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How Long Does a Blog Post Need to Be?

Image by Michael David Pedersen

Image by Michael David Pedersen

Does a blog post need to be thousands of words long, pre-empting every potential query?

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Twadges You Don’t Want to Earn

Twitter Badges. Do you really want one?

Twitter Badges. Do you really want one?

Anyone who reads Econsultancy might well have noticed a recent post about a startup called Twadges. The firm promises to provide Twitter users with Foursquare style badges to mark any notable “achievements” in a user’s lifetime. Now I don’t know which badges they will be offering, but I’ve had a few ideas.

And here’s a handful of “Twadges” you really don’t want to earn.

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The Golden Rule of Blogging

Speak to your audience. Give your readers what they want. Keep it brief. Rule of three…

Yeah. Enlightening. You’ve heard all of that before, haven’t you? Hundreds of times. The closely guarded secrets of the superstar bloggers. Secrets so secretive, that you read them thirty times a week on sixteen different blogs.

Well if you’re expecting this all-new GOLDEN RULE OF BLOGGING to be something along those lines, you’re going to be surprised. Because here’s something that’s 99% certain not to have been featured on Copyblogger.
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How Not to Get a Comment Approved

I’m fine with people leaving comments here because they want a link, so long as they contribute to the conversation. However, if you’re just copy and pasting from a generic template, you’re not getting added.

If you copy and paste in your multiple choice template and forget to delete as applicable, you won’t get a link and I may take the mickey slightly.

“Love it, it’s {sites|posts|web sites|blogs| like this that makes the internet|net so awesome|good|great”

Cheers for that chief. Filling the Net with crap, one comment at a time.

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