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Anyone can build a blog. It's quite easy. The difficult part is keeping it relevant, technically sound, and popular. Bloggers Boot Camp shows you how to blog for success
Sommario
Chapter 1 The Niche
What’s Your Name, Private?
What the Heck Is Blogging?
What Is a Blogger?
NEW Blogging And The Mainstream Media
The Four Questions
The Two Rules
Chapter 2 Getting Started
Basic HTML for Bloggers
NEW Basic CSS For Bloggers
Pick a Domain
NEW Ready-made Platforms - Add new platforms here
How Do I Pick a Platform?
NEW Why Themes Are Important
NEW Buying Themes
Should You Hire a Web Designer?
Tools of the Trade. 42
Chapter 3 Target Practice
The 1,000 Words Rule
Enhance Your Writing by Reading
The Bloggers Duffel Bag: Essential Skills for Getting Through the Day
Blog Photography Tips
Videography
NEW Mobile Photos And Video
NEW Podcasting
Chapter 4 Hello, World
Introducing Yourself
Producing Intro Posts
Writing Your Contact Page
NEW Gaining A Social Media Presence
NEW Dangers Of Social Media
NEW Three Rules For Spreading The Word
NEW To Microblog Or Not To Microblog
Chapter 5 How to Write a Blog Post
Types of Posts
Deadly Headline Kills 200,000 Innocent Readers
To Capitalize or Not Capitalize. 106
Use Perfect Grammar or Your Credibility Is Shot. 107
Top Five Grammar Goofs
The Finer Points
Blogging Traps
Graphics and How to Use Them
When Should You Post?
Snark and the Single Blogger
Post Length
Being a Better Blogger
NEW Sourcing
NEW Writing So Someone Will Read You
Chapter 6 What to Write About
Need to Know
How to Decide What Matters to Your Readers. 81
Finding News
NEW RSS Readers
NEW Twitter
NEW LinkedIn
NEW Google Plus
More Sources: Press Releases from PR People
Conferences/Trade Shows
Dinners & Events
Tipsters
Dealing with PR People
Review Units
How to Snag Review Units
Review It or Not—Pan It or Skip It?
Should I Return Review Units?
Ten Questions to Ask Before Posting
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Chapter 7 Mob Rule, Inciting a Riot, and Freedom of Speech
You’re in Control
Dealing with the Angry Mob
Understanding Spam
NEW Which Comment Platform To Use?
Rewarding Loyal Fans
NEW Should You Turn Off Comments?
Chapter 8 Building Traffic, Making Money and Measuring Success
SEO for Bloggers
Off-Page
The SEO Bottom Line
Social Media Sharing
Contests
Measuring Success
How To Make Money
Chapter 9 Blogging Ethics
Libel and Slander
Shield Law
Mr(s). Cellophane
Junket Junkies
Free Stuff
Caught in a Trap
Leaks and Trust
Stand Up Straight, Private
NEW Be Nice Or Be Right
NEW Blogging's Golden Rule
NEW Chapter 10 The Perks O
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Charlie White is an author and consultant who's been writing articles published in magazines and websites since the early days of the Internet. He's written for Wired and Popular Science magazines, was Senior Editor of Mashable, Senior Associate Editor for gadget site Gizmodo and Deputy Editor of NBC Universal tech site DVICE. He’s written more than 9,000 published articles, totaling more than 3 million words. Before he began writing magazine articles, blog posts and books, Charlie enjoyed a 30-year career as an Emmy award-winning television producer/director, directing five national television series for PBS
John Biggs?writes about technology for the?46 million page-view-per-month website?TechCrunch. He was former editor of Gawker Media's?Gizmodo. He has a Master’s Degree in Business and Economic Journalism from NYU and is currently completing a non-fiction study of Marie Antoinette’s watch (he’s also a watch nut). After spending four years as an IT programmer during the dot-com era, he became a full-time journalist. He’s the author of the book,?Black Hat: Misfits, Criminals, and Scammers in the Internet Age.
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Anyone can build a blog. It‘s quite easy. The difficult part is keeping it relevant, technically sound, and popular. Bloggers Boot Camp shows you how to blog for success
