Top Tips To Help New Bloggers Get Better

A large number of internet users have turned to blogging for a number of diverse reasons. Many consider it an extremely promising career option while other takes it as medium for expressing their thoughts and opinions. Therefore, blogs on every conceivable topic exist on the internet and it is growing in number with every passing day. However, some people are still apprehensive about starting a new blog even though they wish to. Continue reading

Four Hot & Profitable Niches For Blog Writers & How To Embrace Them

It seems as if there are blogs all over the Internet that vary completely in topic, but there are niche groups that tend to be more popular than others. If you’re interested in blogging, it’s a good idea to choose a niche that is hot and profitable if you want to be successful. The following are four of the hottest and most profitable blog niches for writers and tips on how to embrace them. Continue reading

How to Make Your Blog Popular

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You have a blog, you have your first posts up, and you are just waiting for the traffic to start rolling in. You share the links on social media sites, get your friends to visit, put the link to your site in signatures…why isn’t your website being launched into internet fame? Where is the glory your genius so richly deserves? You are are your content is high quality, and that is what everyone says it takes to get noticed. What gives? Continue reading

How to Create a Glossary On WordPress

For most blogs the use of tags is enough to allow the user to sift through the many posts and find what they are looking for. But what if you are wanting something more sophisticated than a simple search post option that tagging allows? For example, how would you create a glossary that gives the user quick access to more detailed information within a single, centralized place?

Thankfully, there are quite a few plugins for WordPress that let you make a glossary easily, and in the most organized way possible for user friendly convenience.

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What To Do (and What Not To Do) On Free Hosted Blogs

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Blogs are pretty much a staple of internet culture these days. Not only are they a place for the average citizen to have their say, but they are now used widely by businesses, news sources and even government agencies from around the world. Blogs are just an expected part of the mainstream digital landscape, and they have changed a lot from what they were just ten years ago.

While many blog host services are free, there is a right way and a wrong way to take advantage of them. Here are some things you should (and shouldn’t) do when creating your own blog. Or perfecting the one you already have. Continue reading

The Best Way to Share a Guest Post on Google Plus

When you publish a guest post on someone’s blog you are probably proud of it. Why shouldn’t you be? You have managed to pitch an idea, have it accepted, written for the blog and had it published. All while increasing your visibility, reaching a new audience and making an important professional connection that could benefit you for years to come. There is every reason to be proud.

But now that it is up, it is time to start considering how to share it. Facebook and Twitter are easy enough. Linked in just needs a quick status update. Even Pinterest is simple, as long as the post has a picture of some description.

So, what about Google+?

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Blogging Meetups for a Shoestring Budget

While trustworthy statistics are difficult to come by, it’s safe to say that many millions of new blogs are launched each year, and that has made for one of the most competitive and difficult professions in the world. Struggling bloggers working to make ends meet are a common breed, and it is that fact that makes competition in every niche so very tough, which itself only leads to more struggling bloggers – a recipe for disaster, to be sure!

Luckily, being a broke blogger doesn’t mean that you can’t be a better blogger, getting ahead of the curve and rising to the top! Get travel inspired by checking out these blogging meetups for a shoestring budget:

1. WordCamp Phoenix

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