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submit_url = ‘http://www.bloggingnotes.net/what-platform-does-your-blog-run-on/’;I’ve been blogging on and off for about four years now, and in that time have tried a few different platforms for blogging. Not all of them, but [...]

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submit_url = ‘http://www.bloggingnotes.net/how-i-process-blogs-and-what-i-do-with-all-that-information/’;A bit of a break this morning, from the usual blogging tips (although there will be another post this afternoon). I thought that I’d go over how I process all of the stuff that I read online. You, know, how your *readers* might do it.
First up, I use Google Reader religiously [...]

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submit_url = ‘http://www.bloggingnotes.net/guest-bloggers-can-help-increase-your-traffic/’;Yesterday Problogger ran a (guest) post written by J.D. Roth of Get Rich Slowly, mentioning that he’d seen a 20% increase in readership while he’d taken a 3-week vacation last summer.
I’ve never taken on guest bloggers until now, so had never really thought about planning out a blogging vacation, regardless of the reason [...]

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submit_url = ‘http://www.bloggingnotes.net/play-in-the-sandbox-before-you-post/’;Are you the type of blogger who seems to be always tweaking your blog, trying new plug-ins and themes, hoping to come up with the combination that makes it feel just perfect?
Ever broken your blog doing this?
There’s not many plug-ins that will completely break WordPress anymore thanks to newer versions that check the [...]

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submit_url = ‘http://www.bloggingnotes.net/bnn-is-looking-for-guest-bloggers/’;Are you a relatively new blogger who’s looking to attract new readers, and extend the visibility of your site?  Then this might be just the opportunity you’re looking for.
I’m looking to do some guest blogging as well, so what I’d be willing to do is this - propose a trade.  One guest post [...]

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submit_url = ‘http://www.bloggingnotes.net/want-a-jump-in-traffic-post-on-saturday-and-sunday/’;When I started this site, I was determined that I was going to do things correctly, and try to post on a daily basis in order to keep traffic levels up. In the past, that’s meant Monday to Friday, at least for me.
But with BNN, I decided to see if posting on [...]

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submit_url = ‘http://www.bloggingnotes.net/is-a-lack-of-proofreading-holding-you-back/’;One of the things that’s always stressed if you want your blog to succeed is to create quality, original content. And one of the ingredients in “quality” is spell-checking. Yeah, I know it’s not a really sexy subject for reading on a Sunday afternoon, but it’s one of the things that [...]

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submit_url = ‘http://www.bloggingnotes.net/what-five-blogs-would-you-follow/’;A post that’s a little less blogging tip as opposed to finding out a little more about my readers. 
Imagine for the moment that you had to pick just five feeds to follow - what would your five be, and why?  They don’t necessarily have to be in your niche - they could be [...]

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submit_url = ‘http://www.bloggingnotes.net/why-i-dont-care-about-getting-digg-traffic/’;I have to admit to being hesitant about whether or not I should even
post this because there are probably going to be people who claim that
it’s a ‘linkbait’ post. But that’s not my intention - this is just
something that I feel I need to get out.
So if it draws comments, positive or [...]

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submit_url = ‘http://www.bloggingnotes.net/is-technorati-even-relevant-anymore/’;I’ll admit that I used to follow my Technorati ranking closely, making sure that it was constantly heading toward that #1 spot.
Not that it was ever going to get to #1, but you get the idea. My goal was initially to crack 100,000. Then 50,000 and 25,000 before I finally broke [...]

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