Author Archives: Beth Turnage

About Beth Turnage

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

Blog Promotion and Social Media: What’s Your Klout?

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) So you’ve got your Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and various and other sundry social media accounts and you wonder: Is My Message Getting Across?

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Blog Promotion: Learn to Love Your RSS Feed

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) The Age of Aquarius, the Information and Technology Age, brings the advent of a singular phenomenon, the death of single stream news dissemination: newspapers, radios and television. The internet brings a flood of information, literally more than any one … Continue reading →

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WordPress 3.3–Mercury Throws Shadows On Code Poetry

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) WordPress’ catchphrase is “Code is poetry”, which is about as romantic as some programmers get. The brand spanking new version of WordPress, 3.3, however, released on the Mercury Station just as Mercury was going direct shows what happens when … Continue reading →

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Blog Promotion: Getting serious about Alexa

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) Checking my Google pagerank today for Astrology Explored got me all excited. I was back at a 4! I hadn’t seen that number since the AE dot com days before Google changed its algorithm to penalize blog networks. Of … Continue reading →

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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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