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A Mobile Application Every Blogger Can Love.

In today’s world of go, go, go, having a mobile application for the program that you love for your blog is a must! Browse the web, send emails, update your blog posts, connect on Twitter, all from the comfort of your phone. There are many great apps available including apps for android phones and many, many iPhone applications.

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WordPress Mobile Application:

WordPress (an easy to use website control panel) introduced the first and currently only mobile application that lets you write posts, upload photos, edit pages, and manage comments on your blog from your iPhone, iPod Touch, or Android phones. The app is easy to use and suitable for all levels of experience!

Twitteriffic Mobile Application:

Is one of many fun, easy to use iphone applications. The mobile applications allows you to read, post, tweet, and retweet to your hearts content on the Twitter social network. Staying connected to friends, co-workers, and family has never been so easy! Other pics are Hootsuite, official Twitter app, and Tweetbot. (more…)

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Resources for Bloggers: Our Top Five

Are you 100% satisfied with your blog? Does it have all the images, traffic results and content optimization that you’d have hoped for? If it does, then congratulations!!! If not then here are some fantastic resources to get your blog exactly how you’ve always dreamed it would be…

1) Monetization/Adverts for Bloggers

LinkWorth Monetization of Blogs

Bidvertiser - Monetization of Blog Posts

Google Adsense (Adsense alternatives include AdBrite, Bidvertiser, and many others) – Dedicate a small block of your site’s real estate to Google contextual or image ads. It is very easy to set up and ads display contextually relevant a dvert messages.

SkimLinks – Sell contextual words automatically hyper linked in blog posts. This works well with WordPress and can be a less obtrusive method of advertising.

TextLinkAds & LinkWorth – Sell any portion of your site’s real estate through TLA or LinkWorth. Posts, words, blog roll placement, and much more.

2) Multimedia for Blogging 

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There are plenty of online multimedia resources that are readily available and many are free! Plenty of websites such as istockphoto.com, fotolio.com (both paid) and sxc.hu offers free images under the creative common license, safe to use web images. Also .edu and .gov websites have images that are free and OK to use. One of the best resources for video blogs or music sites is YouTube, a free, easy to use website. Embedding videos from sites like YouTube and Vimeo is very easy to do.

3) Content Optimization Tools

WordTracker

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One of the best content optimization tool on the web, Inbound Writer , is a program that helps you build and edit blog posts by offering tips, highly searched keywords, and title guides. Other programs that we love include SEOMoz LDA Tool , which offers similar features to the Inbound Writer, and the Wordtracker Keyword Question Tool  which gives blog writers an up to date report into what the public is searching for. (more…)

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Content Development: 10 Things to Do and Not Do

Congrats, Spanky! You have picked your domain name, chose the graphics, filled in your profile, and now your blog is ready to go live but don’t forget the most important step; content development!

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Whether you’re a first time blogger, or have been blogging for years, you’ll agree that content development is a process that never ends. These dos and donts of are sure to be of help in your journey. There’s no right or wrong way to blog, but with these pointers you’re blog is sure to be the best it can be! The most important thing is to have fun, enjoy your blog, and never stop learning.

 

#1 – Do pick something you know 

Authority goes a long way when blogging. If you pick topics you are unfamiliar or uncomfortable with, your readers will know.

#2 – Don’t underestimate the power of a good title 

A quality title that not only grabs attentions, but also features your topic keywords, will go a long way in getting traffic to your blog post. (more…)

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