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Mar 5, 2019 at 00:01
One sign your blog posts are successful: they give you something to refer to in conversation with others!
Why You Should Start a Blog Right Now - Alexey Guzey
Summary: in this post I explain why you should start a blog (to help others and to help yourself), what to write about, and how to start it. I hope to persuade you that you should start a blog even if you feel that you have nothing to say and even if almost nobody will read it. What to write about I looked over all of my writing and determined that it all originated from one of the following: I repeatedly gave the same advice to my friends Why You Should Join Twitter Right Now Every …

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