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15 Blogging Secrets Even Gurus Would Be Surprised to Know

Writtent Blog

One of the smartest bloggers on the block, Chris Brogan, recommends that “technology should serve your community and your content, not just be there.” Consider Brogan’s tech tips: Evaluate Your Widgets: Do your buttons and apps slow down your blog’s loading time, or enhance your readers’ experience? Reward Your Community.

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Want Traffic? Then Make Things Happen

Kikolani

I trashed out all unnecessary widgets and made the essentials: Email Subscription. Joining in online community forums that have topics relevant to your niche and indirectly promoting your blog through a URL in your profile signature can also help boost your presence. The blogosphere has been ever growing and ever dynamic.

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Are Blog Comments Dead? | Justin Levy

Justin Levy

Written on July 30, 2010 by Justin Levy in blog , community , facebook , interactions , social media , twitter 23 Comments - Leave a comment! Increasingly bloggers are concerned that even though they know that their posts are being shared through other channels, that their communities still aren’t commenting on their posts.

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Friday Fun: #BringBackTheBlog

Diva Marketing Blog

With all the chatter about social networks and widgets and videos and podcasts and apps and tweets and gizmos (oh that's the next Big thing) the traditional blog has gotten lost in the digital maze. Seems only fitting that the first up should be Mark Story's post - Help Doug Haslam Ride. I'm going to let you in on my new secret. Mommy blogs.

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Accepting the Blogger’s Social Responsibility

ProBlogger

Darren mentions the five “Cs” of blogging include content, community, points of connection, cash, and contributing something of value to the world and the blogosphere. A passive blogger is more likely to place a widget on their blog sidebar, enabling a reader to navigate to a third-party site to make a donation if they feel inclined.

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Busting Facebook’s Most Widespread Myth

Convince & Convert

The real difference between the reach of fans (below) and organic reach is that the latter include views of people that are not fans of the page but have directly accessed your page or seen its content in a widget (for example, a “like box” on your site or blog). An effective page still enjoys phenomenal reach without paying a dime.

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Monthly Trends + 10 Tips for a Flawless Linking Strategy

ProBlogger

The top ten stories of the last month, according to Regator.com ’s blogosphere trends were: 1. Build relationships and community. When bloggers in a particular niche link to one another, it shows mutual respect and helps build the community around that niche. Thanksgiving , 2. Midterm Election , 3. Black Friday , 5.

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