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		<title>How to Become a Professional Blogger</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmediamarketingexpert.net/2012/01/how-to-become-a-professional-blogger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vered DeLeeuw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get asked this question all the time, so I thought I&#8217;d share what I did to become a professional blogger. 1. Start a blog. This is a must, of course. If you don&#8217;t have your own blog, how will you convince potential clients that you know what you&#8217;re doing when it comes to blogging? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What if My Personal Blog Scares Clients Away?</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmediamarketingexpert.net/2011/05/personal-blogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 12:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vered DeLeeuw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fellow social media consultant, who does not have a personal blog, recently asked me, &#8220;Aren&#8217;t you worried about potential clients being scared away if they disagree with the content on your personal blog?&#8221; I&#8217;m not worried at all, actually. Here are my thoughts on the subject: 1. I don&#8217;t publish anything on my personal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogs Are Easy to Start, But Difficult to Maintain</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmediamarketingexpert.net/2011/03/blogging-is-difficult/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vered DeLeeuw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's never been easier to start a blog. Using a free blogging platform such as blogger.com, you can be up and running withing minutes. Even a self-hosted Wordpress blog, which requires more steps to setup, can be ready within a couple of hours, and this includes getting a domain name, purchasing a hosting package, installing Worpdress, picking a free theme and doing some basic customizations. 

Setting up a blog is fun. It's a highly creative process, and the finished product will usually make you very proud. You will most likely feel excited about writing your first blog post too! Maybe even the second. 

Then it gets harder. ]]></description>
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		<title>Your Blog, Your Rules</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmediamarketingexpert.net/2011/03/blog-comments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vered DeLeeuw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A client called me yesterday, asking me about an email they had received. In the email, a furious commenter was complaining that they had left a comment on the client's blog, and the comment was not approved by me, even though "It contained no profanity!"

The comment did not contain profanity - that much is true. But it was extremely negative, attacking one of the blog's guest writers, basically calling them a charlatan. There was no way I was going to approve this type of comment, I explained to my client. Moreover, the client has no obligation whatsoever to approve all comments unless they contain profanity!]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers Trust Blogs (Or, Reason #1348 You Should Blog)</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmediamarketingexpert.net/2011/01/consumers-trust-blogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vered DeLeeuw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time ever, the recent Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere report looked into consumer attitudes towards blogs. The findings were very interesting and show that blogs have significant influence on buyers. While blogs have not replaced traditional media, they are becoming a trusted information source, while consumer trust in traditional media is dropping. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>But No One Reads My Blog!</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmediamarketingexpert.net/2010/12/corporate-blogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vered DeLeeuw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My clients sometimes worry about the lack of comments and the lack of a large readership on their corporate blogs. My advice: as a business owner you have a lot of things to worry about - and this should not be one of them. 

Unlike other social media channels such as Facebook or Twitter, where if you don't have following and interaction then what's the point, a blog does offer value even if it doesn't have a large readership or lots of comments. ]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Have a Thick Skin?</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmediamarketingexpert.net/2010/11/blog-thick-skin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vered DeLeeuw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don't have a thick skin, if you can't detach yourself from nasty comments left on your blog, or elsewhere discussing your blog, DON'T BLOG. These people don't see you ads a person. The Internet makes it very easy to dehumanize a person. These people see the opinion, not the person behind it, or his lovely family, or the fact that he may be a great, loving dad and a respectable member of his community. All they see is the opinion, and if the opinion irritates them, they lash out.
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		<title>Three Reasons For Adding a Blog to Your Website</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmediamarketingexpert.net/2010/01/adding-blog-to-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmediamarketingexpert.net/2010/01/adding-blog-to-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vered DeLeeuw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adding a blog to your website can make a real difference in terms of SEO: 1. Keywords. A blog gives you an opportunity to add fresh, keyword-rich content to your website. The more optimized content you have on your site, the easier it is for search engines to index it properly. For example, if you [...]]]></description>
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