Blog Carnival Topic Is A Journey Back In Time

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Do you remember when you first started blogging? How together were you? Did you just dive head long into the blogsphere and hope for the best? How would things be different if you knew then, what you know now? That's the latest topic for the BWW Blog Carnival. Write a post sharing what you would have ...

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Cori Lost Her Cherry – She’s No Longer A Blog Carnival Virgin

Yup, it's true the latest issue of BWW Blog Carnival has hit the planet. You can find the list of all the participating articles over at Cori Pagett's great blog, Big Girl Branding. Cori can no longer claim the title of Blog Carvnival Virgin. And I must say she did a bang up job of ...

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The Sunday Blogging Paper – Great Reads From Around The Web

On Sunday morning many of us like to read the papers. Well, personally, I usually end up reading some interesting posts online. Let me share what I've been reading this morning. Some great articles for your weekend reading: What is HTML5, and Why Should You Care? (switched.com) There is no getting around it folks, HTML5 is coming ...

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Pay Per Post, How To Not Make Money On Your Blog

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In the quest to monetize a blog some bloggers go completely over-board and turn a successful blog into a desolate waste of space. They do this by replacing excellent posts with an over-abundance of pay per post content instead. There is nothing that will turn off readers faster than advertising copy that is trying to ...

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Minimal Blog Designs – The Sexy Power Of The Little Black Dress

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Almost every fashion conscious woman alive, owns at least one sexy little black dress. That's because they understand the power of minimal design. The sexy secret of the little black dress is that it shows off your best features without detracting from them in any way. This is the essence of minimal blog themes and ...

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As a Blogger, How Do You Measure Success?

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Today we have a great guest post by Jeffery Baril from Source Blogger. He and I have had quite an adventure of late... So read on and enjoy! Regardless of what you have been told, blogging is a business. Business owners learn early on that to make their business successful; will require them to be surrounded by ...

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Do You Dagaloo? Free Blog Promotion At It’s Best

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I'll admit that the Dagaloo bird isn't exactly friendly looking, but trust me, this is one bird you want on your side. He can help you create a successful blog by helping you get your blog content out there for all the world to see. With him on your side, the world can't help but ...

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13 Free Ways To Manage And Rotate Ads In WordPress

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Even if you have an ad optimized theme for WordPress, your ads may become stale to your readers and lose their effectiveness. So how can you combat this immunity that readers have to your WordPress ad blocks? The easiest solution is to rotate or randomize your ads. That way the readers' eye is drawn to ...

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Get The New Twitter Button For WordPress And More

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Everybody is all a-twitter about the new Twitter button that was released a few days ago. The new Twitter button allows you to tweet without leaving the page and shows a count for the number of tweets for that page. Now maybe this doesn't excite you because you use a Twitter button from a ...

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KeywordLuv And CommentLuv Tutorial Makes Them More User Friendly

Less experienced users may not fully understand that they must leave their website URL in your comment form for KeywordLuv and/or CommentLuv to work.  Even experienced users might just forget to add their URL accidentally. And since leaving a website URL is not mandatory on comment forms maybe we could do something to help them ...

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