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Today I thought I’d compile a definitive list of must follow rules for bloggers that all successful blogs follow: I was going to stop at ten, but 11 has a much nicer ring to it, don’t you think? Plus point number 11 brings them all together nicely. This post was ...more

This guest post is by Arsene Hodali of The Good Life? | dancePROOF. Why should you blog? I can’t tell you. I don’t like telling people what to do, or why they should do something. Instead, I want to show you a couple of things that, through my own experiences ...more

This guest post is by Salman of CompuWorld. It was the second year of my graduation studies when my dad arranged for an always-on Internet connection at our place and I plunged into online chatting like never before. While I was busy living my fantasies online, my dad was busy ...more

It’s been almost a week now since I left home in Australia to visit Tanzania to see if it was possible to use blogging to give a voice to those who may not have one—more specifically, to people living with disabilities in developing countries. I spoke a little about the ...more

This guest post is by Ashley Ambirge of themiddlefingerproject.org. Blogging. Successful blogging. My own. Yours. If I could sum it up in three little words, they would be: Magazine Advertising Sales Wait, what? Magazine advertising sales? Yes—magazine advertising sales. You see, (insert voice of the narrator from The Princess Bride), ...more

Over the weekend I updated my Blogging Will. Perhaps it’s because life is changing for our family with baby #3 due in July, or perhaps it’s the trip to Tanzania I’m on this week, but one way or another I decided it was a good time to update the document ...more

This guest post is by Kelly Watson of onewomanmarketing.com. Blogging can be a great hobby. But treat it like one, and you may not get the traffic and attention you want. Treat blogging like a business, however, with a detailed plan and scheduled check-ins, and you’ll see results in no ...more

This guest post is by Varda Epstein of CogniBeat. Worldwide, about one in every ten people has dyslexia. In the U.S., Dr. Sally Shaywitz, a leading expert in the field, says that up to 20% of the U.S. population suffers from dyslexia. And yet, dyslexia is just one of any ...more

I remember, in the early days of building a business around my blogs, being given the sage advice, “don’t give up your day job” when I told friends or family members about my dreams of becoming a full-time blogger. It was advice that was well-meaning, and probably pretty wise on ...more