January 26th, 2012
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Unfortunately, there are several bad habits that many bloggers find themselves falling into which are very hard to break. But break them you must!
Check out my tips for breaking bad habits that are keeping you from being a happy blogger with a successful blog.
Are you guilty of any of these bad habits? How did you finally kick the habit? Leave a comment and share your tips.
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January 23rd, 2012
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69 writing jobs for bloggers have been listed in the About.com Blogging Forum in the Writing Jobs for Bloggers folder. This week's list includes opportunities to write for MTV and POLITICO.
Have you visited the About.com Blogging Forum lately? Some great blog contests have been listed recently. You can check them out in the Blog Contests folder.
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January 20th, 2012
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It's tax season again, and if you made income from your blog in 2011, that means you might need to claim that income on your tax return. You might also be able to claim extra deductions from your blogging work.
Read the articles below to get yourself ready to file your 2011 tax return:
Making Sense of Freelance Blogging Taxes
Tax Tips for Bloggers
Tax Deductions for Bloggers
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January 18th, 2012
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In case you missed the news, Tumblr photo posts now support animated GIF files up to 1 MB. Now, Tumblr users can publish animated GIFs quickly and easily!
You can see it in action in this photo post of an animated GIF published by the Tumblr team.
Check out more Tumblr features for bloggers.
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January 18th, 2012
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In case you missed the news, Tumblr photo posts now support animated GIF files up to 1 MB. Now, Tumblr users can publish animated GIFs quickly and easily!
You can see it in action in this photo post of an animated GIF published by the Tumblr team.
Check out more Tumblr features for bloggers.
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January 16th, 2012
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78 writing jobs for bloggers have been listed in the About.com Blogging Forum in the Writing Jobs for Bloggers folder. This week's list includes jobs blogging for the Village Voice and working with X17.
Many blogging job postings ask writers to submit writing samples. Make sure you send your best blog post by running it against the blog post checklist first to make sure it's as good as it can be!
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January 15th, 2012
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Finding online influencers who have the eyes and ears of an audience who would be interested in your blog content is an excellent way to indirectly promote your blog and drive traffic to it. As you develop relationships with online influencers, you might even be able to ask them to help you spread the word about one of your blog posts.
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January 8th, 2012
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49 writing jobs for bloggers have been listed in the About.com Blogging Forum in the Writing Jobs for Bloggers folder. This week's list includes opportunities to write for MensFitness.com and U.S. News and World Report!
Many writing jobs require that bloggers have search engine optimization skills, so be sure to read the following articles to brush up on your SEO knowledge:
Top 10 SEO Tips
Top 5 SEO Don'ts
SEO Terms Quick Reference Guide
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January 8th, 2012
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I'm often asked what are blog feed ads and how can they be used to make money from a blog? To help explain, I put together an overview of blog feed ads that covers what blog feed ads are, the positives of blog feed ads, the negatives of blog feed ads, and the bottom-line that you should understand about them before you decide to try them on your blog.
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Blogger Finally Supports Threaded Commenting
January 12th, 2012 1 comment »For years, Blogger users have been asking for a feature to be added to the application that allows threaded commenting on blog posts. Finally, the feature has been rolled out! Threaded commenting enables visitors to reply not just in a long list of general comments in response to an original blog post but also to reply to each other. When a visitor replies to a specific comment on a blog post ...[continue]