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Top 10 Mac OS X Apps for Niche Bloggers - Building your Blogging Toolbox

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I’ve been developing niche websites and blogs for quite some time now and there is always something you don’t think of, that some awesome piece of software thinks of for you. A lot of these programs solve problems I didn’t know I had.
So, in an effort to save my fellow niche bloggers some [...]


How To Choose a Good Hosting Service

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The website hosting industry is EXTREMELY competitive right now. Hosting services are becoming as important as regular utilities. They’re the engines driving innovation on the web from the latest website ideas to the hottest blogs.
So, how do you get in on the action? How do you choose the best host for your blog [...]


For the Love of God, Get Your Own Domain for Your Corporate Blog

I’ve seen it again and again, Blog Misunderstanding Syndrome. It’s very common. A company gets convinced by someone, probably on their staff, that they should be blogging. Not wanting to spend money on the medium, said person starts a blog on a free service such as Blogger or Wordpress.com.
Great! They started a blog! But wait. [...]


When To Social Network

If you want your content to get seen by as many people as possible, you need to plan ahead and make sure that when you release it, it is seen by as many eyeballs as possible.
In the old days of PR, the general rule was to release a Press Release on a Wednesday or Thursday. [...]


Set up Your Self Hosted Wordpress Blog in 17 Steps

The blogging revolution has changed the way content is published and shared on the world wide web. Everyone is an expert on something and free tools are now available to allow people to share that knowledge with the world and well a profit from it. This guide is how to set up your own self [...]


Do Yourself a Favor: Avoid iWeb

A few years ago, when I needed to set up a website to find my first job, I turned to iWeb to set it up. It was well integrated with all the other Mac Apps I used and it made setting up a website a breeze. But even on those first websites I set up, [...]