Remember that song on Sesame Street? One of these things is not like the others … Welcome to the life of the misfit. The short kid on the basketball team. The dude who asks the bartender to change the TV to the U.S. figure skating regionals. In a Vikings bar. On game day. When Minnesota’s playing the Chicago Bears. So…
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Triberr for Bloggers with Jaime McKee
Here on Blogging411, we are taking a look at some of the most powerful and popular blogging tools available to bloggers. Last week, we learned about Hootsuite and Sprout Social as scheduling tools for the content and social media shares that you already have. This week we will be looking at Triberr, a powerful platform that can help you build…
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Bloggy Boot Camp Atlanta: What are you Doing and Why?
This year’s Bloggy Boot Camp in Atlanta was about knowing the WHY behind your blog and taking the time to work toward it.
How to Get Sponsored Post Opportunities
If you have been hanging around the blogging community for any amount of time, you have undoubtedly seen countless sponsored posts. They are on social media and blogs and come in all types. When you start thinking about the possibility of monetizing your blog in this way, it can seem kind of overwhelming. There are so many different ways to get…
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ProBlogging MiniCon 14 Wrap Up
The ProBlogging MiniCon was centered around learning and education, with a little networking and a bunch of laughs mixed in.
Social Media Scheduling Using Hootsuite and Sprout Social
To schedule your social media interactions with your readers or not. That is not necessarily the question (anymore). If you have blogged for any amount of time, you have realized that there are many moving parts to the term blogging. Promotion should account for 80% of your efforts. That’s right! In a perfect world, you spend 20% of your time creating…
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What Should Be in a Media Kit, Anyway?
Last week I attended a networking event for bloggers in North Carolina (more on that tomorrow!) and ever since my head has been spinning about blogging. Monetizing blogs, SEO optimization, Pinterest, social media, etc, etc. So hopefully I don’t upset anyone with having two blogging posts in a row ;). One thing that has been on my mind a TON lately is…
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Meet Tiffany Haywood of MrsTeeLoveLifeLaughter
Get to know Tiffany Haywood (MrsTee) of MrsTeeLoveLifeLaughter 1. How long have you been blogging? I actually published my first post near the end of July of 2013 but I celebrated my 1 year Blog Anniversary (or as we bloggers love to call them – Blogiversary) in August. So I have been blogging a little bit over a year now….
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Blogging411: Getting Personal Without Being Vulnerable
If you ask any seasoned blogger what are their most popular posts, they will tell you the posts where they got personal. We all know that being personal and making real connections is the “secret sauce” to blogging. But how exactly do we do that? How do we determine what stories are the ones to tell? How do we get…
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Our Story: What is the NC Blogger Network?
Many months ago, before summertime haze took over my blogger-mind, I attended a local blogger meetup event in Raleigh. I had discovered it by chance through one of the many Facebook groups I am in for bloggers. As I left, thoroughly enjoying the opportunity to meet so many local bloggers, another blogger friend texted me, saying she had forgotten all…
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Meet Madison Wetherill of The Wetherills Say I DO
Get to know Madison of The Wetherills Say I Do 1. How long have you been blogging? The real answer is that I have been blogging since the days of LiveJournal. But I’ve been seriously blogging and treating it more like a job than a hobby for about a year now! 2. What do you blog about? Even though my blog…
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