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Amazon Affiliate Tutorial {How I Write a Blog Post: Part 6b}

February 8, 2012 blogging

Pin It alternate title: THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR YOU!! alternate alternate title: DO YOU SEE HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU? alternate alternate alternate title: WHY AMANDA’S LAUNDRY STILL ISN’T FINISHED {subscribers click over to see my very first screencast!} Part 7: Facebook for Bloggers

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Monetize It: How I Write a Blog Post {Part 6}

February 8, 2012 blogging

To monetize means TO MAKE MONEY ON YOUR BLOG. Yes, it’s possible without private sponsors or paychecks from big companies. You can do affiliate marketing on almost every post. Ready to hear how I monetize my posts? Monetizing New Posts When I write a post I see as evergreen content (any of my party posts, [...]

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SEO: How *I* Write a Blog Post Part 5–Top Ten {Tuesday} Style!

February 6, 2012 blogging

Have you been following along with my How *I* Write a Blog Post series? Well, it originally started as a crazy-long Top Ten {Tuesday} post which I turned into a series. I’m basically outlining every single detail of what I do when I write a post. It’s a nice step-by-step series if you’re a newbie [...]

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A Picture is Worth: How I Write a Blog Post {Part 4}

February 5, 2012 blogging

When I first started blogging I did not want any pictures on it because I didn’t want them to take the place of my “writing”. [insert guffaw here] But if you want your posts to be noticed and immediately attractive, get a picture in them! YOUR PHOTOS Of course a personal photo is best IF [...]

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Sticky Posts: How I Write a Blog Post {Part 3}

February 4, 2012 blogging

I’ve written my post, done some proofreading and now it’s time to make the post sticky. I don’t want people to read my post then leave. So, adding links TO MY OWN BLOG within my posts help them stick around. For example, on Asa’s Toy Story Party Food post, I linked to myself FOUR times: [...]

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Proofread: How I Write a Blog Post {Part 2}

February 3, 2012 blogging

OK. So, after I write my post, I have to proofread it. Now, before we begin, I have to tell you (and this won’t be a surprise if you have read my blog for any length of time). I am not the Grammar Police. I’m all for the correct their/there/they’re and for using loose/lose appropriately. [...]

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How I Write a Blog Post: Part 1

February 1, 2012 blogging

Pin It This post started out as a joke.I was going to write a tongue-in-cheek post about how writing a post isn’t really just throwing some words down and hitting publish. As I fleshed it out it actually seemed like a pretty good idea with some (hopefully) helpful insights. But it got so ding-dang long [...]

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