From the monthly archives:

December 2009

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Quick Simple and Effective Prelaunch Strategies for New Blogs

If you intend to start a new blog, you need to consider prelaunch strategies. You can harness the power of your current site visitors or try various other straegies. This article is regularly updated with tips and tricks from around the web. You are invited to add your own tips and tricks.

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Thesis Theme Site Review: Tech Patio

Tech Patio is a lightly customized Thesis Theme site that nicely demonstrates a few simple changes you can make to create a unique WordPress website.

This Thesis Theme site review highlights the web design elements, structure and functionality, best content examples, successful blogging strategies and areas for improvement for the Tech Patio Thesis Theme site.

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Free HTML and CSS for a Table Within a Post or Page

I used a 3-column, 7-row table in a recent post Why I Think Text Link Ads IS Better Than Google AdSense. If you would like to grab the HTML and CSS for it and adapt it to your own purposes – come and get it.

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Newbies Shine New Light On Blogging Strategies

I just visited Rajesh Kanuri’s site TechCats for the first time and read 2 articles on commenting and building traffic. When I read these tips I realised that bloggers who have been around for 12 months or more often forget the basics.

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Take Action & Become Active in Your Blogging Community

A 10 step strategy for getting the most out of being involved in your blogging community. One of my New Year’s resolutions for Thesis Theme HQ is to get out into the blogging community more by commenting and referring to other great blog articles - even if they’re not a Thesis Theme site.

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Why I Think Text Link Ads IS Better Than Google AdSense

Why I think Text Link Ads and is better than Google AdSense. The differences between the two advertising streams expressed in a comparative table.

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New Squeeze Theme for WordPress Not User Friendly

I just received a refund for Squeeze Theme after trying to get it to behave like a standard Thesis Theme blog. Unfortunately, I have been spoilt with the bells and whistles that come as a default with Thesis Theme. It will be interesting to hear how Squeeze Theme has improved overall in about 6 months time.

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100 Reasons Why Blogussion is an Amazingly Successful Site (Part 1)

And How You Can Copy These Strategies For Your Own Site

Blogussion.com is a Thesis Theme success story. Here are the first 20 reasons why Blogussion is an amazingly successful site, in no apparent order. There was just too much for it all to fit in the one post.

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Make Sure Your Site Has Copyright, Privacy, Disclosure and Disclaimer Information

Copyright your material the way you want, add a privacy statement, disclaimer and affiliate earnings disclosure statement to your site to protect your material and defend yourself against the lawyers.

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When Cookies STOP You From Making Affiliate Commissions

I don’t always earn money from products and services I blog about, but I am a member of a few affiliate programs, most notably the DIY Themes affiliate program, where I receive affiliate income on occasion for the subsequent sales of Thesis Theme. Sometimes however, cookies stop me from making affiliate income.

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Internet Defamation and Cyber-Libel Explained

Resources for internet defamation, also known as online defamation and cyber-libel. If you have ever been defamed or accused of or actually defamed another on the Internet – you will understand the need to know more about online defamation - preferably before you ‘need’ to.

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