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11 February 2010

5 screencast tutorials I made to help you improve your blog

I created 5 screencast tutorials about Internet and blogging related things based on questions I get a lot and things I see being done incorrectly. Please watch the ones that you think will be helpful. Some are easy and some a little bit more challenging. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments.
1. How [...]

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15 December 2009

10 blogging lessons to learn from Casey’s mommy blog

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Several years ago when Casey and I worked together, she didn’t know how to do much in the technical realm. I IMed her at work once and it confused her. So when she moved to Colorado and told me she wanted to start a blog to share information about her and her family, I knew [...]

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29 September 2009

My 10 favorite quirky sites to visit online

The common thread in most sites that I love to visit is that they tend to be smart, funny and vulgar. At least two out of the three. Here are 10 of my favorites.
Warning: most of these have high potential to offend. Click at your own risk.
1.) JamesGunn.com
James Gunn is a writer and director and [...]

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14 July 2009

Want designer for cheap? Buy from China.

My friend Casey recently mentioned that she wanted to get her daughter some shoes that cost a lot at local boutiques so she found them available in China and even with shipping, they were much cheaper. I’ve had other friends do similar things with Ugg boots so I thought I’d look at how to find [...]

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2 July 2009

10 things I learned in this blog's 1st month

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It’s been a great first month here on RemarkablyClever.com. Here are 10 things I’ve learned so far.
1.) Stat addiction
When you work hard to create posts and you try to get the word out about your blog, the desire to watch the stats is reallly strong. I had hoped I would get over it by now [...]

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30 June 2009

For the love of travel

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Up until now, all or most of my posts have been “how to” type of information. This works well for most of what I want to share but there is one exception:
Travel.

I can’t just give travel tips here without also sharing my passion about it.

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29 June 2009

Making money online: an experiment

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A couple of weeks ago when I posted the list of work at home jobs, I was surprised to see that hardly anybody had clicked on the link to read more about how to do affiliate marketing. It has a bit of a learning curve but when it’s done well, it can create a stream [...]

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26 June 2009

How to create a professional blog without hiring anyone

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I’ve been asked several times recently via email, Twitter and in person how I setup this blog. For example, I got this email from Karol.
I really like your blog’s design and see you’re using Thesis. Did you do it yourself or did you hire someone? I’m looking for a designer.
Thanks!
Karol
I responded [...]

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24 June 2009

How I pay 50% less than you for groceries

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I probably don’t grocery shop the way you do. I use The Grocery Game and spend far less. If you could save 50% (or more) on groceries, why wouldn’t you? Because many people get hung up on the process to use it so let me explain how it works.

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22 June 2009

5 blogs to inspire your creativity

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There are many fantastically creative and inspiring blogs to read. Blogs to teach you how to decorate, party ideas, scrapbooking. Here are 5 blogs to inspire your creativity.

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