Jetpack update

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If you’re using the WordPress plugin Jetpack you may have noticed a recent update. This update includes “Subscriptions” which allows people to subscribe to your posts and comments via email (many of us are doing this via feedburner), “Enhanced Distribution” which sends your posts to various third party search engines with the hopes of increasing [...]

Copywriting for bloggers

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Copywriting is the art of using words to sell something. Whether that be an actual product or a blog post itself, learning to use language effectively will help you reach your blogging goals. Many copywriting resources are aimed at business owners, but the lessons still apply to bloggers so just read “blogger” instead of “business [...]

Writing for myself

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Excerpt from The Copywriting Scorecard for Bloggers We hear a lot about the audience being the most important factor in writing, but that’s not true for blogging [Gasp!] Ultimately, the most important thing you need to think about is your own motivation. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the books he wanted to read. He wrote for himself. [...]

Blog Hop Masterlist

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In recent weeks I’ve been finding it harder and harder to find something to blog about. Mainly that’s due to my depression and lack of motivation, but I think having a masterlist of blog hops to potentially participate in might help me keep up my flow. If you host or know of a blog hop [...]