Trek? The first example of augmented reality gaming was in 2002, coming out of South Australia. Perhaps not.

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Eight steps to thriving on information overload

Buzz Marketing for Technology

ve heard many times after my speeches over the last few weeks, is to be staggered by the implications of where this is all going, followed by the question, â??So s a very valid question. There are many courses and books available on developing reading speed and comprehension. December 2002 (2). November 2002 (1).

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18 Lessons I’ve Learned about Blogging

ProBlogger

In November 2002 I first heard the word blog after a mate e-mailed me a link and said I should consider starting one. Work Hard Of course the saying that goes ‘you make your own luck’ has some truth to it. As I look at the year ahead I’ve been asking this question about some of my own blogs.

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How to Make Money Blogging – What We Wish We Knew

ProBlogger

I dabbled in making websites about 25 years ago (5 years before I started my first blog in 2002) and blogged for a full year on a personal blog before even considering that I could make money from blogging or starting blogs on any focused topic. I’ve written a lot more on this question of how quickly to put ads on a blog here.

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7 Habits of Lucky Entrepreneurs

ProBlogger

On a rainy Friday afternoon in November 2002, I received an email from a friend. Not all of them have high educational qualifications (some don’t have any), but they all gather information and knowledge by reading, listening to podcasts, going to conferences, asking questions, etc. That’s not to say I’ve never been lucky myself.