Category Archives: Blogging

Where in the world is April Tara?

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AprilTara.com will be undergoing some changes very soon. In order to maximize effectiveness and narrow my focus, I'm going to consolidate three sites - AprilTara.com, CherryBombPromo.com and RockStarBlogDesign.com - which means that the focus here will continue ...

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Do you need to blog regularly if you have a service-based business?

Earlier this week, I had a nice long chat with a friend and colleague of mine who started her business around the same time I started mine. We were discussing some of the things we've learned over the past year and one of the topics was something along the lines of advice we'd been given ...

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Headway theme rocks my world…and my blog

Have you seen my new blog design? I am absolutely in love with it! And Clay Griffiths is my new hero because he's the designer behind the new Headway theme (as well as the son of my friend Grant Griffiths) which is the theme I'm now using. Now on the surface, it may not ...

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100 Top Blogging Tips

  I've got a little treat for you, courtesy of my friend Carrie Lauth.  Carrie put together a handy little guide called "100 Top Blogging Tips" that covers everything from setting up your blog to topic ideas. You can download your free copy of "100 Top ...

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A planner for freelancers

I have come across some great time management and productivity resources, some of which I've been able to implement and some that just don't work well for me. So what I've ended up doing is combining some of my favorites. Here's what I do: Yearly Business Planning At the end of 2008, I had written a blog post ...

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Hey Label Daddy! Send ME to BlogHer!

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen me talk about my mission to find a sponsorship to attend Blog Her '09 in Chicago this summer. Well the wonderful ladies at Mom Dot and the very cool guys at Label Daddy have partnered to provide one lucky ...

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My guest post on WAHM 2.0

I wrote a guest post for Sparkplugging's WAHM 2.0 about Social Media Overkill. I'd love to hear your thoughts on how you're using social media effectively without it monopolizing your time online. And while you're visiting Sparkplugging, be sure to read some of ...

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Update on WordPress SEO Secrets

I've got good news! Remember how I posted this morning that I would have more info for you tomorrow about the launch of "WordPress SEO Secrets"? Well I have a sneak peek for you so you can get a better idea of the kind of info available to you as part of the ...

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Secrets of WordPress and SEO

Using WordPress may be one of the easiest and most effective ways to maximize your SEO (Search Engine Optimization) efforts. Let's take a look at some of these WP-specific SEO tricks. Anatomy of a Post Here's what the search engines are looking for when they're crawling through ...

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