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10 Things I Wish I Had Known About Blogging When I First Began

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I’ve learned some pretty huge lessons along the way, and back when I started in 2002 there were quite a few things I wish I’d known! Could I have a go at building a community around a blog even though I had zero experience and probably more important things to do? Darren Rowse from Chris Guillebeau on Vimeo.

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How to Get the Word out about Your New Blog

ProBlogger

I wrote my first guest post back in 2002, before guest posting was even a thing. Back in 2002 I wrote a post for ProBlogger called Can You Really Make Money Blogging? [7 I may have also posted it on Vimeo). They didn’t create that audience. They just used it to get their message across. Repurpose your best content.

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216: How to Create a Style Guide for Your Blog (and Why You Should)

ProBlogger

Really great conference, very good community. I started blogging in 2002, 2004 for ProBlogger, of course things have changed. Do you allow people to embed content – YouTube videos or Vimeo videos or even social media? I was at the FinCon Conference where I did the opening keynote and had an absolute ball. Embeddable content.

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