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October Trends + The 10 Horrors of Blogging

ProBlogger

We’ll use posts from Regator about these top stories to illustrate how you can avoid the ten horrors of blogging…. is an example of a post with clear tags, author information, and date information. The Reason example above has an inviting, clearly structured comments section that requires nothing more than a name.

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Monthly Trends + Resolutions for a Better Blog

ProBlogger

It’s the beginning of the month as well as the year, so, as always, Regator has provided blogosphere trends for the month, and I’ll use posts about these popular stories to inspire you to make a vow to improve your blog in the New Year. This example from The Big Picture shows just how striking the right photo can be.

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Monthly Trends + 10 Tips for a Flawless Linking Strategy

ProBlogger

This guest post is written by Kimberly Turner, cofounder of Regator. Example: Serious Eats links to a number of food blogs in “ Weekend Cook and Tell Round Up: Thanksgiving Leftover Derby.”. To link or not to link—that is the question. What should you link to in your blog posts? How many outbound links should you have?

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Blogosphere Trends + The Art of Live Blogging

ProBlogger

Example: World Watch ’s Live Blog: Egypt in Crisis, Day 11. Yes, you are on the scene, gathering original information, doing interviews, and taking your own photos, but if you’re covering a broad story (in this example, the revolution in Egypt), you simply can’t be everywhere at once. Example: Packers Blog ’s Super Bowl XLV live blog.

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Blogosphere Trends + Effective Calls to Action

ProBlogger

To give you some examples of these tips in action, I’ll use blog posts about the last month’s most-blogged-about stories, according to Regator (they are, in order: Japan , Libya , SXSW , Charlie Sheen , March Madness , AT&T , Elizabeth Taylor , St. Example: Social Times ’s “ 10 Ways To Help Japan Through Social Media ”.

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Monthly Trends + How to Instantly Triple Your Post Ideas

ProBlogger

As always, Regator has calculated the ten most-blogged-about stories of the last month, and we’ll be using posts about those popular stories to demonstrate the power of choosing the right angle. (The Kimberly Turner is a cofounder of Regator , as well as an award-winning print journalist. Please share your thoughts in the comments!

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

For example, what plays well on Digg versus what plays well on Propeller. Knowing the right people to send something to on StumbleUpon or keeping a conversation going on FriendFeed for example. I came across a great example earlier today; the form at [link] was probably designed by a regular marketer.