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Become a successful blogger in 3 steps

April 19, 2009 Blog

I read a lot of blogs about blogging and on the whole they’re a complete waste of time. In the time I’ve spent reading about being a better blogger I could have launched 5 niche websites and be making $1000 a month in passive income. So if you must start a blog, I’ve devised a [...]

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5 days to a better blog – Day 3

February 25, 2009 Blog

Yesterday I suggested we should only write blog posts when we have something of value to add. Today I’m going to contradict myself. Today’s lesson – Write to a schedule I’m the world’s worst blogger. I never write to a schedule and it hurts my blog traffic and my RSS subscriber stats. Why? Because most [...]

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5 days to a better blog – Day 2

February 24, 2009 Blog

Yesterday we discussed the first step to making a bad blog better. Today I want to discuss writing. Or not writing. Today’s lesson – If you have nothing to say, say nothing We’ve all read the A-list “make money blogging” blogs. And they all say pretty much the same thing: If you write it, often [...]

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5 days to a better blog – Day 1

February 23, 2009 Blog

In case you haven’t already figured it out, BLOGGING IS HARD. Using a blog to get clients for a small business requires a lot of time, great social interaction skills and a bunch of dumb luck. All of which are in mighty short supply in most business environments (mine included). I have a 5-step program [...]

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How to get more blog comments

January 16, 2008 Blog

If you’re a regular Copyblogger reader, you’ll know that yesterday’s guest post by James Chartrand made mention of a really simple way to improve interaction with your blog visitors. The premise is that finishing your post off with an open-ended question, rather than just a statement, gives your reader a reason to interact with you, [...]

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