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Dear WordCount: I'm bored with blogging, should I quit?

Dear WordCount: I’m bored with blogging, should I quit?

What to do when you fall out of love with your blog.

ProBlogger and DPS founder Darren Rowse

ProBlogger’s Darren Rowse shares his formula for growing blog readers and traffic

The Aussie resident was one of the first to hit the blogging big time. In a recent webinar, he shared some common sense advice for gaining readers and traffic.

2012 Blogathon success stories: Job offers, a novel idea, and lots more

Bloggers in the #blog2012 challenge to post every day in May share what they got out of it, including paid gigs, better exposure & more traffic, comments and readers.

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Blogathon week 4 recap: Our big fat blogging do overs

Ever want a do over? A chance to start from the beginning and make things happen a little – or a lot – differently from what you did the first time around? Yeah, me too. For the last theme day of the 2012 Blogathon, bloggers could choose to write on the same subject: “If I started blogging [...]

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Dear WordCount: How should I handle guest post offers?

This installment of the weekly freelance advice column discusses how to respond to unsolicited offers to write guest posts for your blog.

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5 newbie mistakes I’d avoid if I started blogging today

It’s another Blogathon theme day, when everyone writing on the same thing. Our topic: If I started a blog today, what would I do differently? Here’s my answer.

Take these 4 simple steps to optimize your blog for mobile browsing

Take these 4 simple steps to optimize your blog for mobile browsing

In this guest post, writer and web design instructor Sarah Moon shares simple and not so simple tips for making content stand out on mobile devices.

Dear WordCount: how do I run guest posts on my blog?

Dear WordCount: how do I run guest posts on my blog?

Today’s advice column answers questions about guest posts, self-hosted WordPress blogs and finding images for posts (without running into copyright trouble).

Dear WordCount: Now that I joined the Blogathon, how do I.......?

Dear WordCount: Now that I joined the Blogathon, how do I…….?

During May, this periodic advice column will answer questions about blogging and social media basics posed by people participating in the WordCount Blogathon.

The 2012 Blogathon blog roll - the who's who of this year's blogging challenge

The 2012 Blogathon blog roll – the who’s who of this year’s blogging challenge

A list of the 250 bloggers in the 2012 WordCount Blogathon, including the name, URL and description of each. Participants can re-post this to their own sites.

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