Top 100 Articles to Help You With Blogging

1.Analyze Traffic

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises." - Demosthenes

To move your blog to the next level you need to master tips and techniques for converting visitor traffic. The first step is to understand and analyze how readers found your blog and what they want. The posts in this section cover most of the things you need to get started.

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2. Design

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas " - Linus Pauling

Design is about aesthetics and usability. Read how these authors follow best practices in color contrast, visual cues and navigation to move readers down the page and through the blog.

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3. Make Money Blogging

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire” - Reggie Leach

There is no magic formula for monetizing your blog. However these posts can help you come up with a sensible plan and strategy that suits your blog. Make sure your expectations are realistic and you have the desire to work hard, and even fail before you start earning.

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4. Promotion & Marketing

When someone asks what you do for a living, imagine they’re really asking, “What are you here to contribute, and why should I care? - Steve Pavlina. Can you respond in 15 seconds? Your blog's branding/  marketing and content need to tell readers what's in it for them. Start 'above the fold' with the url, header and first paragraphs of every post.

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5. Social Media & Community

Communication leads to community, that is, understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing " - Rollo May

Social medial sites can be addictive. It's nice to have 352 friends. These article give bloggers' experiences and tactics to get (and give) real value from contacts while limiting the time spent.

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6. Content

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something " - Plato

There are ways to master storytelling and painting the picture you want readers to see. No one likes boring, be it in person or on the page. Learn from these writers how to communicate unique and focused content.

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7. SEO

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe " - John Muir

As bloggers we spend most of our energies writing, putting ideas, information and opinions out there. However to be even more successful we need to do some of the 'nitty gritty' to gain favorable position in search engine results. After all, we want to touch as many readers as possible and hear what they can add to the conversation.

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8. Blogger's Life

People don’t care what you know until they know that you Care!” - Benny Greenberg

These articles remind us that often the smallest thing can hold us back or give the wrong perception. Sometimes just a few wise words addressed at our real lives can provide spark and inspiration for our blogging world. Time is one of your most important resources. Discover how others increase their productivity.

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9. Goals & Metrics

How many ... goals are aimed at winning the battle, and not the war?" - SeoBook

If we don't plan where we want to go, then how can we get there except by accident? Some blogger's have unexpressed goals that leave them disappointed if they don't come true. Putting it 'on page' makes it more real and attainable in steps. As you'll read in these posts, part of success is learning from mistakes.

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10. Tips

The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself " - Oscar Wilde

Bloggers in many niches have their favorite 'go to blogs' on blogging tips. That's why the field is so big. Here are some of the tips that apply across the blogosphere.

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