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How Young is Too Young?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Some even boast high rankings and good sized communities. His blog is full with regular small byte-sized updates about U2, sports, movies, and more. It took me 6 months to acquire a good amount of traffic and cultivate a community on my blog and the same goes for any new blogger. Glen , too, got an early start.

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Q & A: How to Solve Every Blogging Problem You’ll Ever Have

Viper Chill

The difference is that it may be a lot harder, and take a while longer, to find those 5,000 people and introduce them to your community. When Leo Babauta hit the front page of Digg many years ago with his list posts – when Digg could easily send you 30,000 visitors in just a few hours – he really went all out on that style.

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Why You Should Have a Secondary Twitter Account

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

With Twitter being so incredibly large and vast, there are different types of mini-communities. I ran a sports site until just recently, and I LOVED to talk sports from that Twitter account. not so much sports fans). Sports – latest trades, rumors, and opinions 4. Call them cliques if you will.

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The Most Important Blogging Analysis Ever

Viper Chill

It would be far more interesting to look at travel, sports, politics, or celebrity blogs to see how they get link. Reply Glen says: November 5, 2009 at 12:29 pm I know that unusual pictures or things that are simply amazing tend to do well on Digg, Reddit and StumbleUpon. That’s what I would love to read.

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7 Truths About Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Thanks to books like The New Community Rules , written by yours truly, Engage , Social Media 101 , and others, social media marketing is, for the time being, going to still be on people’s minds as they discover this bright and sunny marketing opportunity. Do you know what that means? Social media is a lengthy, tedious process.

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11 Characteristics of Highly Influential Blog(ger)s

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

By putting effort into the writing process, you reap the benefits of a community that supports you because you lift them through your words. Bloggers who focus on a niche and tackle it are highly respected among their peers and within their communities. Want another tip on how to write well? Read a lot. Tips on self-improvement?