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FeedBurner vs. Aweber: Do You Really Need an Autoresponder for Your Blog?

ProBlogger

When it comes to turning casual visitors into regular readers there are two main options—FeedBurner and Aweber. FeedBurner uses Feed-based technology (RSS and Atom) to send updates to your blog subscribers. Owned by Google (Google bought it in 2007 for $100 million), FeedBurner is one of the biggest feed syndicators on the Internet.

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Applying the Johari Window to as/w Product

The Marketing Blog

With full respect to the author I do believe that the self of typical software beta can be compared with a human being’s self. Wouldn’t anything beyond public be poor software design or inefficient marketing? July 29, 2008.10:48 The Story Public: A common set of features that are visible to both my market and myself.

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Cool Apps & Tools

The Marketing Blog

Cayra.net & Bubbl.us – Mindmapping software is a great utility to share your thoughts in a professional environment. MindMaps allow you to do just that in a cool way MindJet’s MindManager software is the best tool around but it comes at a cost.

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Google Apps – no more free sign-ups, no more Freemium

The Way of the Web

As we respond to increased demand, the revenue has covered the need for more admin and collaboration tools, but at the same time, I’ve been experimenting with other projects, like niche publishing, where adding the costs for 4-5 users would wipe out the profits from some sites entirely. And personally I think that’s a bad move.

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4 WordPress Alternatives: the What, Where, and Why

ProBlogger

If you do a Google search for “ blogging software ,” WordPress will likely be among the first results you’ll see. Today I present to you four alternatives you may never have heard of, showing you the pros and cons of each, how much they cost, and where you can get them from. Feedburner integration. Cost and availability.

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From Blogging To ProBlogging in 6 Months

ProBlogger

One exercise we’d do when starting new projects was to identify the costs, expenses, and net profit. Net profit is the real profit you make, for example, when you’ve taken away web hosting fees, software licenses, training, design work and, of course, your own time. Earlier in my career, I worked with IBM.

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Principles of Effective Blog Design

ProBlogger

Invite them to subscribe to your blog posts over email ( Feedburner is a good tool for this). Some people advocate that given the proliferation of low-cost cameras and smart phones, your own photography should be used rather than stock. Use a lead magnet to attract them to sign up to your email list.