• Successful freelance writers don’t underprice their services. Charging too little not only hurts the freelancer, it hurts the whole freelance industry. When you underprice your services, you make it harder for other freelancers to charge a reasonable rate.
• Successful freelance writers don’t overprice their services. There are plenty of writers out there willing to work for next to nothing. It is a plague on the industry. Unfortunately, this means that when you overcharge for your services, it is easy for clients to find cheaper workers. The key is to charge a reasonable rate that reflects the quality of your service (most cheap writers aren’t very good) but recognizes that you are in a competitive industry.
• Successful freelance writers manage their time well. Here are some Time Management Tips for freelance writers.
• Successful freelance writers have great business cards. If you want to know more about the value of business cards read Promoting Your Services: Buy Business Cards.
• Successful freelancers follow instructions. While it is true that you can give a customer exactly what they asked for and still not give them what they want, your best chance at success is to follow their instructions.
• Successful freelance writers work together. They collaborate on everything from clients to marketing to research. You don’t have to be in the same room to collaborate, read Working together in virtual facilities.
• Successful freelance writers know how to network, whether it is face to face in group gatherings or online through social websites such as LinkedIn.
• Successful freelance writers are productive. They work hard and they work smart. For advice on increasing your productivity read Five ways to become a more productive writer.
• Successful freelance writers ask the clients what they want and listen to the answers they give. Remember that working with clients is a collaborative process. This means that you should not only find out what they want initially, but check in along the way to make sure that you and the client are still in sync. For advice on collaboration read How to Collaborate — and How Not To.
• Successful freelance writers explain things clearly. Whether communicating in writing or in a meeting with a client, take the time to make sure that your clients and your readers understand what you are telling them.
• Successful freelancers finish on time. Nothing is harder on the freelancer / customer relationship than missed deadlines. Do not commit to a deadline unless you are sure you can handle it.
• Successful freelance writers write about things that interest them. It is very difficult to have a long career writing about things you don’t care about.
• Successful freelance writers know what they want to write about next. When you have ideas for future articles or projects, write them down. If you don’t, there’s a good change you’ll forget all about them.
• Successful freelance writers avoid distractions, whether it is the radio, the television, the Internet or the phone. Always keep your main goal in mind whenever you are tempted to go off on a tangent.
• Successful freelance writers delegate. There are hundreds of things that can be delegated or outsourced: research, design, accounting, marketing, public relations, laundry, filing and even . . . writing. The only thing worse than being too busy is not being busy enough, so if you can find a way to keep an assignment by delegating some of the less important tasks in your life, do it.
• Successful freelance writers know how to use a feed reader. If you are a freelance writer who uses the web, a feed reader is one of the most useful tools you can find. Feed readers (also called aggregators or RSS readers) allow you to subscribe to content from web sources such as blogs, news services, job sites and search engines. Most modern, frequently updates web sites provide a feed.
• Successful freelance writers don’t dwell on the negative. Every career choice comes with problems and opportunities. Freelancing is no different. Don’t dwell on the things that go wrong. Fix what you can and move on. The beauty of freelancing is that there is always another opportunity on the horizon.
• Successful freelance writers take time off. It is easy to get burned out as a freelance writer. Freelance writing can be an 18hour a day 7 day a week career at times. As some point, however, you will need a break. Don’t be afraid to take one. If you have a lot of clients, you may need to schedule your breaks in advance, but make sure that there are breaks.
• Successful freelance writers automate. The computer is a powerful tool. It can automate many of the repetitive tasks that slow you down. One of the best, cheapest tools around is PhraseExpress, which lets you assign blocks of text (and other things) to a simple keystroke. This can be very handy when working with boilerplate text, company names and project titles.
• Successful freelance writers make it easy to get paid. Sending invoices and collecting payments are two things that can easily be outsourced or automated. Check out paypal.com. They have solutions for just about every billing need.
• Successful freelance writers emulate successful freelance writers. Find a mentor.
• Successful freelance writers are great editors. Learn to be a good editor.
• Successful freelance writers try new things. Don’t be afraid to tackle a new subject, explore a new market or search for a new client.
• Successful freelance writers learn from their successes. Everybody knows your supposed to learn from your failures and figure out how things went wrong. Don’t forget to look at your successes and figure out how things went right.
• Successful freelance writers have a personal life. don’t forget to have fun, enjoy friends and be social. For writers, especially those working alone, it is easy to crawl into your little cave (or office) and forget the world exists for long periods of time. Don’t forget to get out of the cave every day and see the world around you.
• Successful freelance writers don’t take revisions personally. When a client wants a change, it is not usually because the first version was wrong, but because they have a clearer idea of what they want than they were able to communicate to you.
• Successful freelance writers get the most unpleasant tasks out of the way first. If the hardest thing for you to do is cold call a new prospect, do that before you do anything else. If editing is what you hate the most, start your day off with that. People tend to push off the tasks they hate the most. The problem with this is it leaves the task hanging over your head, haunting you like a ghost until you get it done. Get it done fist and move on. The peace of mind is worth it.
• Successful freelance writers don’t check their email more than twice a day. When you are supposed to be writing, don’t waste your time on things that seem productive such as checking your email or reading blogs. Save those activities for a specific time and keep a limit on that time.
• Successful freelance writers are responsible. You are responsible for everything that happens. Responsibility and fault are two different things. It may not be your fault that the computer crashed and you lost all of your work. As the boss, however, it is your responsibility.
• Successful freelance writers have a sense of humor. As a freelance writer, you’re going to find yourself in a number of absurd situations. I once had a private detective as a client. He lived up to just about every detective cliche you can think of. He paid in cash. Insisted we meet in public places. Drove a beat up old car. He even used an autodialer when he wanted to get a hold of me. It called every ten minutes, like clockwork. All I was doing was writing copy for a web site but it felt like I was in the middle of a Raymond Chandler novel. You either love those moments or you hate them. It’s easier if you love them.
• Successful freelance writers have ergonomic equipment. It’s hard to be on top of your game when you’re battling repetitive stress injuries. Get an ergonomic chair, keyboard, mouse pad, and whatever else it takes to make your work hours as comfortable and body-friendly as you can.
• Successful freelance writers are ready to write when the muse strikes. Keep a notebook or a PDA handy at all times. You never know when inspiration will strike.
• Successful freelance writers who love TV have Tivo or a DVR. When writing is a business, you often need to meet deadlines. For people who love TV, that means you run the risk of missing your favorite shows. Get a DVR so that your TV will automatically record your favorites and you can watch them when your assignment is finished.
• Successful freelancers present well. To be a successful freelancer, you need to look like a professional. You may write in ripped jeans or pajamas, but your work should be immaculate.
• Successful freelance writers know when to say NO. That means that they have the won’t-power to tell people they are too busy to go to lunch, unwilling to take assignments that pay “on publication”, unable to drop their rates or pay their own expenses to get to a client meeting.
• Successful freelance writers know how to skim. You can’t read every word of every book and article you need to research. Learn how to look for the important points and disregard the rest.
• Successful freelance writers collect their money. Some clients are deadbeats. Whats worse, in many cases they are the most demanding clients you will have. A good client is worth their weight in gold but a bad client will suck up your time, energy and money. Never let a client that is seriously behind on their payments order new services. If they threaten not to pay you, they probably never intended to pay. Don’t be afraid to send a collection agency after them either.
• Successful freelance writers know what they are getting into. Freelance writing is not any more of a dream job than plumber, secretary or physical therapist. Every job has good and bad points. Freelancing can be hard because you have to sell, write, edit, manage clients and collect money, all while paying your own bills on time. It is rewarding, but it isn’t easy.
• Successful freelance writers have web sites that advertise their services and draw potential clients in.
• Successful freelance writers advertise online through services such as Google AdWords
• Successful freelance writers advertise in newspapers and magazines that cater to their region or niche.
• Successful freelance writers research markets using services such at Writer’s Market.
• Successful freelance writers attended conferences and conventions for writers and for their niche industries and publications.
• Successful freelance writers keep in touch with past clients using post cards, holiday greetings and the occasional phone call.
• Successful freelance writers stay current in the areas that they write about. A business writer studies business, a copywriter keeps up to date on the ad industry, a writer who specializes in health keeps up to date on the latest health trends.
• Successful freelance writers look for new and interesting ways to establish their reputation in the field such as getting certifications or degrees, giving lectures, making videos, writing books and teaching classes or seminars.
• Successful freelance writers understand visual design and know how to make their work look good.
• Successful freelance writers manage their money. This means more than just stashing. This means getting an accountant, figuring our what you can deduct from your taxes, deciding what it is cost effective to outsource, and knowing when to make the important purchases such as computers, office equipment and advertising.
• Successful freelance writers either multitask or they don’t. Some people work well by multi-tasking, other people need to focus on one task at a time. Figure out which kind of person you are. Try multi-tasking for two days, then try forcing yourself to work one task at at time for two days. Go with whichever seemed to yield the most results with the least stress.
• Successful freelance writers know when to walk away from the computer. If you spend most of your time as a writer working in front of a computer, don’t spend the rest of it playing on a computer. Get away from the screen for a few hours every day. It will improve your concentration and your eyesight.
• Successful freelance writers have read Bob Bly’s Guide to Freelance Writing Success: How to Make $100,000 a Year As a Freelance Writer and Have the Time of Your Life Doing It and made up their minds that if he can do it they can do it.
• Successful freelance writers have read Rewrite Right! : Your Guide to Perfectly Polished Prose and learned the proper way to edit a document.
• Successful freelance writers have read How to Write Attention Grabbing Query & Cover Letters and learned how to properly query a magazine or approach a client.
• Successful freelance writers take the time to learn a little about marketing and public relations. They know that selling your services is as important as performing your services.
• Successful freelance writers can tell you what they do and why you should hire them in a half a minute or less.
• Successful freelance writers want to succeed. They like their jobs and they don’t spend their time wishing they were doing something better.
• Successful freelance writers have a business plan. They know what they want to accomplish and they have figured out what it will take to reach their goals.
• Successful freelance writers know a little something about contracts. Some of the contracts that magazines want writers to sign are difficult to understand and can hide some fairly abusive practices. If you can’t understand a contract, find someone who can.
• Successful freelance writers know how to repurpose their work. That article on health fraud you wrote for a consumer magazine can become a list of health tips for another magazine. Find ways to make the most of your research and writing time.
• Successful freelance writers don’t wait to hear from people. Don’t waste time waiting for replies. If you don’t have any work at the moment, send out one query after another or make cold calls or put out an ad. Don’t pin all your hopes on a single publisher or client. If you don’t have any assignments, then your assignment is to find assignments.
• Successful freelance writers negotiate. If a client is offering too little money or demanding too many rights, don’t be afraid to ask for what you want. Sometimes, just asking will get the result you want. Other times, you will have to apply a little pressure. Sometimes, you’ll have to settle for things you’d rather not have. Thats what negotiating is all about, exploring what benefits are available and what aren’t.
• Successful freelance writers love money. The idea that a starving writer is somehow more pure or honest than a rich and successful writer makes them laugh long and hard as they check their ever-growing bank account balance.
• Successful freelance writers can take normal jobs. Every once in a while, it can be interesting to go back to the nine-to-five lifestyle and remember what life was like with a manager staring over your shoulder, a co-worker who talks on the phone all day and a regular paycheck. I recommend temping. I’ve had some great success with AppleOne.
• Successful freelance writers prefer variety over security. They freelance because they don’t want every day to be exactly the same and they realize that there will be good days and bad days, lean times and fat times.
• Successful freelance writers have confidence. They believe that their work is good enough to get paid for, their clients are going to love them and another gig is on the way, even if they can’t quite see it yet.
• Successful freelance writers are problem solvers. Whether the problem is theirs or a clients, they find solutions and they get the job done. If something breaks, they fix it or work around it.
• Successful freelance writers keep submissions logs that track who they have sent queries to, when they sent them and what the eventual response was.
• Successful freelance writers break the rules. They want to know what the traditional way to do something is, but if they think they have a better system, they at least give it a try.
• Successful freelance writers scope out the competition. They want to know where they are on the food chain and what the other freelancers around them are doing.
• Successful freelance writers invest in postcards. They use them to follow up with clients, to let old clients know that they are available, and to market to new clients. The beauty of a post card is that it will get looked at. An letter can get thrown away without even being read, but everyone has the time and inclination to at least glance at a postcard.
• Successful freelance writers barter. There are many times a client can part with things such as old office equipment or bookkeeping services when they don’t have cash to offer. Just make sure that what you barter for is worth more (to you) than what you would have charged.
• Successful freelance writers get people’s names and titles right. Don’t send Daveed Smythe, Associate Editor a query addressed to David Smith, Assistant Editor. People hate it when you get their name wrong. If you aren’t sure, simply call and check. If your are sending a magazine query, take the time to check the latest masthead.
• Successful freelance writers get rejected. Everyone gets rejected. Magazines don’t like your queries, clients don’t like your proposals. Sometimes it is a matter of skill but most of the time it is a matter of taste.
• Successful freelance writers like to turn on the radio at five o’clock so they can hear about all the traffic jams they aren’t a part of anymore.
• Successful freelance writers know how to close the sale. Whatever the issue is, if you want their money you are going to have to get them to commit.
• Successful freelance writers aren’t desperate enough to be abused. They turn down work
• Successful freelance writers outline or otherwise plan their jobs. They don’t dwell on planning, but they take a little time to make sure they have a measurable way of determining if they are on schedule and on the right track.
• Successful freelance writers track their time. They may break it down into billable hours, word counts, work categories or milestones. One way or another, they know how they are using (and if they are wasting) their time.
• Successful freelance writers get money up front from business clients. Magazine freelances don’t have this luxury, but business freelancers not only can get partial payment up front, in most cases they should get it. A deposit/partial payment for services indicates that your client is serious and has the capability to pay. There are plenty of people out there who will exploit your services, having an upfront fee reduces the number of people who will do that to you.
• Successful freelance writers ask for referrals. When you have a satisfied client, especially one you’ve gone out of your way for, it is perfectly reasonable to ask if they know of other potential clients or if they can write a short note expressing their satisfaction.
• Successful freelance writers realize that they are running a business. Freelance writing is like any other small business. It requires a set of business management skills that cannot be ignored.
• Successful freelance writers avoid most meetings, but they go out of their way to avoid soul sucking meetings. There is nothing more draining to a person’s energy, whether they be a freelancer or a poor working stiff, than attending a meeting that wasn’t needed, wasn’t wanted, and didn’t accomplish anything.
• Successful freelance writers are surrounded by terrible freelance writers. Some of those terrible writers are even making a good living at it.

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1. Blogging and WordPress – It has never been easier for writers to find an audience
2. StumbleUpon — They send me more traffic than anyone but Google. If you aren’t a member, sign up now!
3. OneNote — Finally, Microsoft released a product that a writer can love
4. Lulu– It has never been faster or cheaper to put a book into print
5. PhraseExpress — Put your boilerplate on speed dial
6. FreelanceSwitch – They write about freelancing so I don’t have to
7. Indeed – A great place to look for a job
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows — It’s finally over
9. 30 Poems in 30 Days — It brought a lot of new friends to the site
10. NaNoWriMo – 50,000 words in 30 Days!
11. The 4-Hour Workweek — The book about business every writer should read
12. Google Reader — The best place to keep track of all my favorite blogs
13. Zen Habits — I was at least 4% less angry this year thanks to Leo
14. ProBlogger – And my blog was at least 4% better thanks to Darren
15. Blind Date With Cavafy — My favorite book of poetry this year
16. The Comics Curmudgeon — Comic strips today are just plain lousy, and Josh makes that funny
17. Pearls Before Swine — Proof that comic strips can still be funny
18. Superbad– Proof that teen sex comedies can still be well-written
19. Californication – The best show about a washed-up, immature, sex-obsessed writer since Murder She Wrote
20. Fresh Air — Every year, Terry Gross keeps getting creative people to talk about process without becoming an SNL parody
21. Tucson Weekly — The only newspaper left in my home town that is worth reading
22. Free software — Some things are worth the lack of price
23. The Well-Fed Self Publisher — Every writer who wants to understand the publishing business should read it
24. Low-Carb Monster Energy Drink — Without it, half this blog would not get written
25. The Daily Show / The Colbert Report — This double punch is not only funny, it’s given hundreds of writers exposure they would never have gotten otherwise
26. Want to Write a Novel Badly? Here’s How! — My most popular article this year
27. WiFi — 2007 was the year that wireless Internet really came of age and I was finally able to blog from anywhere, which coincidentally is where I am most of the time!

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Blogging For Beginners

• Blogging as a Publishing Business: What is a blog?
• Blogging as a Publishing Business: Who should try it?
• Blogging as a Publishing Business: How Much Money Can You Make?
• Blogging as a Publishing Business: Choosing a Service Provider
• Blogging as a Publishing Business: Personal Blogs (Diaries)
• Blogging as a Publishing Business: Political Blogs
• Blogging as a Publishing Business: Business Blogs
• Blogging as a Publishing Business: Subject Matter Blogs
• Blogging as a Publishing Business: Photo Blogs
• Blogging as a Publishing Business: Academic Blogs
• Blogging as a Publishing Business: Hybrid Blogs
• 23 Questions for Prospective Bloggers – Is a Blog Right for You? – Darren Rowse — Problogger
• 2 Things a Blogger should do before launching a Blog by Tyler Michael Jonsson
• 5 Copywriting Tips That Will Make Reading Your Web Site/Blog Easier For Visitors by Melissa Fach
• 7 Encouraging Must-Read Articles For The Blogger Just Starting Out by Rory at Clean Cut Blog
• Beware Of Letting Your Articles Go Cold In The Draft by Clean Cut Blog
• Blog Wrap Ups Made Simple And Easy.. by Snoskred
• Bloggers! If you don’t FIRE UP your HEADLINES, your blog will definitely be a LOSER! by Mark
• Do you ask these questions before writing for your audience by Ashish
• Get Your Own Domain and Web Hosting Now! by Sly from Slyvisions.com
• How to be or become a good Blogger by Kishore Reddy
• Launching a new blog by Simon
• One Week to a Professional Blog by Simon
• Should I start a new Blog? by Tejvan Pettinger
• The First Thing To Do After You Publish Your Blog by Ankesh Kothari
• Top Tips for Beginning Bloggers by SingForHim
• What I’ve learned in my first year of blogging by Ross McKillop
• Where to Start? by Suzanne Atkinson
• What You Can Learn From New Bloggers by Sly from Slyvisions.com
• Why You Should Get Your Own Domain by Mun
• Writing sponsored content -An eye opener! by Ramanujam

Mistakes

• 3 mistakes I WANT to make as a beginner blogger by Blogmunch
• 5 Blogging Mistakes I Keep Doing And Haven’t Fixed Yet by Dennis Bjørn Petersen
• Blogging Mistakes to Avoid by Simon
• Don’t be a Skeptical blogger by Costa
• Don’t be too personal in your blog. by Eklavya
• Don’t Block Firefox! by Matt Harzewski
• Don’t start a blog unless you can be committed to it. by Stephanie Cockerl
• Redirecting with Alexa is a BAD Linking Strategy by RT Cunningham
• Seven Mistakes To Avoid When Building Your Business Blog by Krishna De
• Warning: Do not ’steal the lead’ by Glenn Abel

Writing / Content

• 10 Easy Ways To Improve Your Blog Writing. by Snoskred
• 10 Ways to find more writing time by Jo
• 12 First Rules Of Writing by Clean Cut Blog
• 2 Seconds to Convince by Dan Cole
• 5 Easy Ways to Make Your Posts More Interesting by Erik Karey
• 7 Compelling Reasons Why Your Headlines Need To LEAP Off The Page by Clean Cut Blog
• 7 Tips for Good Content by Todd Dow
• Battling Writer’s Block by Jeri Merrell
• Be bold when you blog! by Bob Walsh
• Bloggers Writers Should Read — J.C.
• Connecting Words by RT Cunningham
• Creating Signature Content by Skellie
• Experts Rule The Blogophere by Jon
• Express Blogging by Simon
• Finding blog post ideas by Jo
• First Impressions Lead To a Lasting Loyal Readership by Sly
• Give Your Readers Content They Want! by Adam Dempsey
• How To Make a Better Post by Mon Macutay
• How To Make Your Post Stand Out by PabloPabla
• How to Remember All Those Great Ideas by Matt Wolfe
• How to Scientifically Identify Content that’s Perfect for your Blog by Simon
• How to stay in The Zone and keep wowing your readers with spectacular articles! by Mark
• How To Write 50 Articles Per Week by Tejvan Pettinger
• How To Write A Blog Post Hung-over by Matt Jones
• How to write Advice Posts by Todd Dow
• How to Write an Internal Market Positioning Statement by Mason Hipp
• How To Write Off-Topic Without Losing Readers by Ben Jamin
• How to write Story Posts by Todd Dow
• How To Write When You Can’t by Kathryn
• Improve Your Writing With A Simple Exercise by Steven Bradley
• Idea For Posting by Syiru
• Invigorate your readers with passionate and energetic articles! by Mark
• Is Your Blog Content King? by PabloPabla
• Is your blog good enough? by Andrew Boyd
• Interlink Archived Post Darren Rowse — Problogger.net
• My Cure For Bloggers Block by Matt Jones
• Quick Writing Tips to Improve your Blog Posts by Tejvan Pettinger
• Sexy Reviews Bring Readers by The Fair Review Project
• Sharing the Pain: Problems and solutions are ideal content by Andrew Boyd
• That’s one KILLER headline, but don’t leave your readers hanging with a LAME opening paragraph! by Mark
• The Perfect Title: Try these Enticing Titles by Tejvan Pettinger

Promotion

• 10 Tips for Making Your Blog Posts More del.icio.us by Steven Snell
• 10 Tips on How to Start Your Own Blog Contest by Mon Macutay
• 10 Ways to Promote your Blog Site Offline by Ant
• 23 Marketing Tips Online and Offline – Tip #1 by JerkyBeef – TheBeefJerkyBlog.com
• 3 Top Tricks for Driving Readers to Your Blog by Craig Huggart
• A Guide to Promoting Your Blog Through Guest Posts by Steven Snell
• Blog Carnivals, Start to Finish by Jordan (MamaBlogga)
• Blog Hack: Link to New Blogs and Get More Readers by Ben Yoskovitz
• Blog Naming — Give Your Blog a “Reasonable Name” by Ted Demopoulos, The Blogging for Business Guy
• Blog Naming Tips by Ted Demopoulos
• Budget Promotion Part Three: Blogs by Genesis Davies
• Building a Support System via Guest Blogging by Pearl
• Building your brand, one feed at a time by Bob Walsh
• Bumper Sticker Magic (Blog Marketing Tip #2) by JerkyBeef
• Case Study in Internet Marketing: My Accountant by Suzanne Atkinson
• Contests Anyone Can Do – Promoting Blogs & Websites by Rob Malon
• Email and Blog Branding by Jeri Merrell
• Fast Track To Fame: Blogging Big Blogging Double by Rob Malon
• Guest Blogging Strategy – Overcoming the Barriers to Guest Blogging by Ankesh Kothari
• Hansel and Gretel Link-building by Skellie
• How I Generated Over 3,000 Backlinks In 6 Weeks! by Bryan@OneMansGoal.Com
• How to Attract Readers When Your Customers Don’t Read Blogs by Brad Shorr
• Got Blog? Grow it With Some Special Spice… by Fred Black
• How to get 50x or more the traffic? by Emad Ibrahim
• How to get Repeat Visitors to your Blog by Rose DesRochers
• How to Get to The Top by Dan Cole
• How to have 250,000 blog visitors a day by Trevor Hampel
• How to Increase Alexa Rankings by Sly from Slyvisions.com
• How To Increase Your Blog Traffic With Social Bookmarks by Jason
• How to Increase Your Traffic?? by syiru
• How to market your blog and increase your readership by Rose DesRochers
• How to run a successful blog contest. by Joshua
• How to participate in blog carnivals by Trevor Hampel
• How to quickly get 100+ more readers to your blog by Ted Demopoulos
• Improving popularity of your blog by Anuj Seth
• Increase readership to your blog 20 percent in a month by diversifying your traffic!! by Mark
• Increase Traffic By Fixing Broken Links by Dean Taplin
• Increasing Traffic – Exploring The Archives by Chris Lodge
• How To Use Netvibes To Market Your Blog Or Business by Aaron
• Is Your Blog Receiving All The Traffic It Could? by Don
• Link Train or Link Spam? by Tom Wilson
• Links, Backlinks, Pingbacks and Trackbacks – What Exactly Are They? by pearl
• Market Your Identity / Not Your Product by Jason MoneySpace
• Marketing Is All In The Details by Mason Hipp
• Network Marketing Online Effectively-LOGO by Jason MoneySpace
• Networking In Your Niche: 4 Steps To Breaking The Ice by Matt Jones
• Promote Your Blog Offline Tip #1 by JerkyBeef – TheBeefJerkyBlog.com
• Run a StumbleUpon Campaign for Your Blog Darren Rowse — Problogger.net
• So you’re desperate for traffic? You’ll NEVER receive it unless you participate in forums! by Mark
• Social Bookmarking 101 – Increase Traffic Decrease Effort by Rob Malon
• Stumbleupon Brings More Traffic Than Problogger by pablopabla
• Technorati: How to Get Traffic by Lucia
• Use Article Marketing to Attract New Readers to Your Blog by Rich Brooks
• Use business cards to publicize your blog by Jim
• Use your Blog Comment Name for Personal Branding by Ted Demopoulos, The Blogging for Business Guy
• Want a Technorati Boost for your Blog by Jake Rinard
• Ways to Radically Increase Traffic to Your Blog by Wendy Maynard
• Ways to Increase Your Inbound Links by T.Pettinger
• Why one Blog Carnival is Better than the Rest by jim bozs

Search Engines

• 10 Fundamentals Of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) by Bryan @ OneMansGoal.Com
• 3 Areas You Cannot Ignore When Optimizing For Local Search by Melissa Fach- SEOAware.com
• 3 ways to Wii Your Way to the Top of Google by Jake
• Ranking in the SERPs – Part 1 – Keyword Selection by Erik Karey
• Ranking in the SERPs – Part 2 – Influential Factors by Erik Karey
• Ranking in the SERPs – Part 3 – Tips & Techniques by Erik Karey
• Read if you don’t want to get penalized by Google by Vijay Shinde
• SEO Tip: Use Dashes To Separate Words In a URL by Sly from Slyvisions.com
• Top 10 basic SEO Tips to build high traffic web site by Vijay Shinde
• Top 10 Ways To Improve Your Google PageRank by Salman Siddiqui
• Use The Power Of The Slug To Increase Search Engine Traffic by Chris Lodge
• Use the Search Function to Look for the Post you want to Interlink. by Costa
• Ways to Increase PageRank: Tip No.1 by Matt Jones
• Ways to Increase PageRank: Tip No.2 by Matt Jones
• Ways To Increase PageRank: Tip No.3 by Matt Jones
• Ways To Increase PageRank: Tip No.4 + 5 by Matt Jones
• Website Traffic and META Tags by Jason MoneySpace with guest author Kyle Watters
• Word Your Article Correctly – S.E.O. Search Engine Optimization by Jason MoneySpace

Software / Tools

• 10 Essential Blogging Tools by John Jantsch
• 10 Must Have Softwares For A Blogger by Karthik Kastury
• 12 Firefox Addons that Make Blogging easy by Karthik Kastury
• 15 Benefits and Limitations of Wordpress.com Blogs by pchere
• 3 Tips to Hack Proof and Hijack Proof your Blog by Ted Demopoulos
• 40+ Firefox Add-ons for High Speed Blogging by ky1008
• 5 Crucial, but Invisible, Wordpress Plugins by Simon
• 5 OSX Automator Actions for Bloggers & Developers by Simon
• A Blogger on Blogging – Chapter 2: Wordpress Plugins for Faster Blogging by Vlad H
• Blogging Quick Tips by Darren Rowse
• CSS Towers Logo by Dan Cole
• daiOptimizing Wordpress for Best Performance by Karthik Kastury
• Greasemonkey scripts to rock GMail by Sumesh
• How to install WordPress manually! by Shawn DesRochers
• How To Install WordPress with Fantastico by Shawn DesRochers
• Is Domination of WordPress and FeedBurner good? by Sumesh
• Is Twitter shifting blogging to a new phase? by Sue Waters
• Most essential plugins for your wordpress blog. by Eklavya
• Robots.txt Files: Fence off Sections of Your Web Site from Search Engines. by Fred Black
• Simple Facebook Adjustements to Get Traffic by Ian Fernando
• Simple fix for Windows Live Writer hangups by Sumesh
• The Business Blogging Toolset: 100 Resources for Entrepreneur-Writers by Bootstrapper
• Top 3 Best Free Blogging Platforms by Ramkarthik
• Top 5 essential WordPress Plugins by David Airey
• Top Wordpress plugins that make your blog smart by Vijay
• Why Does Technorati Mock Me? by Sue Waters
• Wordpress : Turning 404 not found random visitors to blog readers by Fili
• WordPress Bloggers: Fix Your Incoming Pings With WP_PingPreserver by RT Cunningham

Design / Analysis

• 10 Steps to Publishing a Professional Looking Post…first time by Karen
• 10 Ways To Show Your Readers You Hate Them by Wild Bill
• 47 CSS Tutorials, Techniques, and Resources by Matt Harzewski
• 7.5 Reasons I Abandoned You Today by Rich Minx
• Analytics for your Blog by Anuj Seth
• Analyze Your Blog’s Competition Darren Rowse — Problogger.net
• Blog StartUp: Template Organization by Ian Fernando
• Building Search Engine Friendly Permalinks by Bryan@OneMansGoal.Com
• Choosing an avatar to represent you by Ryan McFarland
• Create a Heatmap of Where Readers Click on Your Blog
• Create a Sneeze Page and Propel Readers Deep Within Your Blog
• Creating Linked Lists for Traffic and Incoming Links by Jason Bartholme
• Debunking Popular Alexa Myths by James Yeang
• Decide on your Permalink Structure from Day 1 by Suzanne Atkinson
• Declutter Your Sidebar Darren Rowse — Problogger.net
• Decrease Bounce Rate – Increase Subscribers and Visit Time by Rob Malon
• Dig into Your Blog’s Statistics Darren Rowse — Problogger.net
• Display Testimonials on Your Blog by Jason MoneySpace
• Do not forget http:// in WordPress posts by Sumesh
• When no one is looking by Bob Walsh
• Full Posts vs. Partial Posts, on the Homepage by Michael Martin
• Get your own Blog Theme! by Anuj Seth
• How to Create a boxes logo by Dan Cole
• How to Customize the Misty Look Wordpress Theme by Ronaldo Camacho
• How to make your own logo by Dan Cole
• Improve my blog navigations by Blogmunch
• Looking for the Right Web Site Design, But Have No Clue Where to Start? by Melissa Fach- SEOAware.com
• Make That Footer Worth Reading by Dan Cole
• Make Your Most Popular Posts Sticky Darren Rowse — Problogger.net
• Make Your Visitors Feel Like Home by Jonathan-C. Phillips
• Must-Have Tool For Bloggers – WORDWEB: Powerful Dictionary For Windows by Rory at Clean Cut Blog
• My Article Writing Template – Effectivity in Action by Tom O’Leary
• Run a ‘First Time Reader Audit’ on your Blog
• So what’s it all About? by Bob Walsh
• Storytelling your Sneeze Page by Andrew Boyd
• The Advertiser had to Pay for My Visit to His Site – But then He Drove Me Away from his Site! by Mike Goad
• The Best Way To Earn Repeat Business by Derek Semmler
• The Crucial Ingredients of a First Impression by Michael Martin
• Too many toys is too many toys by Bob Walsh
• Track Your Blog’s Stats by Matt Harzewski
• Use a photo to engage your readers. by Bob Walsh
• What makes a Great Logo? by Dan Cole
• What Stats Should you be Interested In? by Simon
• Why Didn’t I install Google Analytics Sooner? by Sue Waters
• Why Adding Pictures Is A Good Thing by Mr. Happy
• Why You Need a Logo by Dan Cole

Revenue

• 101 Ways to Monetize Your Website or Blog by Steven Snell
• 4 EZ Ways to Get Rich by Jake
• Reasons to avoid Paid Reviews by Shrihari
• 5 Great Affiliate Programs For Your Blog by Bryan Clark
• 5 Reasons Why You Should Do Paid Reviews by Ramkarthik
• 5 Simple Tips To Increase Adsense Income by Bryan Clark
• 5 Tips on How to Make Non-Affiliate Money From Your Blog by Melissa Fach- SEOAware.com
• 5 Ways to Make Money from your Blog by Simon
• 7 Tips to Making Money through Niche Blogging by Jake Rinard
• 7 Ways to optimize AuctionAds by Scott Bird
• Adsense for Dummies by Mon Macutay (aka GM Tristan)
• Adsense Optimisation, Straight from the Horse’s Mouth by Simon
• Beat the Summer Doldrums and Make Money Blogging by Jake R
• Blogging & Your Business by Susan Payton
• Blogging for Money? Some Market Research Helps a Lot by ninja
• Earn “6 Times” More With Your AdSense Very Easily by Salman Siddiqui
• Have You Audited Your Ads Placement Within You Blog by Etienne Teo
• How are my Ads performing for my blog? by Blogmunch
• How to embed adsense add unit in left or right corner of post content by Vijay
• How to NOT make money blogging by Ryan McFarland
• Increasing Your Blog Revenue by Ian
• Make More $$$ Per Click on Your Blog Instantly by Jake from MoreMerchant.com
• Publisher Advertising Programs Roundup by Edward Dowd
• Run an Advertising Audit On Your Blog Darren Rowse — Problogger.net
• Search for an Affiliate Program that Fits Your Blog Darren Rowse — Problogger.net
• The Role of Money in Blogging by Ahmed Bilal
• Why You Should Diversify Your Income Stream by gaman

Productivity

• 11 ways to increase your blogging output by Andrew Garrett
• 14 Ways to Come Out of the Blog Lurker Closet by Adino
• 10 Things To Do When You Have Nothing To Blog About by Sly
• 5 Practical Steps to Getting Better at Anything by Mason Hipp
• Five Ways to Increase Your Blogging Productivity by Michael Paul
• Blog Points System by Wild Bill
• 7 days tasks in one day but I am serious by Eklavya
• Blogging While On Vacation by Anne Wayman
• Do You Always Have to Blog on a Schedule? by Revenue Blogging
• Five Ways to Increase Your Blogging Productivity by Michael Paul
• Harness the power of elance.com by Joe @ Escape Job Hell
• No way to live by Bob Walsh
• Plan Your Next Week’s Posting Schedule Darren Rowse — Problogger.net
• Setting goals for your blog by Jordan (MamaBlogga)
• So how will your week go? by Bob Walsh

Feeds

• 10 Steps to Building a Killer Feed Collection by Skellie
• 7 Techniques that will help increase the number of your RSS Subscribers by Raiber Cristian
• Feedburner on the Page, Regardless of Stats by Michael Martin
• Give readers choice, and let FeedBurner deal with the headaches. by Bob Walsh
• Having Two RSS Feeds: Full Post Feed as well as Summary Feed by Ankesh Kothari
• How Important Are RSS Subscribers? by Bryan@OneMansGoal.Com
• Make it easy for your readers to subscribe to your blog! by Mark
• Seven Ways to Master FeedBurner by Jordan (MamaBlogga)
• What does your blog looks like to your subscribers? by Sue Waters
• What your blog looks like in different Feed Readers by Sue Waters

Tips and Tricks

• 3 Classic Questions That Still Useful in Blogging by Ken Xu
• 31 day blog challenge by Alex Miller
• 31 Days to Build a Better Blog–Days 11-14 by Sue Waters
• 5 Days of… Different Types of Blog Posts by Todd Dow
• 5 Resources to Make YOU a Better Blogger by Simon
• 5 Simple Steps to a Better Blog by Simon
• 7 Sites with Great Blogging Tips by PabloPabla
• 9 Reasons Why I’m Cooler Than John Chow by Bryan@OneMansGoal.Com
• Achieve the dream – Why I am not a Full Time Blogger by Jake
• A Tip – Think About The Audience That Reads Your Blog by Mike Goad
• Bagging for Bloggers 101: John Winston Howard and Friends by Andrew Boyd
• Blogging Lesson from Tom Glavine and his 300th win by Jake
• Blogsolid – ideas for better blogging by Imar
• Causal Reasoning 101 for Bloggers by Andrew Boyd
• Cheat Sheets: Why Readers (and Social Networks) Love Them by Skellie
• Cheat Your Way to $1000 a Day by Jake Rinard
• Conduct an ‘About Page Audit’ Darren Rowse — Problogger.net
• Cherry pick a mega list post by Bob Walsh
• Do you have a Privacy Policy? by Suzanne Atkinson
• Everything I need to know about writing blogs I learned in high school; The FAT-P by Jim
• Grow Your Business in 15 Minutes or Less by Mason Hipp
• How blogging affects your personal development by Lola Fayemi
• How keep track of new comments on other bloggers’ posts by Sue Waters
• How to Get 6312 Subscribers to Your Business Blog in One Day by Brian Clark
• How To Be A Passionate Blogger by Wild Bill
• How to breathe new life into a dead blog by Bob Walsh
• How You Can be Just Like the Top Bloggers Today by George Manty
• Is There A Lack Of Quality In Marketing Blogs? by Steven Bradley
• More Lessons Learnt From Blogging That Apply To Other Areas Of Life (And Vice Versa) by ShineWithGrace
• Pillars support your blog success. by Bob Walsh
• Post Folding by Dan Cole
• Read More, Write Less: The Key to Blogging Growth by Chris
• Stop Cramming For A Post! by Wild Bill
• Ten tips on blogging by bharadwaj
• Thirteen Blog Clichés by Jeff Atwood
• Top 7 Features of a good blog by Todd Dow
• Using the Rule of 5 for Blogging Success by Takuin Minamoto
• Want Traffic? Create Something Unique and Valuable! by Lucia Liljegren
• What are Friday afternoons good for? by Bob Walsh
• When the Blogger’s Block Hits, STOP! by Costa
• Why do you blog? by Andrew Boyd
• You ARE A Special And Unique Snowflake: Five Ways To Prove It by Jacqueline Zenn
• You Have a Complicated Blog, And You Want It To Be Popular. Should You Change Anything? by Ashok
• You Should be FIRED … Your blog by Jake

Community

• 5 Old School Ways to Find Blog Readers and Build Community by Maria Palma
• 5 Ways to Get Noticed by A-List Bloggers by Steven Snell
• Bloggers and Readers: What has worked best for you in increasing interactivity in comments? by Mark
  
• A template for boosting subscribers through education by Simon
• Ask your readers and customers what they want! by Bob Walsh
• Be Social by Dan Cole
• Be Yourself in Blog Land: Embrace the Fanboy Within by Samir Bharadwaj
• Be Yourself in Blog Land: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships by Samir Bharadwaj
• Comment for a Review by RT Cunningham
• Comment on a Blog You’ve Never Commented On Before Darren Rowse — Problogger.net
• Communicating With People You Haven’t Met by Pearl
• Email a New Reader Darren Rowse — Problogger.net
• Email an Old Timer Reader Darren Rowse — Problogger.net
• Introduce Yourself to another Blogger Darren Rowse — Problogger.net
• Magnetize Your Blog: Always Reply to Comments! by Jeanne Dininni
• Over-delivering to Your Readers by Ken Xu
• Personalise Messages and Stand Out by Michael Martin
• Renew Comments on Blogs Forgotten by Costa
• Search for and Join a Forum Darren Rowse — Problogger.net
• The Etiquette For Leaving Comment Links by Steven Bradley
• The Frustrations of Joining Forums without knowing anyone by Costa
• They comment, you email, they subscribe, life is good! by Bob Walsh
• Use trackbacks to build blog community by Jo Raisovich
• Want more customers? Join a online community. by Bob Walsh
• What Can Stephen Colbert Teach You about Reaching New Viewers? by Edward Dowd
• Who’s Linking to Your Blog? by Rose DesRochers

Podcasting

• 6 reasons your microISV is ready for YouTube by Bob Walsh
• Bryan Takes A Shot At Podcasting by Bryan@OneMansGoal.Com
• Get x-ray vision to see your microISV customers by Bob Walsh
• How to post audio clips to your Blogger blog by Rose DesRochers

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