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29 June 2011

Why do YOU blog?

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My college English students are all experimenting with blogging, and many of them want to know why. Here is guidance from previous posts on this blog:
What is a blog and WHY should I do one?
Why do people read blogs?
What should your first blog post be about?
Should you set up your …

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21 June 2011

Simple answer to getting blog readers and commenters

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Time for new student bloggers and the typical questions: “How do I get more readers?” and “How do I get people to comment?”
My standard answers have been these three:
1)  Comment on other people’s blogs
2)  Announce your new posts on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
3)  Add a user-friendly comment device [don’t make …

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4 June 2011

How to increase blog readership: Comment on other blogs

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What can I do to get my blog noticed?
That question was answered in a blog April 25, 2009– two days after I first started my own blog — from Problogger.net, probably the best resource for info on blogging.

“Adding comments on other blogs, especially the most popular ones, is a great …

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30 May 2011

Blogging 101: What IS a blog, anyway . . . and WHY should I do one

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Yes, a blog is definitely a great way to promote a business online these days – now that everyone can become a publisher at NO cost, or a relatively low one. Anyone with an Internet connection can post his or her thoughts, opinions, and activities on the Global Whiteboard to …

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14 December 2010

Why do people read blogs? To find personal opinions and insights on topics they care about

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When deciding if you, too, should become a blogger, then tons of questions come to mind — and one of the first should be “Why do people read blogs?”
After all, if you are going to spend time and energy writing on the Global Whiteboard, you do want readers. So your …

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22 September 2010

“Simple” Answers to 6 Basic Social Media Questions

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NOTE: This article is being republished for my online students in the course Social Media for Journalists:
Every new enterprise —  whether it’s a new project, new class, new relationship, or a new business — begins with some degree of Confusion. The key to getting past the initial uncertainties is to …

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3 July 2010

What Should Your FIRST Blog Post Be About?

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I love that question about writing the very first blog post: The thought was mine, as well as that of most of my blogging students.

“I want my blog to be perfect, so I’d better take a whole lot of time to think about it, research it, draft it, write …

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9 April 2010

How To Write That First Blog Post on WordPress.com

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Many of my blogging students leave a workshop with all the confidence in the world, i.e., they’ve got a Blog Name and a new theme, and we’ve even put up one post with a photo.

How to start a blog
How to find a free fancy design for your blog

But then they …

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20 February 2010

Should You Set Up Your Own Blog?

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My most recent blogging workshop gathered together a dozen participants with a wide range of experience and understanding of social media — from some attendees who weren’t quite sure what a blog was to a few people with active, sophisticated websites.
What they all shared, however, was the question about whether …

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30 January 2010

Beginner Blogger’s Workshop: What do I blog about?

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Q: Why do you want to blog?

A: Because it’s new and I want to do it.

Q: What do you want to blog about?

A: I don’t know. You tell me.

Blogging is a power strategy for Content Marketing, i.e., communicating about yourself and/or your company to win friends, followers, clients, and customers.
Six …

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28 January 2010

Avoid These 9 Blogging Blunders: Guest Post by Suzanne Vara

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“Blogging is a way to share your thoughts, knowledge and information like never before.  We blog for many reasons which are  unique to us as people, but yet share a community that is a part of us.” — Suzanne Vara

Suzanne Vara is one of my new online friends/collaborators/role models, whom …

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8 November 2009

Use your Blog to become the GO-TO Source for Information

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Lots of people considering social media strategies for business and personal reasons [like job seeking] may not fully appreciate the value of blogging.

the TIME
the SKILLS
the COMMITMENT

Is Blogging Worth all That?
Absolutely, according to Dean Guadagni, Social Media Marketing/Director at Inner Architect and source for two of my previous articles — Networking …

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