blogging

“How does this apply to me?” is a question I ask every time I visit another blog. Sure, there are some pretty narrow niches out there, but I think most of us want our blogs to appeal to as many people as possible. One of my challenges with blogging is to make sure it’s not [...]

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  So my good friend Andy Hayes and I were sitting in Champions having a drink and some nosh, while decompressing after a day of SXSW, this past March. Our conversation centered around a couple of people who were well known in the blogging/Internet marketing circles whose behavior offline didn’t match up to what they [...]

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I’m fresh back from the Type A Parent conference in Asheville, NC. Though the conference is always one of my favorites to attend each year, with top notch content and speakers relevant to serious bloggers, even those of us who aren’t parent bloggers, I’m going to disagree a bit with the monetization power panel that [...]

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I’m forgetful. This is probably something a woman who bases her career on words, deadlines and planning, but it’s true.  I have to outline everything I do. I write it all down, and punctuate with strategically placed post its, if necessary. I also set up many reminders on calendars and timers, hopefully with lots of [...]

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I used to own and blog for a top blog; the number one blog in its niche. I blogged every day and researched keywords and best practices.  In fact, it became an obsession to do it right, the way the pros were telling me to do it.  I suppose it all worked and that’s why [...]

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I began blogging around the same time as some of your favorite “A-List” veterans. They were my heroes too and each day I visited their blogs to learn new tips for monetization, blogging, social media and writing.  We’ve all gotten a little busier lately and I can’t check out those blogs as often as I [...]

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When I owned a popular freelance writing blog network, I dealt with negativity on a regular basis.  Most of said negativity wasn’t on my blog but on others.  Sometimes the negativity came in the form of comments under extremely respectful blog posts in rebuttal of  something I wrote, and sometimes the blog posts themselves were [...]

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First, a Dunce When I started blogging back in 2004, I had no clue I was blogging. I was simply posting updates about my writing. No sharing buttons, no social widgets, and mostly likely, few readers. It was an outlet for personal expression. Perhaps my content didn’t have the sexy curb appeal that is so [...]

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I’m one of those people who can’t focus without a distraction free environment. It’s why I work best out of my home. Because in an office there are people and they’re a distraction. There are also phones, break rooms, water coolers and, again, people. If there’s other stuff going on it draws my attention away [...]

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