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My 5 Favourite Blogging Books

I love to read books about blogging. There are so many available on Kindle, I download them and consume them like there’s no tomorrow. Even if I don’t learn anything new from them, they keep me inspired to be better with my blog… and hopefully they have helped me to Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
Wordpress Plugins
Blogging & Business

My Favourite WordPress Plugins

When I moved over to WordPress late last year, the first thing I did was begin researching plugins. At first, I downloaded and installed everyone one I came across that looked like it might be helpful. Then I found a lot of them weren’t as helpful as they seemed. And Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
Blogging & Business

Do You Autoshare Your Content?

These days, you can automatically share and cross-post in so many different ways… but is it worth it? In my experience, yes – but only if you are mindful of what you’re doing – and whether your followers will enjoy seeing your cross-posting efforts. Here are a few examples: Auto-sharing Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
6 easy ways to grow your blog
Blogging & Business

6 Easy Ways to Grow Your Blog

When you write a blog, it’s easy to just plod along, writing a few posts here and there. Thousands of people have blogs and are happy to keep them going as they are, and that’s just fine. If you want to step up your blogging though, to gain more traffic Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years ago
Make your Facebook Page Work For You
Blogging & Business

How to Make Your Facebook Page Work For You

Yesterday I published a post about how you need to have a Facebook page, rather than a personal account.  I know a lot of people prefer to have a personal account as they feel it somehow allows them to bypass Edgerank in some way, and that more people will see Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
7 things that hinder your productivity
Blogging & Business

7 Things That Hinder Your Productivity

1. Not making a to-do list It’s all very well making a mental note that you need to finish this, do that, go there, email this person, comment on that post. For me, if I don’t write it down, it ain’t getting done. I had a conversation the other day Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
how to get to inbox zero
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How to Get to Inbox Zero

  One of my goals for this month is to get to inbox zero. When I first published the post, I kind of felt a bit ashamed, admitting I had over a hundred unread emails; I thought people would be horrified at what a terrible manager of emails I am. Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
5 ways to improve your blog writing
Blogging & Business

5 Ways to Improve Your Blog Writing

  Anyone who knows me, knows I am a stickler for correct spelling and grammar. I like to think my blog posts are evidence of that, give or take the odd fat fingers-related typo. I think good spelling and grammar can make or break a blog post; you might have Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
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Blogging & Business

10 Ways to Boost Your Blogging Productivity

  Are you one of those people who can sit at your laptop for two hours, and come out the other side with half a badly drafted post? Do you wish you could be more productive with the time you have, but find that it just slips away like grains Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
Boost your Facebook Page
Blogging & Business

7 Ways to Boost Your Facebook Page

Facebook is still the largest social network, with over 1.44 billion active users. If it were a country, it would be larger than the USA. In fact, it would quite possibly be the largest country in the world. This makes it a fantastic way of advertising your blog – even Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
how to decrease your bounce rate
Blogging & Business

How to Decrease Your Bounce Rate

Your bounce rate is the percentage of visitors who come to your website and leave without navigating to another page. If you have a low bounce rate, it means the majority of the people who come to your site will have a good old nose around while they’re there. Having Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
twitter etiquette tips
Blogging & Business

Three Top Tips for Twitter Etiquette

As part of Salisbury Big Business Event last week, I attended a seminar and workshop run by Thomas Power about social media and online presence. Power refers to Twitter as a giant, online pub and says if you think of it that way, it becomes clear what is and isn’t appropriate. Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
5 reasons to love your Klout score
Blogging & Business

Five Reasons to Love your Klout Score

  Yesterday, I went to a talk by Thomas Power about social media. Before I went, I tweeted that I was going, and excited to see what I could learn. When I arrived at the talk, Thomas told me he had replied to my tweet, so I took a look. He Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
Blogging & Business

55 Cracking Blog Post Ideas

  Are you having trouble coming up with your next blog post? Do you ever feel like that blinking cursor on your screen is mocking you? I sometimes go for weeks at a time where I feel like I just don’t know what to write about. I have nothing interesting Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
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Blogging & Business

15 Ways to Increase Your Blog Traffic

Everybody wants more traffic on their blog, right? Here are 15 ideas for how you can increase the traffic to your blog. 1. Follow your fellow bloggers on Twitter and Facebook and interact with them there, as well as on their blog. The more someone feels they “know” you, the Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 4 years4 years ago
Blogging & Business

Reviews: A Simple Guide

t A couple of people have asked me lately about product reviews; how you get the product, what you write for the review, etc. So I thought I’d write a little blog post about it. More and more bloggers are being offered products for review these days, or are looking Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 5 years4 years ago

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