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Clarify the business goals for your blog

Like most things in life, blogging is most effective when you have a target to shoot for. People write blogs for many reasons: passion about a subject; fame; direct income; getting leads for their existing businesses; even just killing time. Often it’s a mix. At first, the goal is usually more a [...]

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Is your blog theme keeping readers away?

I’m not just talking about how your blog looks. The actual code behind the design has a much bigger impact on your online success than you might guess.
Wendy of eMoms at Home did a great writeup on ProBlogger yesterday where she talked about the importance of a well-coded blog template and described the phenomenal [...]

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Engage your readers by focusing on one narrow topic in each blog post

A great article from the latest PsychoTactics newsletter about sticking with a topic. Although it’s talking about making presentations, the point is equally applicable to blogging. As you read, think about your posts. Do they each focus as specifically as the article recommends? Here it is, reprinted with permission:

How To Make [...]

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