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

ProBlogger

When I began blogging in 2002 I made a lot of mistakes and had a lot of false assumptions about blogging. One of the things I quickly found out didn’t work when trying to grow a blog was to use it purely as a broadcast tool. It’s no wonder that only my wife read my blog that first week (and even she never really came back).

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Blogs: I'll Show You Mine if You'll Show Me Yours

Almost Savvy

Who doesn’t have a blog these days? Many people started a blog way back when, but may have since abandoned them for other pursuits. Blogging provides a simple,?yet What is your take on blogs? Etymology: shortened form of Weblog Usage: blog, blogged, blogging v, blogger n A few of my friends on Twitter define a?blog

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11 Characteristics of Highly Influential Blog(ger)s

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

There are at least ten characteristics off the top of my head that make blogs and bloggers successful. These characteristics give the blogs mentioned below fame, fortune, and loyal followings. Want to build your blog and following? Blogs like Mashable and Gizmodo offer a consistent stream of stories every single day.

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Blogging Between Hot Flashes

Almost Savvy

I didn’t grow up reading blogs or surfing the net. While I frequently speak about the virtual world, blogging is completely new to me. I recently took a leap of faith, establishing a self-hosted blog using wordpress.org. Setting up the new blog isn’t as different an experience as one may think.

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Blogging Between Hot Flashes

Almost Savvy

I didn’t grow up reading blogs or surfing the net. While I frequently speak about the virtual world, blogging is completely new to me. I recently took a leap of faith, establishing a self-hosted blog using wordpress.org. Setting up the new blog isn’t as different an experience as one may think.

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Visitors from the Ukraine

Josh S Peters

Due to the security of this event I can’t really talk at length about what I’m doing till it’s over, but I was given this little blurb that I can give you: “Five International Visitors from Ukraine participating in the U.S. Ari Herzog There already is, and it's called the Federal Web Managers Council.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

The blog will remain the same. This is a major consideration for us, given how much I travel (and how much I’ll likely travel in the next couple years after The Now Revolution – my forthcoming book with Amber Naslund – is published in February). Many people have asked us “Why Bloomington?