Sep 2nd, 2010 by Rose DesRochers
By Rose DesRochers
Block quotes are generally used in blog posts to indent text.
You can add blogquote to your blog by clicking on the ” quotation marks in your post editor.
Alternatively, you can choose to wrap your quotations in blockquote tags, using the BlockQuote html element. Continue Reading »
Tags: blockquote block, Blogger Tutorials, Blogging Tips
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Sep 2nd, 2010 by Rose DesRochers
I was browsing Blogger help group this afternoon when I came across the following question:
How do I add keyword for my site to increase higher traffic through Google search?
First before you add keywords to your blog for best possible ranking in the search engines, you need to determine what keyword phrases are likely to bring in relevant traffic to your blog. Continue Reading »
Tags: Blogging Tips, Keyword Optimization, keyword research
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Sep 2nd, 2010 by Rose DesRochers
Social media allows us to open up all kinds of new relationships. Today’s guest post comes from Rob Claims. Rob is a consultant in social media and technology. Today Rob will be talking to us about relationships. He shares some great tips on how to make great relationships and temptations we should avoid in relationships.
By Rob Cairns
Introduction
One thing I feel a lot of people take for granted in life is relationships. Relationships mean a lot to me. In today’s world we live in an instant gratification society. This means that we generally expect everything to happen instantly and right away. The problem with this attitude and expectation is we do not give things in life a chance to cultivate and grow. Relationships need time to grow. Continue Reading »
Tags: relationships, social media, Social Networking, social networking sites relationships
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Aug 30th, 2010 by Rose DesRochers
Today’s guest post is with Kevin Douglas. Kevin asks the question “Why do you continue to write blog posts every day?” I encourage you to leave Kevin a comment at the end of this post. Here is Kevin’s article, followed by his bio. Enjoy!
By Kevin Douglas
I hate coffee, but I can’t live without drinking it just about every morning. To all the non-coffee drinkers of the world, that totally sounds weird.
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Tags: Why do we blog, why you should blog
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Aug 15th, 2010 by Rose DesRochers
Todays guest post is from Justin Germino who is also known online as Dragon Blogger. Justin talks about citing your sources and giving credit where credit is due.
By Justin Germino – Dragon Blogger
How many bloggers have browsed other blogs or articles posted online or on social media that inspired them to write an article or a guest post. Now how many bloggers give credit in their article to the blogger and original article that inspired you? Continue Reading »
Tags: Blogging Etiquette, Copyright, Fair Use
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Mar 18th, 2010 by Rose DesRochers
Today’s guest post comes from Mitch Mitchell an health care finance consultant,affiliate marketer,blogger, and website creator. Mitch discusses with us why businesses should have a blog.
By Mitch Mitchell
A couple of years ago a few years ago I went with a friend of mine to Ithaca, NY, to support her while she was part of a panel discussing the topic of blogging for businesses. It wasn’t the largest crowd in the world, but 18 to 25 people were there, and that’s not so bad.
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Tags: business blog consulting, Business blogging tips, create business blog, Mitch Mitchell, Small business blog, Why a business should blog
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Feb 17th, 2010 by Rose DesRochers
In this guest post, Kasey shares her opinion on why Wordpress premium services is a better choice over Blogger- the free blog publishing tool from Google.
I have been blogging for roughly 6 ½ years. In that time I have used both Blogger – which is powered by Google – and Word Press. Of the two, I prefer WordPress, because of their premium services.
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Tags: Blogger, Free Blogging Platform, Premium Wordpress, premium wordpress.com, Wordpress
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Feb 9th, 2010 by Rose DesRochers
The one thing that always set Wordpress.com apart from Blogger.com was that Wordpress provided an option for bloggers to include static pages within their blog.
It was a feature that users of the Blogger platform continuously requested that Blogger add.
Blogger finally listened to its users and added the option to create static pages.
Then was a very wise move for Blogger.
Static pages are great for adding things like an about you page, a contact me page or an disclaimer page.
To add a pages to your blog: Continue Reading »
Tags: blogger template blogspot, Blogging Tips, blogspot static page, create static page blogger, google blogger tutorial
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