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Fabulous Bloggers You Should Get to Know (Volume 1)
If you want to build your readership, respond to comments by replying via email or visiting their blog. They’ll appreciate it and more than likely come back again. 
The value in your traffic and readers depends on you the blogger. You need to write engaging and meaningful articles and you need to honestly seek out and support other bloggers. I have found that you get what you give . . . blogging is no exception! 
Autoposting – On Word Press you can autopost your posts and set them to publish at any time that you want. It’s great because you can go on vacation or whatever and the blog is still getting new content everyday. I set many of my posts to publish at 2:22 in the morning when I’m sound asleep! Love it!
Be yourself! Don’t try to pretend to be someone or something that you aren’t. People will eventually see right through it.
Reach out to blogs in your area, having “real-life” meetups is so much fun!
Forget about competing to be the most popular, the most visited, the blog with the most comments . . . Focus on reading, thinking about what you read and writing with authority and authenticity.
When you’re trying to think of a new great post, or deep in thought on how to make it better, just remember – trying is crap. Trying to think is worthless. Thinking is the greatest single hindrance to a writer. Relax, don’t try to think. Let go of your thought and ego. Only then is real thought able to naturally flow on it’s own, without being consciously driven. Just a little something not to think about. 
In your writing, offer a kind word, display a generous spirit, convey your attempts to grasp meaning in the mundane, and conceptualize and give context to your life and the lives of those you love.
Critique Your Design: Take a good look at your design with fresh eyes by asking the 11 questions she provides — questions you can answer that, when combined, should give you a general idea of the effectiveness of your design, as well as identifying areas that could be improved.
Don’t be an impulsive blogger; be a planner. In fact, he concludes his article by assigning homework: Plan next week’s blogging!
Start with a blogging software platform that will serve you for the long-run. If you’re not sure which one to use, take the time to set up a couple of test blogs and give the software for each a solid test run. Wait to go live until you are sure that you want to stick with that platform because the transition from one software package to another after a long period of blogging is time-consuming, labor-intensive and will cost you some links and readers. After more than two years on Blogger, I made the move to Word Press and could not be happier that I did. But I am still working out all of the details, including, just for starters, telling everyone that all of my links all changed!
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Fun list! I know some of these!
I like that, “writing is an act of faith.” Isn’t that the truth! And that’s a marvelous list of bloggers to visit and excellent blogging tips — thank you so much, and I have bookmarked your post!
Happy T13 to you!
Thanks for taking the time to compile this list of great blogging advice.
In my job planning is key. I don’t know how to anything without a plan. Therefore the large majority of my posts are planned ahead.
It really does seem to help with your blog’s focus.
Great list.
Happy TT!
What a great list. I love the autoposter thing myself. Happy TT!
interesting list. i might check ‘em up later.
Yep, I’ve gotten this meme four times, myself. Good stuff on there, huh?
What a wonderful shout-out to your friends. Excellent choice for TT. I learn so much every week. Have a great TT.
Good list. I’ll have to check out the ones I don’t know.
I will have to check them out:) Happy TT.
A good list of suggestions. Happy TT.
Awesome tips, I read every last one of them!
This was one of my favorite lists of the day. I bookmarked it and am going to come back and send it to everyone of the guest authors who posts at my blog. The design tips were good (esp appreciated the warning about ads) but the most important part was the part about faith that work pays off….maybe not always in the way you expect, but it certainly does.
Excellent ideas. I’ll have to go read more when I’ve got more time.
Great list and excellent tips
Definitely a wealth of knowledge here. Thank you!
Some very good tips to remember!
Great TT.
Excellent list. Thanks for all those tips. I will try to incorporate many of those ideas in my future blogging. ;o)
Excellent and entertaining list – thanks a lot for sharing these useful tips!
Happy TT!
My advice, would be if you can write well in two language, take advantage of it!! I had comment on my poetry blog that some of the poem were only in french, and they want it in english too. And I think that my english writting has got a lot better since I start my blog!!
all great little tidbits of advice. You can never go wrong with words from Kailani
Thanks for including me! What a great list of tips!
Great list. Lots of great tips.
Fun share – - thanks so much for including me. Now I’m off to visit more great bloggers.
Hugs,
Holly
Popped in from Thursday Thirteen. Thanks for the tips, this was a great list!
Great list – thanks for all of the tips in one place!
Great advice! Mine would be to express your sense of humor. Everyone loves a laugh and will transfer those warm feelings toward you. Happy TT!
Good list – things to think about and things to tweak
Great List-and advice all around. Will be bookmarking this post!
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