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12 Ways To Make Your WordPress Blog Cleaner And Cuter

Waxing UnLyrical

A Better Blogroll If you like highlighting other bloggers on your site via a blogroll, you will probably find that as you add more and more to them, it becomes a huuge list. Try the Better Blogroll plugin. I love how, when you click on an image, it starts the slideshow right on your blog! Which means it’s very long.

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5 Ways To Spice Up Your WordPress Blog

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If you’re just getting started blogging (or maybe even if you’ve been doing it a while), here are some WordPress plugins I really really like. I really like its functionality, plus it’s a great way for folks to search on your blog as well as on the Interwebz without actually leaving your blog.

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How I Set Up My WordPress Blog In 2 Hours

Waxing UnLyrical

But really, how many blogs does a gal need? If you and I talk regularly on Twitter, or Facebook… heck, even in the early days of WUL (and I have to stifle a giggle as I say that, because this blog is barely two years old!) So it’s probably high time that I started a food blog. Image: kennymatic via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Watching Me Blog

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Blogs are one of the most valuable marketing tools ever created. I started blogging in September 2003, and since then I have written almost three thousand posts. I'm proud of this blog mostly because it serves two personal Gods for me: my love of writing and my love of sharing. with his post: Watching Mitch Joel Blog.

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[Answered] Are Guest Blog Posts Even Worthwhile Or Am I Just Giving Away My Content?

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Great question came to me yesterday regarding the activity of link-building through guest blogging. I have a small blog and want to grow it and I have read a lot about back-link building. I have a small blog and want to grow it and I have read a lot about back-link building. Am I being selfish about my content?

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Weekly Roundup: The Magic of Discovery

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Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: The Magic of Discovery November 14th, 2010 Tweet Whither blogroll? A question from Davina Brewer on how folks are using their blogrolls got me thinking. What’s a gal to do?

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Judging A Blog Post By Its Cover

Waxing UnLyrical

They might be helpful to you as you continue on your path as a blogging Grasshopper. WordPress has a great preview function, where you can see exactly how your post will appear… before it publishes. Platforms with mobile interfaces like Posterous can be quick easy ways to mobile blog. Preview before you publish.

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