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A Death In The Family. Missing Michael O'Connor Clark

Twist Image

I joined Twist Image in 2002. It was more of a publishing platform than an engine of marketing. While it's just an avatar, you really do get the sense like you are seeing and interacting with them (even if all you're doing is creeping on their content). I wish I knew Michael O'Connor Clark better. The company already existed.

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9 Ways to Grow Your Blog Faster

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As you may well know, I started blogging back in 2002. When I started Digital Photography School I created avatars to represent the different types of people I’d be writing for. Sounds a bit like an avatar, doesn’t it?). For me, that’s search engine optimization. Some of them worked. Some of them didn’t.

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246: 9 Ways to Accelerate the Growth of Your Blog

ProBlogger

Having said those things, I want to talk about these nine things that have helped me to accelerate the growth of my blogs over the years, things I wish I knew back in 2002 when I started out and I hope that that will help you in your journey as well. I started blogging in 2002. Gradually over time, I began to deepen my avatars.

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278: Evolve Don’t Revolve Your Blogging

ProBlogger

” Now, I started blogging in 2002. It was a mind-blowing question to be asked because everything has changed in my blogging since 2002 except for the fact that a blog is pretty much the same thing. There’s lots of things have changed since 2002. The way we’ve been in 2002 is changing.

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The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Add an avatar and a bio at the minimum. And well, they say that social media is the new link exchange, so instead of asking for an old-fashioned link (which might have worked in 2002), consider using a more viable strategy for this modern time period. There is no reason to make a personal request. Not humanizing your profile.

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