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7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog

ProBlogger

The story need not be long or highly personal story – it could simply be sharing how you did something in your business (you’ll see me do this below when I talk about how on dPS we added a Flickr Group to dPS as an intermediate step on the way to starting a forum, now a Facebook Group ). I use personal language.

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7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog

ProBlogger

The story need not be long or highly personal story – it could simply be sharing how you did something in your business (you’ll see me do this below when I talk about how on dPS we added a Flickr Group to dPS as an intermediate step on the way to starting a forum, now a Facebook Group ). I use personal language.

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The Complete Solo Build It! Review - An Insider’s Perspective

The Social Media Hat

Domain Name, Managed Hosting, Website builder and customizable templates Keyword Research and other tools Free Support & Guidance A community of like-minded solopreneurs. I know people who spend that much on their domain names and hosting alone. We've published guest posts from Joel Comm , Lilach Bullock , Ted Rubin and others.

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20+ Commonly Asked Questions About Blogging & Online Marketing

Kikolani

What worked in 2011 may or may not be as effective in 2012. If someone asks me what blogging platform to use, I am always going to say self-hosted WordPress. As a freelance writer specializing in the online marketing niche, I can say that the blogs that consistently publish longer content (900+ words) are the most successful.

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The Great Google Sh*tstorm of Our Time

Viper Chill

I was mentioned on dozens of forums, had tweets from some of the biggest names in SEO and generally had more emails to respond to than I have in a really long time. This happens for Hostgator, Hostmonster and any other popular hosting company you can think of. Some of the comments are actually from as far back as January 2012.

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5 Ways to Creatively Brainstorm Guest Post Ideas

ProBlogger

The 2012 method of buying into guest posting networks is certainly no longer effective, instead, one needs to prepare, curate and pitch guest posting opportunities correctly. Who are the readers, what style of articles are published. Use forums for inspiration. Forums have been online for almost as long as the web has.

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5 Ways to Grow Your Blog Without Relying on Google Traffic

ProBlogger

In this article, I am going to share a few strategies that work well for me – these are the mainly how I quadruple my site traffics ever since it got hit by Penguin in April 2012. Real life scenario: Free icons at Web Hosting Secret Revealed. Strategy #1: Blog Commenting. getting a seat in front of their audience for your blog.

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