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Dear WordCount: How do I start a blog?

Dear WordCount: How do I start a blog?

Taking the 30-day Blogathon challenge is a great way to start a blog. Here are some easy steps to get a blog up and running.

Guest Post: SEO for writers? Forget about it

It’s possible to have a successful blog without worrying about SEO, guest poster Ron S. Doyle finds out in a Q&A with The Happiness Project author Gretchen Rubin.

They’re off: The 2010 WordCount Blogathon is here

It’s here, the 2010 WordCount Blogathon, with more than 100 writers and bloggers posting every day in May. Follow the fun on Twitter at #Blog2010.

Welcome to the 2nd annual WordCount writers' blogathon

UPDATED ON MONDAY, MAY 4: I’ve added more participants and fixed a couple links, blog names and tag lines. – MVR UPDATED ON SUNDAY, MAY 3: I added a number of additional participants and put my own name on the list, for those of you who’re copying this to your own blogs. – MVR And [...]

Dear writer, please don't stop blogging

Dear Michelle, Yours is a wonderful site. I’d started a rather lame attempt at a blog for freelancers, but yours is so thorough and engaging that I’m taking mine down. Congratulations on a really first-rate blog. Dan Baum Dear Dan, Thank you. But please reconsider your decision to take down your blog. I looked and [...]

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Reporter, editor, and blogger specializing in finance, business, workplace issues, and media.

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