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]]> By: Jeremy Day http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/comment-page-1/#comment-4248 Jeremy Day Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:46:59 +0000 http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/#comment-4248 Oh yes, I see that now. Guess I got to start reading the fine print. Thanks for the heads up. ;-) Oh yes, I see that now. Guess I got to start reading the fine print. Thanks for the heads up. ;-)

]]> By: Fiona http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/comment-page-1/#comment-4244 Fiona Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:41:33 +0000 http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/#comment-4244 Hi Jeremy, I actually commissioned someone else to write this series! Rod Smith from www.hippowebsolutions.com I asked him to tailor it specifically to writers and he did so very well. I'll pass on your compliment. Rod is a guest speaker on my non-fiction writing course that I run in Newcastle upon Tyne. Fiona Hi Jeremy, I actually commissioned someone else to write this series! Rod Smith from http://www.hippowebsolutions.com I asked him to tailor it specifically to writers and he did so very well. I’ll pass on your compliment. Rod is a guest speaker on my non-fiction writing course that I run in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Fiona

]]> By: Jeremy Day http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/comment-page-1/#comment-4241 Jeremy Day Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:03:47 +0000 http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/#comment-4241 Hi Fiona, This is a great series for new bloggers. I like your final points about making money. Your first goal should be to get enough traffic just to cover costs. If you treat it like a business that becomes your break even point. Then you can continue building from there. Cheers, Jeremy Hi Fiona,

This is a great series for new bloggers. I like your final points about making money. Your first goal should be to get enough traffic just to cover costs. If you treat it like a business that becomes your break even point. Then you can continue building from there.

Cheers,
Jeremy

]]> By: Rod Smith http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/comment-page-1/#comment-4234 Rod Smith Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:49:15 +0000 http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/#comment-4234 Hi Gwyn, It's not the free hosting sites themselves who rip off people's content - it's just easy for spammers and scraper sites to utilise those platforms for their own nefarious purposes. It happens to everyone at some stage, unfortunately - I wouldn't get too hung up about it. I tend to make sure my posts link back to other parts of my site - that way at least you can turn the tables on the scrapers by having them link back to your site (generally they will use your content as-is, without any modifications whatsoever). Of course, you can always report these sites to their providers and get them removed, but it's easy to get distracted doing this, and you may find 3 others have sprung up while you were dealing with the first. My advice is to go ahead and set up your blog - you'll find the advantages greatly outweigh the disadvantages. Good luck! Hi Gwyn,
It’s not the free hosting sites themselves who rip off people’s content – it’s just easy for spammers and scraper sites to utilise those platforms for their own nefarious purposes. It happens to everyone at some stage, unfortunately – I wouldn’t get too hung up about it. I tend to make sure my posts link back to other parts of my site – that way at least you can turn the tables on the scrapers by having them link back to your site (generally they will use your content as-is, without any modifications whatsoever).

Of course, you can always report these sites to their providers and get them removed, but it’s easy to get distracted doing this, and you may find 3 others have sprung up while you were dealing with the first.

My advice is to go ahead and set up your blog – you’ll find the advantages greatly outweigh the disadvantages. Good luck!

]]> By: gwyn http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/comment-page-1/#comment-4233 gwyn Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:52:03 +0000 http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/#comment-4233 Hi there, i'm thinking about setting up a blog to gain exposure and experience for myself, as a hopeful writer. However, i've read horror stories about free hosting sites using your material for themselves... How can you protect your content on a free or self-hosted blog? Thanks for all the great info and advice! Gwyn Hi there,
i’m thinking about setting up a blog to gain exposure and experience for myself, as a hopeful writer. However, i’ve read horror stories about free hosting sites using your material for themselves… How can you protect your content on a free or self-hosted blog?
Thanks for all the great info and advice!
Gwyn

]]> By: writinggb http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/comment-page-1/#comment-919 writinggb Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:51:30 +0000 http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/#comment-919 HA!! Yeh, I'll have to try writing that post :-) I'm off to Peru in a few days and will only be posting sporadically, and not really checking in on other blogs. Internet cafes are few and far between where I'm headed. Shall see you when I return. HA!! Yeh, I’ll have to try writing that post :-)

I’m off to Peru in a few days and will only be posting sporadically, and not really checking in on other blogs. Internet cafes are few and far between where I’m headed.

Shall see you when I return.

]]> By: Fiona http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/comment-page-1/#comment-853 Fiona Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:52:54 +0000 http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/#comment-853 Thanks for stopping by. You're right, the 'how to' articles get a lot of hits. But you've highlighted another key factor - anniversaries! I've been otherwise occupied so haven't been able to capitalise on the Christmas rush. But coming up is New Year, Valentines, Easter ... How to write a valentine's card? Ha! Thanks for stopping by. You’re right, the ‘how to’ articles get a lot of hits. But you’ve highlighted another key factor – anniversaries! I’ve been otherwise occupied so haven’t been able to capitalise on the Christmas rush. But coming up is New Year, Valentines, Easter … How to write a valentine’s card? Ha!

]]> By: writinggb http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/comment-page-1/#comment-851 writinggb Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:08:57 +0000 http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2007/12/16/beginner-blogging-for-writers-part3/#comment-851 I am finding myself more and more interested in the blogging I'm doing. Funny, really, because I started merely as a way to seek some human contact while I'm on sabbatical leave this year. Oh, and I figured it was a way to keep up with the technology that my students would already know! But I find myself checking my blog dashboard a lot and tracking number of views and how people found me, etc. Ever since I posted on How to Write a Christmas Letter, my views have shot through the roof, and I'm showing up on search engines, etc. Very interesting. Makes me think you must be getting all kinds of hits since you offer so much How To info that many, I'm sure, are seeking. Anyway, just thought I'd stop in and say hello. I appreciate the tips on blogging. Thanks! I am finding myself more and more interested in the blogging I’m doing. Funny, really, because I started merely as a way to seek some human contact while I’m on sabbatical leave this year. Oh, and I figured it was a way to keep up with the technology that my students would already know!

But I find myself checking my blog dashboard a lot and tracking number of views and how people found me, etc. Ever since I posted on How to Write a Christmas Letter, my views have shot through the roof, and I’m showing up on search engines, etc. Very interesting. Makes me think you must be getting all kinds of hits since you offer so much How To info that many, I’m sure, are seeking.

Anyway, just thought I’d stop in and say hello. I appreciate the tips on blogging. Thanks!

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