Blog Tips by BLOGBloke

It‘s all about the content … apparently. Right? That‘s what we hear all the time isn‘t it. But I would like to qualify that statement by adding we should be writing original content. You might snide there is no such thing as original content on the internet and the cynic in me might agree with you .. or is there? […]

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As you know there hasn’t been a whole lot of blogging activity around here lately except on Twitter. I’ve been reading and watching, and then some from the sidelines. I’ve been searching for something to rekindle my passion for blogging or some new trend that will get my juices flowing again […]

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I wrote the following on Twitter today. I was trying to make a point about Twitter‘s character limitations:

1. Twitter’s 140 character limitation encourages incomplete thoughts and/or abuse of obscure and meaningless short-forms…

2. It’s a challenge (or even impossible) to […]

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I was pondering today why the social networking site Twitter is so incredibly popular. So I thought I would Google it and read what others are saying about Twitter. Surprisingly I couldn’t find much out there so I started to write down my own reasons and it wasn’t long before I came up with the following reasons for Twitter’s popularity […]

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Blog Bloke readers have been asking me how I was able to add colorful backgrounds to the comments section in my blog. So this tutorial will show you how to make your comments stand out from the crowd and boost your blog’s visual impact […]

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Before I begin I want to say that this technique should work for any blog platform including Blogger and Wordpress users.
After upgrading my blog template I stopped using my Search Tags because New Blogger already comes with a labels/categories functionality built in (just like Wordpress does). That decision seemed logical at the time because the label/categories were also being […]

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Apparently that‘s the mantra of bloggers who attended this year‘s so-called “Elite Retreat” that is being held in San Francisco as I speak.
OMG! I just couldn‘t believe my eyes when I read how much they are charging:
It costs $5,000 big ones!
Yes dear bloggers you read that correctly. Spend $5,000 $4,950 dollars (U.S.) and you too could hob-nob […]

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RSS Search… Tracking Yourself, your Blog Niche or your Business
In case you don‘t know Bloggers are an egotistical bunch (a-listers being the worst offenders of all of course). Otherwise where would we find the cahunas to put our diaries online for public consumption (aka blogging).
I‘m willing to bet you‘ve been amazed at how some bloggers (that you‘ve linked to) are able to find your posts so quickly. Or how […]

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First part of the “Blogging with Wordpress” video series.

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It‘s seems unusual to start a new year by writing on a blog other than mine. But I‘m glad that this time it‘s for Blog Bloke.
Last month there was a buzz in the Blogger.com community when Google decided not to allow those without a Google account to post a link to their blog. For many […]

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So far so good Blokesters. The move over to Wordpress has been pleasant for the most part but not without it‘s nuisances either.
Probably the hardest part for me was deciding on what type of theme that I wanted. But once I made the decision there was no holding me back. […]

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Just a quick note on how things are progressing with my new Wordpress theme.
I don‘t know if it‘s just me but I‘m finding this easier than when I was switching over to the New Blogger. Blogger uses some unconventional coding, whereas Wordpress seems more straightforward to me. I also thought I was going to have […]

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I was reading Mike‘s post over at Twenty Steps entitled “How to get traffic to your website for free“.
In it he lists 5 great blog tips:
1. Subscribe to forums related to your subject. Include your website in your auto signature and don‘t ever mention your site directly for fear of being branded a spammer;
2. Leave […]

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Ask yourself this question — is your blog lost amongst the hundreds of thousands of other blogs out there? Do you need to set yourself apart from an already overly crowded niche? Is your blog neglected and does it deserve to be better recognized? If your answer is yes then this article is for you. […]

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