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Attention new bloggers, here is a super tip on effectively blogging by Amy Porterfield of the Social Media Examiner

#3: Reframe How You Look at Business Blogging

“I often hear people complain that they don’t have time to write on their business blog or they don’t know what to write about,” says Denise Wakeman, founder of The Blog Squad. “Yet a blog is one of the best tools you can use to distribute your message across the web.”

One way to move away from this mode of thinking is to reframe how you look at blogging. It’s not about writing on a blog; it’s about taking advantage of a powerful marketing tool that works for you 24/7/365. Then, schedule writing time so it doesn’t slip through the cracks in the course of a busy day or week.

Here’s a 4-step process to get you started:

  1. Block out your writing time on a calendar.
  2. Plan your content in advance. Create an editorial calendar and plug in your topics 1 to 3 months in advance.
  3. For each of your blog categories, list a minimum of 5 topics you can cover related to your company, products and the solutions you provide.
  4. Pop them into your editorial calendar as prompts so you’re never at a loss for ideas when it’s time to create content.

Great advice.

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When I blog, I always include links to things I like. When I read blogs, I almost always click on the embedded links. My pet peeve are links that don’t open to a new page, but instead open in the current page.

In WordPress, my blogging, tool, this is pretty easy to do.

Here’s a step-by-step list of how to insert links:

  1. Write your blog in the “visual” vs. “HTML” mode for ease.
  2. Type in the title of your link just as you would write anything in your blog.
  3. Go back and highlight the text you want for the title.
  4. Click on the “infinity looking symbol” in your blog tool bar. You will then see the following:
  5. Paste into the URL field the web address of your link
  6. Check the box that says “Open link in new window/tab”
  7. Click the “Save Link” blue button at the bottom.

How to edit links so that they open in a new window/tab:

  1. Go to Edit mode from your dashboard for the post
  2. Highlight the link
  3. Once again click on the ”infinity looking symbol” in your blog tool bar.
  4. The same window will open up, as above.
  5. Just click on the box that says “Open link in new window/tab”
  6. Click the “Save Link” blue button at the bottom.

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