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title: "Marketing Minute: How to Reduce the Number of Categories on Your Blog"
description: "Marketing Minute: How to Reduce the Number of Categories on Your Blog"
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# [Marketing Minute: How to Reduce the Number of Categories on Your Blog](https://blog.atlanticwebworks.com/blog/marketing-minute-reduce-number-categories-blog)

 Written by [Kristen Daukas](https://blog.atlanticwebworks.com/author/kristen-daukas) | Mar 22, 2017 5:57:24 PM

It's easy to get carried away with adding categories to your blog, but in reality, there should only be 5 or 6 main categories that you use. This Marketing Minute video will give you tips on how to cull those categories down to a manageable number and how you can differentiate within the main categories!

 

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