Blogging & Personal Development
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Blogging 101: Write Your About Me Page
Now you’ve got your homepage sorted and branding is all up to scratch. Let’s make sure your about me page is informative, yet fun and helps whoever wants to know you better to get something from it. It also needs to be set up well for any potential opportunities from brands. One Liner Creating a…
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Blogging 101: Design Your Homepage
Similar to judging a book by it’s cover, people will probably judge your blog by it’s homepage. I know you shouldn’t judge a book but… well you’ve probably seen all the books I’ve bought just for the cover if you’ve followed me for a while. But if your site has shoddy design work that was…
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Blogging 101: Design and Domain
So you’ve planned out your branding and picked out your platform but now it’s time to get your domain and start designing the perfect blog. By perfect, I mean the perfect blog for you, not for everyone else! First things first, you need to find somewhere to purchase your domain name. However if you’re still…
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Blogging 101: WordPress.com Guide
After creating your brand you’ve chosen the free WordPress.com as your platform but you have no idea what to do next? No worries, I have got your back with a quick overview on how to get using WordPress.com. Get registered Register your account at WordPress Create your URL as domainname.wordpress.com (Remember your branding!) Choose a…
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Blogging 101: WordPress.org Guide
You’ve created your brand and chosen WordPress.org as your platform but you have no idea how to use WordPress? No worries, I have got your back with a quick overview on how to install and get using WordPress software for blogging. How is WordPress.org different to WordPress.com? WordPress.org provides the WordPress software to download and…
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Blogging 101: Choosing The Right Platform
So you’ve decided to start a blog and you’ve thought about your branding. Now it’s time to find your little area on the internet and I am here to tell you the pros and cons of all the places I know you can go to to start hosting a blog. Blogger Years ago pre-teen…
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Blogging 101: Create Your Brand
One of the biggest mistakes I see new bloggers make is that they don’t see their blog as a brand. To be memorable and a website that people want to visit you need to have coherent content that is useful and unique and it helps to have some kind of theme. Even if that theme…
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Blogging 101: Getting Started
Blogging has come a long way since just being a personal journal online, where bloggers have used the opportunity of having a space on the internet to better communicate information to their readers in a unique and interesting way. Blogging is used by large businesses, small businesses and individuals alike and covers a vast range…