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Blogging Quick and Easy - Book Review

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I just finished reading "Blogging Quick and Easy; A Planned Approach to Blogging Success" by Tom Masters. I just started blogging full time and as part of my daily routine I try and read as many books about blogging as I can. This book is one of the better ones in this category.

As the title suggests, this book is all about blogging and how to create a successful blog. The author does a great job of explaining the basics. What I really liked is how he simplified everything and broke it all down into simple steps. Many people who want to start a blog are not technical and Mr. Masters understands this and has written this for a non technical audience. He provides some outstanding tips about how to expand your readership and how to make your blog more visually appealing to attract more readers.

I really like the use of the visuals and screenshots as I think it made the information much easier to understand. It was also very helpful that a resource guide was provided so you can go to places online to further read about some of these topics. The best suggestion and the one that I will implement is about planning and having goals set for each day and breaking them down into simple actions. To me this was extremely helpful because I can easily overwhelm myself.

In closing, I would highly recommend this book to anyone that is thinking about starting a blog as well as new and established bloggers. Everyone can learn something from this guide.


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