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Home Business Advertising on a Limited Budget

August 27, 2009

Note: This is targeted towards readers who are trying to find out the basics of what they should be looking at in order to start advertising their new home business for free or on a limited budget. Intermediate to advanced readers should skip this one – or better yet, leave a comment with your [...]

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Why Mommy Bloggers Have Become So Popular

August 25, 2009

When moms first began blogging, barely anyone took notice. Now, even the captains of industry are taking notice. What is it exactly that has made mommy bloggers so popular?
Mom blogs have far reaching influence. Journaling was a way to relax and share stories. But, with the advent of social networking, moms began to connect with [...]

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Bloggers: Link Cloaking Plugin for Wordpress

August 18, 2009

I was recently searching out a plugin for WordPress plugin that just allowed me to shorten or cloak URLs. I knew I could use this to manage all of my affiliate links in one place. I found a few plugins, which worked okay – but there was one major drawback… NONE of them [...]

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Two Rules to Guarantee a Successful Small Business Blog

Two Rules to Guarantee a Successful Small Business Blog

April 22, 2009

Your friends, family, and colleagues have the best intentions when they say, “You should just start a blog” but they may not fully understand what it takes to create a successful blog. Small business owners need to understand that starting a blog is a lot like planting a garden, it requires a lot of work [...]

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Bring Social Media Comments Into Your WordPress Blog

Bring Social Media Comments Into Your WordPress Blog

April 14, 2009

Backtype, a web site that allows you to find and follow comments from across the web has recently released their first crack at a WordPress plugin. Installing the plugin to your WordPress blog allows you to show conversation and comments from Twitter, FriendFeed, Digg and more related to your content. Users can then [...]

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Blogging as a Business – a Blueprint

Blogging as a Business – a Blueprint

March 9, 2009

I’ll be honest with you, I’ve had so many blogs fail I wouldn’t even be able to list them by memory. I’ve tried niche blogs, broad-topic blogs, news blogs, and business blogs… but there was a reason they all failed.
I came across Yaro Starak, a crazy-haired Australian blogger who does very well for himself [...]

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How To Get More Blog Traffic: Get Real

December 28, 2008

Are you checking your web stats everyday, only to be dissappointed with less visitors than the day before?  Is your Feedburner count hovering between 0 and 2 (and you’re one of those 2)?
Look, everyone wants to get more traffic to their blog, but the fact is, not everyone is going to get it.  If you’ve [...]

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Free Stock Photography and Royalty Free Images for Your Blog

December 7, 2008

Even if you don’t consider yourself a blogger, chances are no matter what home business you’re working – you should be blogging.  Using images with blog posts helps a reader cue-in to what the subject is.  If someone is just skimming along your site, the image will catch them before any text, so it’s a [...]

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