ProBlogger is currently running a birthday bash where he is offering over $54,000 worth of prizes (USD)!
There are a huge array of prizes up for grabs, so if you haven’t take a look yet I recommend you do. The total value of all prizes is actually closer to $60,000, either way this is [...]

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September was a good month for this blog. The blog makeover is working well and has generated a good amount of feedback. The header and sidebar elements of this site are now getting far more clicks than with the old design.

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I recently got in touch with Nate Whitehill from Unique Blog Designs. I was impressed with how he redesigned John Chow’s web site so I asked him to give my site the makeover treatment.
This is the result! Welcome to the new look for Technical Itch.
The header and footer have been completely redesigned. [...]

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To be a successful blogger you need some marketing know how. Watching TV can be a great place to hone these skills. Why not spend a couple of hours watching TV, sounds pretty easy! It can be anything from TV commercials to a documentary. You’d be surprised what you can learn from this.

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David Airey, a logo designer and design consultant is holding an anniversary prize giveaway on his web site worth more than $4,000!
This is one of the best giveaways I’ve ever seen on a web site. There are some fantastic items up for grabs. Whether you’re looking for a redesign of your blog, [...]

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For the last 2 months I’ve been studying how many times visitors click in the sidebar of this blog. The results so far are astonishing. Hardly anyone clicks on the sidebar. The sidebar might as well not be there.

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One of the most common mistakes when writing blog articles is not spending enough time writing a compelling headline. The headline is arguably as important as the content itself.

Consider your readers, they subscribe to dozens of feeds. Each day their feed reader is full of new information competing for their attention. These people are likely to speed read this information, only clicking on those articles with an interesting title.

You could write a fantastic article, but if it is let down by a poor headline, it is likely to get lost in a sea of blog titles competing for the readers attention. It is no different to going into a shop and buying a newspaper or magazine. It is the headline that counts.

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Earlier this week I promised to post some more articles on blogging tips and tricks that I’ve written recently. For the benefit of recent subscribers here they are:
Beginners Guide To RSS
How I tripled my email subscriber numbers
The importance of testing your web site in different browsers
Personalize your web site - create a favicon in [...]

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