As a mom blogger who does reviews and giveaways, I have found one of the best ways to get some “new blood” on my blog is to have an event. If you have been a reader for a while, then you might remember my Back 2 School Blog Bash, my Spooktacular Soiree, my Holiday Gift [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Blogging Basics'
Blogging Basics: Events to Increase Traffic
March 10th, 2010 · 16 Comments
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Blogging Basics: 5 Quick Steps!
March 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments
This week’s Blogging Basics is a bit different. I had a goal during February to get some guest posts out there. I didn’t make a specific goal number, but I knew that I HAD to get some guest posts done. I offered myself up on My Blog Guest, Blogger Link Up, and Twitter. [...]
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Blogger Appreciation Day – February 2010
March 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments
Seems like just yesterday that I wrote my “Thank You Note” to my top referrers for January.
Blogger Appreciation Day will happen EVERY month. I will be thanking the Top Ten Referrers to my site!
What are top referrers? If you go into your Google Analytics you can find “referring sites.” Those are sites that have [...]
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Blogging Basics: Follow Me Buttons on Sidebar
February 24th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Please welcome Adriana to 3 Boys and a Dog. I put out a plea for someone that could tell us how to get the “follow me” buttons in out sidebar. I let them know it had to be in “dummy language” and be written for Blogger and Word Press. Adriana responded and did and EXCELLENT [...]
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Blogging Basics: How to Add Buttons to Blogger and WordPress
February 17th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Simply Stacie asked me how to add the retweet button to her Blogger blog during last week’s hunt for topic ideas. I thought this was a GREAT question because I don’t have the buttons on my Word Press blog either. LOL! So, I did a bit of research.
If you have a blogger blog:
To add a [...]
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