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Successful Blogging Secrets

“There are some ridiculously ugly blogs out there,” says Joshua Brown. The modern money manager tells you how to spruce up your blog to get more readers.
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Switch to WordPress, take one of their simplest templates and then spend a few hours learning basic HTML so you can manipulate the code and personalize it a bit. This costs you nothing other than time well-spent. You can get a WordPress designer for $500 to whip you up an original looking site if you want. Buy your own domain for $13 dollars. No more .blogspot or .wordpress or .typepad or .tumbler. If you’re going to do this then really do this. Stop blogging on black backgrounds.

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