Category : Blogging tips

Basic HTML Coding

Your Guide to Basic HTML Code for Links

Many newer bloggers know very little (if anything) about html coding. That is one thing that is so great about the WordPress platform. You really can start blogging without actually knowing how to code a website.

Plus, there are tons of available plugins for creating items like contact forms and social media icons. You really can have a beautiful website with absolutely no coding knowledge.

That being said, as you get further along in blogging you may realize there are simple things you can do with just a bit of basic coding knowledge that can help to create the best possible reader experience. In doing so, you will also improve your blog’s overall performance.

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How To Use Hashtags

How To Use Hashtags To Promote Yourself On Social Media

Hashtags can be your best friends or worst enemies on social media websites. You may attract or repel targeted visitors depending on your understanding of how you use hashtags.

Don’t overdo it.

Treat hashtags as if you were cooking fish. Overcooking fish creates a poor-tasting, dried-out dish and undercooking fish creates a raw dish which will likely make you violently ill.

Overusing hashtags repels targeted visitors, creating a poor-tasting, worn-out social media stream and under using hashtags simply makes your social media stream and blog quite ill since you’re rarely if ever attract targeted visitors who would readily read your blog and buy your product or service.

Don’t overdo it. Use hashtags intelligently to draw in targeted readers through social media websites.

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7 Useful Blogging Rules For New Bloggers

7 Useful Blogging Rules For New Bloggers

We are naturally scared of the unknown, which is why it can be a very daunting prospect when taking your first steps into a new industry.  Many people like the idea of starting their own website or blog online but the vast majority never will for fear of failure.

Admittedly there is a lot to learn about blogging when you start out, but that should not put you off, instead it should inspire and drive you to create the best site that you can.  After all, every blogger at some point was in the exact same position when they started.

I thought that I would put together a useful list of some blogging rules for you to follow when first starting out to ease some of those nerves!  That way, you have some clear pointers to follow whilst you continue to learn about the other aspects of blogging.

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Blogging Criticism into Blogging Income

5 Tips for Turning Blogging Criticism into Blogging Income

Criticism is gold. As bloggers you’ve likely read posts about how to shut out or ignore criticism.

Maybe you’ve heard how successful bloggers used criticism as fuel to burn their competitive fire.

Only one problem…..what you resist is true to you.

In some cases critics are mean spirited people who want to project their unhappiness on you but in many instances a less than tactful reader is presenting you with a golden nugget of truth. If a critic angers you, they did you a wonderful service. They revealed some block/truth that you should face and embrace to learn from.

Once you mine truth from criticism you can monetize feedback swiftly.

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