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9 Ways to Grow Your Blog Faster

ProBlogger

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?). It pretty much destroyed the community I’d created. Build community. The first challenge happened in 2005 by accident. But don’t stop there.

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Non di solo Google.

Buzz Marketing for Technology

How do you interact with content ideas and experiences to build new knowledge, be it in a school classroom, a museum space, a community space or an online space? I must confess that the educational examples of the use of avatar based virtual worlds for student learning have consistently d. On being disappointed. E-Learning Queen.

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Blog Design for ROI Rule #3: Shower Attention and Appreciation On Your Community

ProBlogger

Today we’ll talk about integrating your community into your design. One of the great benefits is that an engaged community promotes your blog, providing word of mouth marketing. This includes social bookmarking and sharing, as well as regular links from your community members’ own sites.

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246: 9 Ways to Accelerate the Growth of Your Blog

ProBlogger

One of the best things I ever did when I started my main blog today, Digital Photography School, is to create avatars, one of the best things that you can do. Gradually over time, I began to deepen my avatars. If you want to answer worksheets to help you work through creating avatars, it’s there.

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13 Social Networks That Are a Big Deal in Non-English Speaking Regions

Hootsuite

The makers of Line offer a collection of associated gaming apps, as well as an online avatar community called Line Play. QZone is a social platform that has come to the forefront in China since it was developed in 2005 by Tencent (the creator of WeChat). It allows you to send texts and voice notes.

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Color Clash: Pink or Purple?

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Color Clash: Pink or Purple? October 25th, 2010 Tweet A couple of weeks ago, I noticed my friend Kim Wells was sporting a purple ribbon on her Twitter avatar. Ever-curious, I asked why.

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PB167: My Million Dollar Blog Post (and How Procrastination Almost Stopped me Writing It)

ProBlogger

I said it will be a weekly show with tutorials on growing profitable blogs and then I named some of the categories, starting a blog, finding readers, building community, making money, creating content, then I said it would have some interviews but it would be mainly talking head, me, delivering the content which is actually how it turned out to be.