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WordPress or Blogger : Which is Better?

March 6, 2013

ShoutMeLoud is a community of bloggers using WordPress, BlogSpot and other blogging platform. One of the most talked topic here is WordPress or Blogger for blogging. This gets pretty confusing at time, as many users like BlogSpot because of less tech hassles, and many users love WordPress, because of more power and features. When someone ask me, which platform I should start with, here is my answer: My recommendation is always start with WordPress.com for a month, ...

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5 Things Successful Bloggers Have in Common

December 17, 2012

I was reading about the world’s greatest blog success stories lately and I must say, if there’s one factor that affects the chances of success for any blog – it’s the blogger’s attitude. A Blog is defined by the Blogger behind it and your mindset. Some people blog because they like to, some people blog because of money and some people blog because of Fame. There are different reasons why people blog and what their ultimate ...

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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Blogging

November 24, 2011

With time blogging industry is changing its trend and people are taking Blogging as a Full-time profession and job. There are many ways you can be a blogger, you can start with your own blog or you can join some blogging company and join their team of bloggers. Lets not discus How to be a blogger but lets see some advantages and disadvantages of blogging. (Full-time). Being a blogger is one of the easiest way ...

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How to Add a Subscription Box Similar to ShoutMeLoud

September 11, 2011

Subscription box is a widget that simply allows the readers to subscribe to your blog, either via RSS or Email and to connect with you on various other social networking sites. So, it is an essential widget/plug-in for every blog – be it blogger or WordPress. Well, talking about subscription box, I remember posting an article on Shoutmeloud which illustrates on adding an attractive subscription box with hover effect. However, I found that people preferred ...

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Add A Stylish News Slider/Scroller to Blogger: How To

September 10, 2011

I’ve been receiving few emails from Shoutmeloud readers, as well as those from my very own blog, who wanted a news slider/scroller widget on their blogger templates. So, I’ve designed a simple and stylish news reader that shall slide vertically using Dojo JavaScript. These sliders are more often used on sidebars to display tweets, recent comments, related/popular articles and other text related news. So, if you still don’t have an idea about the same, then ...

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Google Launches Blogger’s New Design

July 10, 2011

Google is back after a gap of just two days to surprise the world with another update of their services. This time, it is Blogger. Google had announced the Blogger redesign a few months back and I witnessed it live today at my dashboard. The first-look of the new dashboard was amazing, shocking and awesome. I was amazed by the new look, I was shocked by the new look and awesome was the verdict which ...

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8 Ways To Save Money While Shopping That Bloggers Show Follow

May 16, 2011

This is a guest post by Tho Huynh who blogs at BlogtipsWriter. If you would like to write for ShoutMeLoud, check our guest posting guidelines. It is very easy to start a blog. However, it costs much effort, especially time and money to develop it. What’s more, you can ask for help from huge sources of technique tools on the internet. Some of them are free, but the more you pay, the better you get. ...

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Goal Setting For Success in Blogging

November 22, 2010

Goals are essential to achieve success because they keep us focused and motivated. Without goals we would aimlessly go down the path of life without any direction, ambition, or hope. Goals are not only something we aim to achieve, but are also markers that let us know we are doing the right things to get ourselves to places we want to be. Setting goals into blogging is more important to become a successful blogger. Let’s ...

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