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What Do You Want People to Say About Your Blog? A Blog Branding Exercise

Published on August 24, 2011 By webtools

“A brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.”—Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder. This quote gets pulled out a lot by bloggers (I’ve used it three times in the last week myself) but I wonder if it might be time to give it a little more intentional pondering as we think [...]

Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
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What Do You Want People to Say About Your Blog? A Blog Branding Exercise

Usable Content: a Blogger’s Introduction

Published on July 26, 2011 By webtools

You’ve probably heard of usability. Back in the day, when the web was wild(er) and free(r), usability proponents like Jakob Nielsen encouraged site owners to stop doing things like displaying yellow text on black backgrounds, shun the Blink and Marquee tags, and focus on helping users do what they wanted to do on websites. These [...]

Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
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Usable Content: a Blogger’s Introduction

“Most Recommended” by Blogging Geniuses at WordCamp Boston

Published on July 25, 2011 By webtools

This guest post is by Marci Reynolds of marcireynolds.com. The July 2011 WordPress WordCamp Boston rocked! Hundreds of eager WordPress users gathered to watch more than 40 speakers who presented on topics from social media to themes to shortcodes to security. I took detailed notes as I listened, watched and networked with blogging and WordPress [...]

Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
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“Most Recommended” by Blogging Geniuses at WordCamp Boston

4 Tips for Pitching Guest Posts Like a Pro

Published on July 25, 2011 By webtools

This guest post is by Aman Basanti of Ageofmarketing.com. Since launching my blog in Mid-may 2011, I have guest posted on a number of A-list blogs in the blogging and online marketing niches (including ProBlogger, MarketingProfs, and Daily Blog Tips). In doing so, I have learned some important lessons in getting guest posts accepted on [...]

Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
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4 Tips for Pitching Guest Posts Like a Pro

Six Things I Learned in My First Six Months as a Problogger

Published on July 25, 2011 By webtools

This is a Guest Post by John Saddington of TentBlogger. Like many professional bloggers, my journey started years ago, as I dabbled in blogging for myself and for my friends. I’m not exactly sure when it happened, but it did—the date doesn’t matter much here. And, to be completely honest, I had really no idea [...]

Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
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Six Things I Learned in My First Six Months as a Problogger