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5 New Year’s Resolutions for New Bloggers

December 22, 2009
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1. Post REGULARLY (not a numerical goal): Something as specific as “I’m going to post every Tuesday and Friday.”
2. Respond to EVERY comment: A blog is set up for discussion and engagement; if you do not respond to comments you will dampen the spirits of those who comment and decrease the chances that they will [...]

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5 Quick Fixes to Tune Up Your Blog

December 12, 2009
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1. Consolidate Your Categories to 3-5 larger ones: None of your readers are going to take the time to go through fifty different category tags. Eliminating tags will also help focus your writing and make your posts sharper.
2. Optimize Your Blog Title for Search Engines: Is your blog title abstract? Or is it only your [...]

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Make That Next Email Into A Blog Post

November 6, 2009
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I’m all about keeping my inbox at zero these days. Here’s the post I read that inspired me.
Since creating content can be the biggest challenge for entry level and mid-range bloggers, I wanted to encourage you to use emails that you either send or are sent to you as fodder for blog posts.
Here are [...]

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Claiming New Ground: Marching Into the Blog World

November 2, 2009
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Ok, I admit it: I’ve been in blog world for only six months, which undoubtedly puts me in the minority within the Campus Ministry. But even though I’m a newbie, I think I’ve learned a few lessons along the way that may help the remaining four of us tip-toe into the [...]

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starting may be easier than you think

October 20, 2009

If you haven’t started a blog for fear of the time involved in self-hosting, you should know: Choosing NOT to set up your blog all by your lonesome is a valid, viable, and oftentimes smart option. This applies for those blogging personally, professionally, or for their college ministry site.
There’s often an assumption that starting a [...]

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Sharpen Your Blogging Skills With These Links

October 3, 2009
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Are you looking to read up on how to improve your blogging?
Here are some great links from the pros:

50 Ways to Take Your Blog to the Next Level–Chris Brogan

A Sample Blogging Workflow–Chris Brogan

Blogging Tips for Beginners–Problogger

Discipline is Your Blog’s Missing Ingredient–ChurchCrunch

Blogger Basics–Image Compression–ChurchCrunch

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CRU Blogging Webinar Coming! Sign Up!

September 25, 2009

CRU Blogging is hosting a 30 minute webinar to help ministries understand the value in switching over to a blog for the main ministry website. We hope to share some vision, explain some tactics, and answer your specific questions.
I’ve noticed that a lot of ministries have outdated websites, and would like to try something new, [...]

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