To create a successful blog, you will need to listen to your audience and online influencers. These resources will help you understand why listening is important and to find the
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Figuring out your blog’s focus
Focusing your blog around niche topics will increase your readership and search engine performance. If your blog covers too many topics, it becomes harder for people to find related content
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Coming up with post ideas
Both new and experienced bloggers need ideas for fresh content. This article lists ideas for generating new posts: comment on recent news, repurposing your content, conferences and meetups, personal and
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The ideal blog post
This is the format of an ideal blog post. The most important part of writing an ideal blog post is to, you know, actually write it. Your thoughts are brilliant,
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How long should a law blog post be?
However long it takes to say what you have to say. No more. No less.
Everywhere I talk these days I am asked what’s the proper length for a law
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8 factors to consider when naming your blog
Hamza Mikou (@hamzamikou), COO of Boostsquare and veteran blogger, shared yesterday 3 tips for the naming your blog.
With a little commentary from me, here they are:
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Choosing a domain name for your law blog when domain names are scarce
It used to be you just added a .com to what you did as a lawyer and you had a domain name for your blog. But with four new law
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Blog layouts: Nothing new under the sun
I’ve come to the conclusion that there are three basic blog layout types. This, after twelve years and several thousand blogs designed. Fixed width, Full width, and a Hybrid layout
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Is your law blog having an impact? Ask your audience
A law blogger publishes an awful lot of content. They put in a lot of time. But is anyone listening? Is the insight you’re sharing helpful?
Until someone walks up
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Law blogs improve access to legal services
Law blogs published by practicing lawyers, particularly blogs published on niches, improve people’s access to legal services.
“People” refers to any and all of us—consumers, small business people, executive directors,
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