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5 common blogging tips that aren't true (a précis by fetsiboomsticks)

  1. Spend money on your blog. Spend it on domain name and hosting, the rest is ornamentation.
  2. Be yourself. Purple cows are more noticeable than little grey men.
  3. Don't guest post. It diverts your energy from your blog with little reward (I don't agree with this point).
  4. Post quality not quantity. Be sustainable.
  5. Blog about your passion. Even if there's competition for keywords, if you know your stuff you are in (similar to the anti-copyright argument, that copyright is there to protect the mediocre - then the mediocre can at least sell their (book) to 100 people, instead of relying on vitalness).
And remember, advice is not 'law of the universe'.

Source: Rob Cubbon
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Andhra Style Recipes said…
Nice blog keep it up.
9:17 am
Tanya Pretorius said…
Thanks, am enjoying your recipe site. I love the mouseover that shows the pic of the food when I am over the link. Nice one. Great organisation of recipes too.
9:25 am
Tanya Pretorius said…
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9:25 am
Russell CJ Duffy said…
Spend my money on my blog?
HAH! I don't spend money on anything.

Bah humbug!

:)

Your word verification is: equertsp which is pretty much how I feel too.
7:06 pm
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