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In 2008, Twitter really started to hit the mainstream and bloggers began adding widgets to their sidebars to display their latest tweets. In 2009, Twitter will become much more tightly integrated with the rest of the blog in a variety of ways - watch out

If you think of blogging as a conversation, it is hyperlinks that allow us to connect the voices together. It is a means for citing information, recognizing original ideas, and giving credit where it's due. It also allows us to make subtle recommendations

Blogging helps encourage teen writing Survey reveals that student bloggers are more prolific and appreciate the value of writing more than their peers

5 Sources for Free and Legal Images\nFiled as Guides on October 6, 2008 9:01 am by Jonathan BaileyEveryone knows that almost any blog post is better with images. However, getting them can be a difficult matter. With a maze of licensing and fair use issues

Email subscription There are plug-ins available for many blogging platforms that allow users to subscribe to an email update whenever a comment is left on a post, or to track responses to a comment they have left via email. In some ways this has an advant

Another reason some bloggers have slowed down is sheer burnout. Siva Vaidhyanathan, a professor at the University of Virginia, shuttered his popular blog, Sivacracy, in September, in part because he was exhausted by the demands. "When you run your own blo

Easy Ways to Monetize Your Photos Are you an amateur photographer who is thinking about easy ways to monetize your photos? Here are some platforms that wil

look this over for Jan. 15th presenation-- some good new stuff here I haven't seen - W Fryer's vid focuses on hyperlinked writing -- take a look at downloading and using

A MUST READ!!! The Basics Brevity rules. Can you say it briefly? Start at the main point, then work the story up. (Make the main point in the first paragraph.) Use small words. You don't have to impress people. You have to be clear. Analogies help people

In this article we'll take a look at a combination of tutorials, plugins and themes that can help you to use WordPress in non-traditional ways. Hopefully you'll find something that you can use, or at least something that will be a valuable learning resource for extending your knowledge and skills of working with WordPress.

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While providing great content is critical if you want to establish a loyal audience, it is only one of a variety of ingredients. Other factors come into play; most importantly, your visitors need to see that you've made every effort to accommodate their needs; that you've put much thought into their experience on your site. To create a blog that stands out from the others, use this list of useful WordPress plugins to show your readers that you have made the effort, and you'll be rewarded with return visitors and growth. So what do your visitors really want?

MOTIVATION A unique study of K-12 teachers blogging as an instructional practice shows a significant increase in student learning through motivation for assignments and through deeper thought processes. Students enjoy the connectiveness of their work whi