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There is no shame in having a new blog, nor is there any shame in having a personal blog where you do not care how many subscribers you have or how many people actually read it.  But just as you shouldn’t put advertising on a new blog (see Rule #3), don’t go flouting that you [...]

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Go install the Alexa toolbar and the Google toolbar on your browser. It’s important for a blogger, or any site owner to scope out other sites in your niche or subject area.  While you are poking around, it helps to know if the site you are looking at is well ranked and trafficked. I’ve recently [...]

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I spend a decent amount of time traveling around the blogosphere, looking at other blogs and sites on the lookout for that latest new thing or hidden online money making technique that I can use to my advantage. And all too often I’ll come across a blog with some odd stats. Take this one below [...]

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100 Rules for Bloggers #13 – Don’t Clutter Your Blog

by El Plumber (admin) on February 4, 2009

I see this far too often when surfing blogs.   The theme and layout of the content vs the columns vs the ads is just so bizarre that  I can hardly find the content through the misplaced and odd sized badges, fake “awards”, tiny chicklets for every BlogCatErLinkSter site, and crapton of ads. Keep it [...]

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100 Rules For Bloggers #12 – Get Viewers Involved

by El Plumber (admin) on December 24, 2008

If you want to drive repeat visitors to your site and really drive traffic, you need to not only provide great new content on a regular basis, but you need to figure out ways to get readers involved in your site. Encourage comments, host contests where people vote, hold votes and polls, anything to get [...]

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100 Rules For Bloggers #11 – Host Your Own Blog

by El Plumber (admin) on December 22, 2008

Rule #11: Sure, it’s easier to use a free host for your blog at first.  Minimal startup time with WordPress.com or Blogger and you’re off to the races! But you’re not in control of your own destiny. For WordPress.com, they won’t let you advertise or put up affiliate links to 99% of the  programs out [...]

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Rule #10 Hundreds of Millions of people hit the Internet every day looking for something.  They’re either looking for: Information that they need or want.  For instance, I went looking for a Cinnamon Raisin Bread recipe this morning and found it. Entertainment. You need to provide one of these two things to your readers, or [...]

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100 Rules For Bloggers #9 – Do Promote Your Blog!

by El Plumber (admin) on December 17, 2008

If you have real compelling content on a real blog or site (not a splog or squeeze page site), you need to promote it in a meaningful way, both to get SER (Search Engine Ranking) and to get actual subscribers and repeat visitors. There are lots of sites and lists out there of how to [...]

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100 Rules For Bloggers #8 – Don’t Spam Your Blog

by El Plumber (admin) on December 16, 2008

I see this on the BlogCatalog forums all the time.  There are lots of threads where people ask for comments, or visits, or Diggs or whatever and if you look through them, the same people troll them for visits over and over and over, posting their blog in every thread no matter what the subject [...]

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100 Rules For Bloggers #7 – Write About What You Know

by El Plumber (admin) on December 14, 2008

Rules For Bloggers #7 Write about what you know.  Sounds simple, but it seems like people either don’t know it or forget it all the time.  Pick a topic you know about and like, write about it on your blog a topic and stick to that topic or you’ll never gain readers and keep them.

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