Author Archives: Beth Turnage

About Beth Turnage

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

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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When Someone Violates Your Copy Right

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) Nothing frustrates a writer more than when someone lifts their work and uses it without permission. The thief may publish the article under his or her own name. Online writers face special challenges because their work is easily copied … Continue reading →

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Sometimes You Just Have to Fiddle With the Code

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Beth Turnage

(Astro Blogging) You’ve seen some of your friends add a Facebook “Like” button and a “Tweet” button to each of their posts. And you think “Gee, I’d like to do that too!” Actually Blog Grader recommends that you do. This … Continue reading →

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Grade Your Blog Here

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) I’m blogging this because Hub Spot told me I should. No, this is not some evil plot on Hub Spot’s part. A while back I wrote about Hub Spot’s Web Site Grader which is very cool way to see … Continue reading →

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Widgets, and Networks and Customer Service, Oh My!

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Beth Turnage

(Astroblogging) The great irony of my life is that in my day job among other things I run a call center. This means that I have high expectations at what I expect from customer service of other companies. Among these … Continue reading →

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Social Media: AOL Takes the Hint

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Beth Turnage

A while back (Astroblogging)–I wrote a review on AOL’s Lifestream, a particularly useful app that incorporates various social media streams, like Facebook and Twitter, into one location. While I liked it, I saw one drawback: Where AOL runs short of … Continue reading →

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Mudslinging Part 1: Improving Traffic on Your Astrology Blog

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Beth Turnage

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