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

ProBlogger

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. One of the simplest ways to create these ‘listening spaces’ on a blog is to ask questions.

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How to Eliminate the Echo Chamber and Add New Dimensions to Your Blog

ProBlogger

This is of course a challenge (as are all other 9 points) as it can be difficult to find the quality ‘unknown source’ partly because no one is linking to them (hence they are unknown). Look outside the Blogosphere. ” OUCH! :-). Here is one more of my own that came to mind while I read Chris’s list: 11.

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A Blog is a Better Social Media Hub Than Twitter

Socialized

Of course there are many reasons these people are influential, but a very basic reason is that they are creating original content somewhere other than Twitter. Please share your experiences launching your blog, or ask a question, by leaving a comment below. Who do you see most often retweeted? Guy Kawasaki. Robert Scoble.

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Tips to Add Originality to your Blog

ProBlogger

answer questions. FREE 7-Day Content Sprint mini-course . 7-Day Content Sprint Series of 3 mini-courses. what did they miss? what are others saying? how does it apply to you? look forward. look backward. extend ideas. take the ‘opposite’ tac. ask what if? Resources.

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Tips to Add Originality to your Blog

ProBlogger

answer questions. FREE 7-Day Content Sprint mini-course . 7-Day Content Sprint Series of 3 mini-courses. what did they miss? what are others saying? how does it apply to you? look forward. look backward. extend ideas. take the ‘opposite’ tac. ask what if? Resources.

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Tips to Add Originality to your Blog

ProBlogger

answer questions. FREE 7-Day Content Sprint mini-course . 7-Day Content Sprint Series of 3 mini-courses. what did they miss? what are others saying? how does it apply to you? look forward. look backward. extend ideas. take the ‘opposite’ tac. ask what if? Resources.

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What Websites Are You the One True Fan of?

Justin Levy

If Eric and Todd’s names sound familiar, they were the co-founders of MyBlogLog , which was the visitor tracking service that was used across the blogosphere and was acquired by Yahoo! That’s always the ultimate question with all of these services: What value will the user derive from using the service? Yeah, exactly.