NewspaperGirl

I just got off the phone with my friend Chris and we talked about how we hardly blog anymore. Also about how nothing seems that exciting in tech lately. It’s mostly about Google and the iPhone over and over. Are we just cynical or have things quieted down considerably?
My take is when something is new […]

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My article on SEO for blogs was featured in the March/April 2008 issue of Engage Magazine. My friends Nash and Shahar started the magazine. They do a great job making internet marketing subjects simple for small business owners.
http://www.engagemag.net/archives/Engage-Mar08Web.pdf

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Like many bloggers, I started on (now Google owned) Blogger, went to WordPress hosted, and last to WordPress with my own domain and host. These posts are really for me to remember, so they are a bit indulgent, please forgive me
Here are some important milestones:

Got the domain name www.newspapergirl.com in addition to www.newspapergrl.com […]

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Installing a Wordpress blog on your own host takes a bit of of technical know-how. That’s why most start out with a Blogger blog. However, the benefits of Wordpress for search engine optimization make it worth the effort. Also, Wordpress is open source which means people are always creating free plugins and innovating. You don’t […]

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Yesterday my business partner and I had lunch with Courtney Tuttle, a blogger and Internet marketer (www.courtneytuttle.com).Up until a few days ago I didn’t know he lived close so I contacted him and the next day we met him. Courtney is just as generous in real life as he is in his blog. He […]

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I just read a feature about blogger John Chow on the Unusual Business Ideas that Work blog. I met John Chow at Blogworld a few months ago. The post talks about how much he’s made from blogging - $25k a month. He started out making $300 a month. He spends about $550 a month in […]

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I’m going to save you a lot of pain and money. When businesses are new to blogging they often want to set up their own blogging software or platform. Don’t do it. Use Wordpress. It’s customizeable, has many plugins, and it’s free (be sure to host it on your own server, with your own domain […]

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As I was catching up on my blog reader today, I did a double take on this revelation: Sam’s Club (or WalMart) offers Internet Marketing services. The company that offers the services is called Innuity. It’s not new but I’ve never heard of it until today. I spoke to them to find out more.
First, Sam’s […]

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It’s great to see the The New York Times report on the benefits of blogging - especially for small or mid-sized businesses. They say blogging is a “low-cost, high-return tool.”
It’s not just for small businesses though - Google probably has more blogs than any other business I know. They seem to create one for just […]

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Here are some blog issues I need to fix (if you have recommendations for me):

Incoming Links Spam
I noticed in my sidebar there’s an SEO company who has spammed my list of incoming links. I tried to delete it, can’t find a way. I tried removing the plugin of incoming comments and it left an error […]

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