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		<title>Beef up your WordPress Blog with Plugins</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a WordPress blog and you feel like it is time to really tighten up the look and function of your plug try navigating through through some of the thousands of plugins or even themes out there to help you really spruce things up. WordPress has made it so easy for non code [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have a WordPress blog and you feel like it is time to really tighten up the look and function of your plug try navigating through through some of the thousands of plugins or even themes out there to help you really spruce things up. WordPress has made it so easy for non code writing individuals to have a real savvy looking blog to be able maximize their potential.</p>
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<p>Writing lots of content on a blog is very important but user experience when a visitor gets to that blog is also very important./ You want to keep that user engaged and navigating through various pages and looking around and reading other posts. One plugin that every WordPress blog should have is the All In One SEO plugin. This allows you to customize all your meta information on every page and even posts as well. In my opinion this should be one of the very first plugins downloaded. If your blog consists of many different pages or even a few different pages you will want to have custom written meta tags and descriptions to go along with those pages so people can find you. If you plan on depending on your blog for income at some point you will have to get really serious with it and really promote it through all the various social networks. Not only is this important from generating traffic but when people come to your blog it is important for them to see that you are active on other areas. This will build brand for your blog and others will find you. There is an abundance of social networking profiles from Flickr RSS to Twitter updates and also Facebook connections. Keeping your blog connected with all communities will help you build traffic and also a following. If you someday plan on selling ad space or trying to monetize your blog these steps will be important.</p>
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		<title>Have you Found Your Blog Writing Style Yet?</title>
		<link>http://blogmarketingjournal.com/2009/05/20/blog-writing-tactics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 14:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Marketing Journal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blog writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Have you Found Your Blog Writing Style Yet?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When you first launch a blog for either yourself or your business it might take you some time to figure out what type of writing style you want to approach your blog with. Some companies know right from blog launch and some take a little time to figure out exactly what type of approach they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you first launch a blog for either yourself or your business it might take you some time to figure out what type of writing style you want to approach your blog with. Some companies know right from blog launch and some take a little time to figure out exactly what type of approach they would like to take. There is no right or wrong approach to take. Everyone has their own style and personality and this will reflect in your blog. Here are some different approaches that we have seen.</p>
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<p><strong>Personal: </strong> Some business or individuals like to take the personal approach on their blog. This usually works well after you have built up a following for either yourself or your business. if your name is a brand people look for than they will come to your blog regardless of what you write. In the beginning days of your blog it wouldn&#8217;t hurt to sprinkle in some of these personal type blog posts letting people know about your dog or a project your child had at school, just to let people know you are a person. </p>
<p><strong> Do It Your Self:</strong> if your business offers a service you can&#8217;t just cater each blog posts to talking about your services otherwise people are not going to really respond well to that. Writing blog posts about how people can do it themselves or attempt to is a great way to bring in heaping amounts of traffic. I know what you are thinking, won;t these people just learn what I am trying to do for a living? The answer is yes and no. Many people might take the information and run with it but many will not want to bother to do it themselves even after reading instructions. That is when they will contact you directly.</p>
<p><strong>Industry:</strong> Some blogs might cater towards the whole industry that you are in. Reporting on various things occurring in that industry. Everything from competitor news, to industry events to hot topics that might occurring. This approach gives you probably the greatest amount of material to work with so running out of things to write about doesn&#8217;t really happen to often.</p>
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