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Blog help: Are you over informed?

In an interesting game of blog ping-pong, Richard at Shards of Consciousness posted an article inspired by one of mine and now I’m posting one inspired by that one of his. Confused?

Richard discusses something that has niggled me for a while. Information overload. He says:

I read once that 5 - 10 minutes of reading should be balanced by 30 - 60 minutes of thought about what you read. I wouldn’t agree with these exact proportions, but for every little bit of reading you do, do a lot of thinking. Be selective in what you read. Take time to digest it. You’ll find that you’re less stressed and have more time to actually do something, and may even learn that you’ve been avoiding yourself and your own life by your frenetic attempts to read what others have to say.

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Blog Help - The truth about blog lies

As a result, she’s consulted various people to give their thoughts on what lies are put upon newbie - and not so newbie - bloggers:So I started to wonder, what other misconceptions are there about blogging?… So I asked my friends and colleagues, “What the biggest lie about blogging?”Anyone in bRead source article: What’s the Biggest Lie About Blogging?


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Blog help: Two tips for success

A few years ago I had a small business providing computer support to home and other small businesses. Although I only did it for two years (it wasn’t making enough money to support the needs of my family at that time), I learned to very important lessons about succeeding in business.


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Blog help: Getting back on the horse and recovering momentum

Before I left I pre-posted and post-dated the posts. Therefore, each day, a new post should magically have appeared on each of QwertyRash, Go Play AV and CrossOSS.Now comes the tough part.


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WordPress Blog Tip: Canvas

Canvas brings the freedom to express yourself through design without needing to know CSS or PHP. With Canvas and Ink for Wordpress, you can easily rearrange, reconfigure, and colorize your entire blog without ever touching a line of code.


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Blog Help - Ron’s Guide - Free Webmaster Resources

For all those who like to procrastinate on writing good posts by tweaking their blog, here’s a site to feast on: Ron’s Guide. It’s packed full of tutorials on HTML, CSS, PHP and Javascript.Yes you should make posting your major goal, but you just never know where learning a bit of coding will lead you.


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Blog Help: 10 Step Plan to a Profitable Blog - Performancing.com

QRBefore I get into the approach I suggest for creating a profitable blog let me just emphasise that even though it might reduce your chances of earning larger sums I maintain you should stick to producing good useful content.


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Blog Help: Meals vs Service

It is possible to provide a decent product with poor service. Likewise, it is possible to provide a ordinary product with good service.Which do you prefer?A new restaurant opened in town that has excellent meals but the service leaves a lot to be desired.


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Blog Help: Goals need plans!

I was just lying in bed, snuggling down under the doona, enjoying the warmth, about to doze off, when I had this terrible thought: I haven’t done my three posts for today!… I had done the one for Go Play AV, but it crossed my mind to skip the other two.


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Blog Help: Impetuous goals

Well, day 3 and it’s struck me that the “one post per day” goal is harder than expected - especially on this blog.This blog is about technology, writing, blogging and general musings.


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