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Apr 28  08

How much time do you spend blogging? As more and more blogging projects spark into life I am having to think very carefully about scheduling my time effectively.
My various blogging activities can be managed better if looked at as blocks, with time being apportioned to each blog separately. As long as other, non […]

Time management for bloggers

Apr 25  08

There is only one blogger around who fits the description in the title perfectly. Someone who has, unfortunately for you and I since it means he is now everywhere, made a very good living out of peddling ill thought out arguments and regurgitated reviews.
And before you jump to any conclusions, no, it’s not John […]

The stupidest man in the blogosphere

Apr 24  08

Long time followers of this blog will be aware of it’s history and its recent change of owner. When I took over Upstart Blogger I issued a statement outlining my plans and targets for the year ahead. That plan is still being followed and today I would like to clear up some potential […]

Update on the Upstart Blogger Network and blog expansion program

Apr 23  08

We’ve all seen it and most of us have experienced it first hand. Dormant Blog Syndrome. A blog that started out as a promising and exciting new venture slowly runs aground and goes without any posts for months on end. Like an abandoned lighthouse, the lights are still on but nobody is […]

Cure dormant blog syndrome by declaring blog bankruptcy

Apr 18  08

Picture the scene. Three independent musicians discussing their careers and hatching a plan to create and launch their own independent record label. One of those musicians was, and still is, me. Big Arena Records was the name chosen for the venture and until recently it remained a plan.
Today, I took the first […]

Building an independent record label using wordpress in ten weeks

Apr 16  08

Upstart Blogger has never accepted bribes of any description. Paying for blog reviews, or any sort of pay per post transaction, is something that I’ve never liked. It destroys the integrity of linking blog is something that should be avoided by any blogger who wants to be taken seriously.
However, it’s a phenomenon that […]

Please do not ask for a paid blog review as refusal often offends

Apr 08  08

In two recent posts I mentioned blog cloning. Cloning the design of your blog and building more blogs, in different niches, to build your own blog portfolio. It’s a great way to build traffic and one which I am starting to employ today with the purchase of a handful of new domain names, […]

Attack of the clones