{"id":848,"date":"2009-02-18T05:54:07","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T10:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=848"},"modified":"2009-02-13T20:04:20","modified_gmt":"2009-02-14T01:04:20","slug":"everyone-wants-a-professional-blogger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2009\/02\/18\/everyone-wants-a-professional-blogger\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone Wants a Professional Blogger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blogging is big business. Website owners are coming around to the fact that they need a professional blog to build traffic and build new content for search engines, but few site owners want to blog themselves.<\/p>\n<p>This is where a professional blogger can really help build your online presence. A professional blogger is more than an employee on staff who likes to write and has time on their hands. 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