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#31WBGB: Solve a Problem

12 October 2011 And More

Welcome back to another week of 31 Weeks to a Better Genealogy Blog!    This week’s task is to write a post that solves a problem that your readers (or potential readers) have.  This ought to be easy for us, because as researchers, solving problems is what we do. 6 Ways to Identify Problems to Solve [...]

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#31WBGB: Find a Blog Buddy

3 October 2011 And More

Welcome back to another week of 31 Weeks to a Better Genealogy Blog!    This week’s task is to find a blog buddy.  Let’s face it; blogging is often a solitary endeavor.  Bloggers who work together, often have more success.  Blogging buddies can be one-on-one relationships or small groups. 9 Reasons You Need a Blog Buddy [...]

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#31WBGB: Update a Key Page

25 September 2011 And More

Welcome back to another week of 31 Weeks to a Better Genealogy Blog!  This week* our topic is updating a key page or post on your blog. What pages are important on your blog? Spend a few minutes identifying about 10 pages or posts on your blog that are the most important or most powerful [...]

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#31WBGB: Develop an Editorial Calendar

18 September 2011 And More

Welcome back to another week of 31 Weeks to a Better Genealogy Blog!  Can you believe that we are over a third of the way through?  Last week we spent some time brainstorming post ideas.  This week our topic is planning a posting schedule (aka editorial calendar) to keep up with all those ideas. Benefits [...]

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#31WBGB: Come Up With 10 Post Ideas

13 September 2011 And More

Welcome back to another week of 31 Weeks to a Better Genealogy Blog!  I apologize for the late posting, but I’m really excited about this topic and hope you will be, too. Have you ever run out of things to write about? Coming up with ideas for fresh content is a challenge that faces most [...]

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#31WBGB: Set Up Monitoring Alerts

4 September 2011 And More

Welcome back to another week of 31 Weeks to a Better Genealogy Blog!  Our topic for week 10 is setting up alerts to monitor what is happening in our areas of genealogy.  Alerts are useful for both blogging and for genealogy research, so they are a great addition to any geneablogger’s toolbox. Reasons to Use [...]

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#31WBGB: Participate in an Online Genealogy Group

28 August 2011 And More

Welcome to Week 9 of 31 Weeks to a Better Genealogy Blog! Our topic this week is participating in online genealogy groups.  These could be forums, mailing lists, message boards, facebook groups, etc. Why Should We Participate in Online Genealogy Groups? There are three main reasons to participate in online communities: Profile Building – if [...]

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#31WBGB: Interlink Your Old Blog Posts

21 August 2011 And More

Welcome to Week 8 of 31 Weeks to a Better Genealogy Blog!  Our topic this week is interlinking old blog posts. Why Should We Interlink Posts? There are three main reasons to interlink posts within one’s own blog: To help your readers – if you’ve written other posts on a similar topic or that tie [...]

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#31WBGB: Write a Link Post

14 August 2011 And More

Welcome to Week 7 of 31 Weeks to a Better Genealogy Blog!  Week 5’s topic is about linking out to other blogs or websites. Why should you link to other sites? Linking out gives something valuable to your readers.  There is a lot of great information out there, but who has the time to sort [...]

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#31WBGB: 27 Must-Read Tips for Genealogy Bloggers

7 August 2011 And More

Welcome to Week 6 of “31 Weeks to a Better Genealogy Blog!” Our topic this week is learning from successful bloggers. If you are following along in the e-book 31 Days to Build a Better Blog (affiliate link), Darren provides links to 27 blog posts by nine different bloggers.  I’ve included some of those links [...]

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