Author Archives: Beth Turnage

About Beth Turnage

Astrologer since 1986 and blogger since 2007, I write a lot. Some people like to read it.

Successfully Fighting Astrology Content Thieves

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) One astrology blogger friend wrote in our blogging group: “This spam blog is now *stealing my traffic.* It’s one thing to steal content (which I know is just plain wrong) but when I search for the above keywords, the … Continue reading →

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Ack! Facebook Changes Annoy Once Again

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) You’ve probably seen this note when looking into Facebook: Changes to How You Share Content in Notes You currently automatically import content from your website or blog into your Facebook notes. Starting November 22nd, this feature will no longer … Continue reading →

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SEO: Are you fresh?

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) Listen. I’ve got something to ask you. Now don’t take offense, but are you fresh? Before you get your knickers in a bunch, it may surprise you to know that Google is asking the same thing each and every … Continue reading →

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Social Media’s Potential Role in Making Astrology Mainstream

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) Tempe, AZ–A few years ago, I was speaking to an editor of a local paper about an astrology piece I was working on about fashion and astrology. He asked somewhat incredulously, “Astrology has to do with that?” I replied, … Continue reading →

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Blogging, Online Products and the Future of Newspapers

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) A sleepy little 4,000 circulation newspaper in New Mexico has the lion’s share of the responsibility of reporting what should be a national news story, a 61,000 acre wildfire, called the Los Conchas fire, that threatens the Los Alamos … Continue reading →

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Looking to Sell Your Astrology E-Book?

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) (Psst, you are getting a sneak preview of totally new service available to astrology writers who produce e-books) E-books showcases your astrology writing talents. Much, much cheaper to produce than a print edition, it has the advantage of being … Continue reading →

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Astrology Blogger’s Toolbox–Writing Evocative Headlines

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) No doubt about, your headline is an extremely important part of your blog post. Whether or not your post is read often depends on how carefully you crafted these critical first words. According to the Advanced Marketing Institute, the … Continue reading →

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Plugins, Plugins, Plugins! . . . And One Just For Astrobloggers

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Beth Turnage

[chart date=”april 13 2011 5:28am EST” size=”400″ asc=”0″ name=”Today’s Post”] Self hosted? Not a Photoshop warrior? No way to add charts to your posts? Well, Jeffrey Kishner has created a plugin to do just this for you. The best part … Continue reading →

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Writing Posts That Ride Search Engine Popularity

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) In an astrology blogging workshop that I gave last year I talked about using Google Trends to mine subjects for blog posts. One attendee objected saying he didn’t want his writing dictated by the popular media. He seemed to … Continue reading →

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Crazy for Contact Forms

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) Let’s face it. Many of us are blogging astrology to build our astrology business. Yet I’ve notice a lot of us are not making use of our blogging visibility by promoting our businesses on our sites. Now you can … Continue reading →

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