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Reasons for Returning from Blogger to WordPress

If your regular followers of me you’ll know that I have had a blog for well over 4 years and in that time things have gone wrong and I have had to start again and then something new has come to my attention and I’d want to change again. While this is no different, I [...]

Your Branding have you Thought about it?

As a blog with a custom domain name you have a brand.  The problem then becomes do you think about it and worry about your brand image?  The truth is here at Total Reach I don’t really and my blog has very blurred lines.  My major point is I am not a business, I use [...]

Blogging and Journalism Come and Hand in Hand don’t they?

Blogging and Journalism we have for quite some time put in the same sort of category, and in a sense they are one of the same thing as people are effectively writing articles and informing people on the web and in the paper.  However have you really stopped to think about it, the truth is [...]

Producing Content

I was going to start this post off by saying that it is every bloggers nightmare to wake up and not have the enthusiasm to put together a blog post but it is really that difficult?  While in answer to that question if it isn’t based on a project then it actually is very difficult.  The [...]

What can a Blog do for You in 2011?

The internet is forever changing more and more people are getting on the internet, which is nothing new but how can a blog work for you?  If you’re in blogging just to make money from it, I have some bad news for you it will probably not work out for you unless you are very [...]

Is Money at the root of all your actions?

We in the Western World at least we more and more seem driven by money.  Now as some of the old proverbs go Money is the root of all evil and while reflecting on the Euro-millions lottery rollover that is happening this week in Europe the jackpot is estimated at £135 million and I started to think [...]

How do you get Motivation and Inspired?

As any writer let alone a blog writer you need to keep motivation in a really competitive market.  If anyone has previously or still does have a blog can tell you that it is a lot harder than you would have first thought. The reason for this is you need to regularly update it and [...]

The Importance of Relative Posts on your Blog

I must admit this isn’t something I had really thought about until using my latest Theme for my blog, however why are relative posts good for your blog.  Have you ever stopped and considered your end users, the fact that they are looking for a post on the net about something in particular and found [...]

WordPress Jetpack Review

As you know I have a self hosted WordPress blog which suites me down to the ground being the fact that I like to change things and also have full control over my content rather than having to adhere to terms and conditions.  That being said though WordPress hosted blogs come with so many features out of the [...]

Empire Avenue My Thoughts

When I saw Empire Avenue on Lockergnome.com I have must admit I was undecided about linking my social networking tools to a third-party site, however I took the plunge with the blog and Twitter thinking this is public anyway and it seems quite a good idea. Is it a social network?  While there is no [...]