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Blogging

Microsoft Gives Us a Better Way to Blog?

I just bought a new PC – a nice big desktop model running on Windows 7. Of course it came with loads of free trial software, most of which (Norton) I uninstalled before doing anything else. I was also going to uninstall Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 – Open Office has served me well [...]

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Windows Live Writer Review

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Over at Self Starters Weekly Tips, there’s a discussion going on about desktop publishing solutions for WordPress. I generally write my blog posts in a text document, then copy and paste into WordPress, upload a picture, add some links, and I’m done. I’ve tried some desktop solutions in the past, but I’ve never been satisfied [...]

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The Neverending List of Blog Post Ideas

Got a problem coming up with new stuff to write about on your blog? Don’t worry. It’s a pretty common problem. Luckily, it’s also very easily solved. All you need is a keyword list and a some format ideas. First, your keyword list. Hopefully you already have one. If you don’t, hop on over to [...]

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14 Blog Post Ideas to Un-Boring Your Blog

You’ve no doubt heard the advice that you should vary the length of your sentences so as not to put your reader to sleep. The same can be said of your blog posts. If you always write using the same format, your readers will get bored. You will get bored. Even Google will get bored. [...]

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How to Write a Blog Post in 30 Minutes or Less

A lot of people struggle to write blog posts. Follow these simple steps to make the process nearly painless – and FAST!

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Are You Dating Yourself? Should You?

The Aztec’s dated all their blog posts. Photo by Cornell University Library. I don’t know if it’s a recent trend, but I seem to be seeing a lot of blogs without dates on the posts. Bloggers do this largely because they don’t want evergreen posts to be seen as outdated just because they were written [...]

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High School English Revisited: The Outline

Remember when you had to write a report in English class, and you had to turn in your notes and outline? It probably looked something like this: Jane Austen: A History I. Childhood     1. Born December 16, 1775     2. Seven siblings     3. Father Rev. George Austen     4. Mother Cassandra II. Major [...]

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