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      This guest post is by Jason Towne of TopThreeDaily.com. I’m new to the blogosphere, but thanks to tips from ProBlogger and a few others, I decided to make the plunge and start my own blog. It’s only been a little over a week. The day after my site went live ...more    
      Blog Promotion
   
  
  Should You Use Affiliates to Promote Your Products?
      Last week I shared my answer to a common question that many people getting into online product marketing ask: “Should I offer a money-back guarantee?” Today I want to tackle two others: “Should I start an affiliate program to promote my product?” If so, “how much should I pay affiliates ...more    
      Blogging for Dollars
   
  
  How to Impress Blog Visitors Before they Start to Read
      This guest post is by Darren of Findermind.com Isn’t the best way to impress readers by providing great content? My answer would be yes, because most people come to your site for your content. There are, however, some things you can do to impress and build credibility among your (first-time) ...more    
      Miscellaneous Blog Tips
   
  
  Personal Blog Monetization Perils and Pitfalls
      This guest post is by Brooke Schoenman of Brooke vs. the World. I write for two blogs that are both travel-themed, yet very different from one another. Brooke vs. the World has been my personal travel blog for the past four years, while WhyGo Australia is more of a travel ...more    
      Blogging for Dollars
   
  
  Don’t Go It Alone: Relationship-building for Bloggers
      This is a guest post by Jane from Problogging Success. Let’s get it straight. Blogging is not a standalone job. You cannot blog in a space that doesn’t exist and to a group of virtual people. You need people—yes, living human beings, not just pairs of eyeballs—to read your blog. ...more    
      Build Community
   
  
  Monthly Trends + How to Instantly Triple Your Post Ideas
      For many bloggers, coming up with ideas for great posts is one of the biggest challenges. The good news is that if you have an idea for one post that will appeal to your readership, odds are, you have at least one more. How? By covering a story from a different angle. Every time you write a post, you determine the angle you’ll take—even if you’re not consciously doing so. Just like taking a photograph from a different angle can yield very different results (imagine a photo taken from the base of a large tree versus a photo from the top of the same tree versus a close-up shot of an individual leaf), covering a story from a different angle can give your readers a brand-new experience, even if you’ve covered a topic before.    
      Pro Blogging News
   
  
  6 Fiction Writing Techniques to Improve Your Blog
      This is a guest post by Joanna Penn of The Creative Penn Many people want to write a book and maybe you’re one of them. Perhaps you don’t want to write a novel, but these fiction writing techniques can still help you improve your blog. 1. Character At its core, ...more    
      Writing Content
   
  
  How to Troubleshoot WordPress
      This guest post was written by Neil Matthews, a WordPress consultant at WPDude. Over the years, I’ve developed a troubleshooting methodology while working with my WordPress technical support clients.  My methodology helps  to solve the majority of WordPress crashed sites I’ve come across, and I wanted to share it with ...more    
      Blogging Tools and Services
   
  
  A Question of Money-back Guarantees and Marketing Your Online Products
      Over the last 12 months, I’ve continued to shift some of my own online business activities to producing products to sell on my blogs (I wrote about some the process here). This has been a profitable move for me, but has also been one that has meant making a fairly ...more    
      Blogging for Dollars