5 Ways To Stop Your Blog From Going Viral

Having a post go viral can be a nightmare, all those pageviews, comments to deal with not to mention the overflow of your adsense account! I know, something has to be done! Here are 5 simple tips that will ensure your unread posts stay that way:

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Your Own Domain VS .WordPress.com?

So a big question a lot of people face when they first start blogging is how to set up their blog. Should it be self hosted on your own domain or can you get away with just having a .wordpress.com domain?

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Top 5 Places To Find Great Stuff To Tweet

Tweeting great content is an underrated asset of many tweeters. For more check out 11 reasons why good tweets are important.
How to send good tweets:
Now theres the obvious, like don’t take the “What are you doing?” question literally. But apart from common sense your best chance of improving is by recognising that tweeting other peoples content actually gives you cred. With that in mind here’s how to find good stuff to tweet:
What to tweet?
Tweeting what has already been socially tested is a great way to have success. Here are a …

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Should You Write Blog Posts On The Weekend?

So if you didn’t already know, most internet traffic is on Mondays and then trails off from there with the biggest drop over the weekend. So how do you respond? Here’s my interpretation of the drop and how a blogger should respond:

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Is What You’re Doing Remarkable? The Key To Going Viral

Just saw a great video by Seth Godin and realy enjoyed it so thought I would share along with my take on it.
So there’s a lot of great stuff in the video but the bit that really got me thinking was about being remarkable. In the video Seth explains that the word remarkable doesn’t just mean amazing or inspirational but actually that it means “worth making a remark about”. Online we would call this viral marketing. If something is worth sharing or making a remark about, it quickly spreads and …

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Using Social Media To Promote – A Beginners Guide

If you are looking to promote your website or blog using social media then your at the right place!
To get started all you need is a computer, something to promote and a few friends.