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Where to Find Blog Post Ideas

Posted in Blogging | Posted on Date 02-20-2010 | Comments 3 Comments
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Finding blog post ideas is not difficult. Seeded Buzz wrote an article called Blog post ideas that prevent writer’s block, which covered the fact that they noticed 1600 people a month were searching with the keywords “blog post ideas.”

Although, for some sites, this is not a significant amount. For others, it might actually work out well for their site, especially if you are a site that helps bloggers improve. Finding ideas is very easy and can be found anywhere.

You have an opinion about some things, right? Well, if it is relevant to your blog and you believe your readers would be interested, this would be the opportunity to share that article while also sharing your own opinion. This is not just for articles, but also art, videos, forum conversations, and other media.

Like art, inspiration can be found anywhere and applied in some form.

Although a lot of people worry about originality, this is not the case if you have more to say on a issue that could be said better in a blog entry, rather than fill up another site’s comment stream. In fact, it is a way to carry on the conversation and even attract people to your site.

Where do you find blog post ideas?

How To Add A Facebook Fan Box To Your Site

Posted in Web Design | Posted on Date 02-20-2010 | Comments 10 Comments
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A lot of website owners are making fan pages for their websites. For me, because I have several sites, I just have one here on Blondish.net to myself in general. However, I found after I put the fan page widget on my site, people were emailing me or sending direct messages to ask how I did it. So, here is a tutorial on how to place a Facebook fan box widget on your site. 1. Look for the link “Edit Page” link under your fan page image in the top left corner. This will take you to the administrative page Read More →

Steps In Etiquette When Changing Your Site Name

Posted in Blogging | Posted on Date 02-18-2010 | Comments 2 Comments
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Moving a site from one domain to a different and taking a whole new name is a tedious process. Of course, anyone could just move on a whim, but that might cause a bit of confusion if your site gets a nice chunk of visitors. Sometimes the reasons behind making this change are important: 1. The previous domain name no longer reflects what you are trying to convey to the public 2. You found a better domain to help brand you either personally, or as a business 3. You hate the domain name and got lucky enough to grab up Read More →

Guest Post: Building Presence on Social Media from Scratch

Posted in Social Media | Posted on Date 02-18-2010 | Comments 3 Comments
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[This is a guest post by Gagandeep Singh. Gagandeep Singh is a freelance writer and mainly writes on social media, making money online, affiliate marketing, web 2.0 and conversion rate optimization. Feel free to contact him on twitter at gagan4687 ] More than 70% of online buyers visit social media websites before buying anything and around 50% of them take the decision on the basis of the information they get from these websites.* As the impact of social media on consumer behavior is growing at rapid rate it is very important for every business owner to have a presence on Read More →

Before You Monetize Your Site…

Posted in Blogging | Posted on Date 02-17-2010 | Comments 2 Comments
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In the whole set up of a website, you might consider what type of monetizing plan you want to try. There are quite a few options. – Self-hosted banner advertising – Banner advertising with a company like BuySellAds, Project Wonderful, and more. – Text Ads wit Text Link Ads, Google Adwords, and even Adbrite. Of course, there are more places. These are just a few examples. But STOP! You need to have a site with content, and then have traffic. Without traffic, how can you make money? A lot of people think that just having a website means people will Read More →

Guest Post Etiquette

Posted in Blogging | Posted on Date 02-16-2010 | Comments 6 Comments
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Recently, I really started introducing most guest bloggers on Blondish.net. There have been a number of great people, and some that totally missed the point. Guest posting allows users to earn a little more reputation as a blogger in places where they may not normally visit. Some blogs are small, and others are influential. Often the blogger also gets a little link love back too. However, I have been noticing that there are a lot of people who are using this as an opportunity to make money. This should not be the focus. Often these type of people are eager Read More →

Poll: What framework do you use for your WordPress site?

Posted in WordPress | Posted on Date 02-14-2010 | Comments 5 Comments
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Lately I have been seeing a lot of talk about frameworks. Rather than go into it right away, I just thought it might be fun to have a poll here at WP Addict about what people use as a framework. You can leave a comment if you want, but it is not necessary. And the plugin used for the poll is WP-Polls by Lester Chan

So You Want To Hire A Freelancer

Posted in Freelance | Posted on Date 02-12-2010 | Comments 4 Comments
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There are a lot of freelancers available online or in your local community. However, no matter how many there are, it can be difficult to choose the right one. The problem I see a lot in freelance project bidding sites are people unwilling to properly invest in their projects. They have ridiculous expectations. Here are a few innappropriate expectations: 1. Expecting a web designer to take time to do a website or a theme for their website for $30. 2. Expecting 50 comments a day for 30 days (1500 comments) for less than $250. 3. Expecting 1000s of followers in Read More →