Blogging Tips 101

New to blogging or ready to take your blog to the next level? Written for small business owners, consultants and freelancers, these tips demystify blogging and cover everything you need to know about blog design, writing and promotion.

How to Spend Less and Still Get a Brilliant Blog Design

How to Spend Less and Still Get a Brilliant Blog Design

Recently a blog consultation client asked me for an example of a blogger who invested in branding and blog design then took off fast because of it. I immediately

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Quick iPhoneography Tips for Bloggers

7 Time-Saving iPhoneography Tips for Bloggers

I haven’t even had my iPhone for a year yet and it’s my first mobile phone ever. But the great thing about being a later adopter is that you get the latest model

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Blogging Tips A-Z - Series Roundup

Blogging Tips A-Z: the Ultimate Guide

Blogging Tips A-Z is a complimentary guide to my workbook Successful Blogging in 12 Simple Steps. These tips are for new bloggers, stalled bloggers

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Blogging tips personality

X, Y and Z for X-Factor, You and Zestful

This is the final instalment in our Blogging Tips A-Z series. I’m hoping to collate all the posts into an ebook for you but first it’s time to wrap the series

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Blog writing and formatting tips

W for Writing

Here’s a massive blog writing tips round up. It runs over 5,000 words long but it has everything you need to know to make sure your writing works

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Blogging Tips - How to Provide Value

V for Value

Are there certain blogs that you love? A few select blogs that you subscribe too because you don’t want to miss a single update and that you

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User friendly blog design

U for User-friendly

Do you get fed up visiting blogs where you can’t work out what to click or how to find the information you need? Maybe you even like the blog, have

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Blogging Tips Wordpress Themes

T for Themes

Wordpress is the best choice for bloggers because it: can be customised to allow you to do whatever you want with you blog; has the biggest

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Blogging Tips Search Engine Optimization

S for Search Engine Optimization

Search engine optimization, often refered to as SEO, can help you connect with more blog readers and especially readers who are actively seeking

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Blogging Tips Readers

R for Readers

To succeed at blogging you need to focus on people. The people who will be reading your blog. When I hold blogging workshops I talk about being

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Blogging Tips Quality Control

Q for Quality Control

Too often perfectionism or setting unattainable goals makes us worry that our writing, our blog posts or our work aren’t good enough. Repeatedly

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Blogging tips plug-ins

P for Plug-ins

I recommend Wordpress shamelessly – apart from being easy to use it also has the widest number of plug-ins available. Plug-ins are extras you

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blogging tips social media outposts

O for Outposts

Blogging outposts are all those other places bloggers can hang out to meet new people and connect with new readers. There are hundreds of

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Blogging Tips Networking

N for Networking

It’s not what you know it’s who you know so let’s look at how you can use that to your advantage. Networking is essential to build those blogging

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Blogging Tips Monetization

M for Monetization

Do you dream of making money from your blog? Would you like to monetize your passion and turn your hobby into a viable business which allows

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Blogging Tips: Learning Curve

L for Learning Curve

“A steep learning curve is when you have tons to learn and you need to get it it figured out soon, and that’s not easy for anyone I’ve ever met. And

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Blogging Tips: Knowledge

K for Knowledge Building

Are you a life long learner? Blogging offers a fantastic opportunity to learn about your business, online marketing and so much more. So many

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Blogging jargon tips

J for Jargon

Do you ever feel bamboozled by all the technical jargon involved with blogging? Don’t worry, it’s perfectly normal and nothing to be ashamed of.

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Blogging Tips Inspiration

I for Inspiration

Looking for inspiration on what to blog about? Ideas are everywhere byt the best starting point is your blog readers. New bloggers and business

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Blogging Tips Headlines

H for Headlines

Do you want more people to read your blog posts? Focus on your headlines. The blog headline is easily the most important part of your post because

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Blog Commenting Tips

Why I’ll Never Quit Commenting on Other Blogs

Do you ever feel as if leaving comments on other people’s blogs is a waste of time? I did too and, after I wrote about my time management problems

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Blogging Tips: Goals

G for Goals

Like most bloggers I set up my first blog as an experiment. I had a vague idea of what I wanted to write about and a secret goal for my blogging. Well,

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Blogging Tips A-Z:  Friends

F for Friends

Blogging can be a lonely and frustrating business. That’s probably why most bloggers give up after a few months of blogging. It’s sad and true but

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Blogging Tips Email Marketing

E for Email Marketing

Email marketing is powerful because it gives you a personal relationship with your readers. If your branding is strong and your content is compelling

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Blogging Tips Blog Design

D for Design

When it comes to blog marketing one thing can instantly establish your professional expertise. Even if you’re a rank amateur with no experience

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Blogging Tips A to Z - Content

C for Content

Blogging Tips A-Z is a new series which will run every Sunday (or Monday if you’re in Australia). It’s a quick start guide for new bloggers and a refresher course for bloggers who want to

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Blogging Tips A to Z Branding

B for Branding

Consistency is the key to strong branding online. Professional designers create a branded identity for businesses with precise guidelines on fonts, colors and logo use. If you don’t have

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Blogging Tips A to Z

A is for Analytics

Blogging Tips A-Z is a new series which will run every Sunday (or Monday if you’re in Australia). It’s a quick start guide for new bloggers and a refresher course for

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Blog post writing tips

Are You Scared Your Blog Posts Suck?

That’s every blogger’s greatest fear isn’t it? So often when you hit that publish button there’s a little voice in your head saying the post sucks. So often when you go online you’re wondering if

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Personal online branding for bloggers and business

Personal Online Branding To Make You Shine Online

If you’re online you’re a brand. What are people learning about you? What story does the photo or gravatar you use tell us? What’s the story on your Facebook wall? How about your on blog, your

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Author: Annabel Candy