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- December 11th, 2009
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BarbaraSwafford has posted a new entry on: Blogging Without A Blog
Sexy Bookmarks, Toolbars & Time Savers
Since I call this “your blogging classroom on the web”, I decided it was time we talk about homework; or that behind the scenes stuff we often put off. Today’s Lesson As many of you…
- December 8th, 2009
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Requesting Two Minutes Of Your Time
The title “Is Google Making Us Stupid” intrigued me. Nicolas Carr authored this post which implies we may be dealing with a population of people whose reading habits, both online and off,…
- December 4th, 2009
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If I Said It First, Is It Mine
Millions of people go online each day and share their brilliance. We see it in blogs and comments alike. With the click of a button, those ideas are ours for the taking. But who do those ideas belong…
- December 1st, 2009
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Save Time – Copy & Paste A Post
No, I’m not saying to plagiarize another blogger’s writings. What I am saying is sometimes we write what could be a post and don’t even realize it. Today’s Lesson As I was r…
- November 28th, 2009
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The Battle Over Comments – Part 2
In the comment section of “The Battle Over Comments – Part 1″, many of you mentioned 50 + comments would be a dream come true; a time for celebration. However, once the celebration i…
- November 25th, 2009
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The Battle Over Comments – Part 1
I don’t know of a blogger who doesn’t love getting comments. Comments can give us validation, be the start of a cyber friendship, make us laugh, make us cry, build up our ego and/or give…
- November 21st, 2009
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I Don’t Get It
One thing I notice about people, whether in the real world or online, is each one of us has our own unique talents. You know how it goes. Some are very artistic and can make a stick figure look like a…
- November 18th, 2009
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What Does Your Blog Say About You
Dot over at Deeper Issues and I must be blogging sisters as we both enjoy looking at, experimenting with and/or changing our themes. In the beginning days of blogging, I changed the theme to this blo…
- November 14th, 2009
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Blog Yourself To A Smaller World
Anyone who has been blogging for any length of time soon finds out blogging can become addictive. So addictive, it can begin to rule our life. Some bloggers stop socializing with their real life fri…
- November 10th, 2009
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Let Your Blog Work For You – 25 Ways
The topic of how to make money with a blog gets beat to death. You’ve read it. I’ve read it. We’ve all read it. Truth be told, not all that many bloggers are making money WITH their…
- November 7th, 2009
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If He Can, She Can
I’ve been wanting to use this photo for a long time. After rereading the comments on the “Large Gender Gap Evident In Blogosphere” post, today is the perfect day. Many who commented…
- November 4th, 2009
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Large Gender Gap Evident In Blogosphere
Bloggers come from all walks of life. In fact, many people enjoy blogging as it is nondiscriminatory. It doesn’t matter if you’re a man or woman, rich or poor, old or young, educated or…
- October 31st, 2009
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How Branding Works In Blogosphere
In November of 2008 I wrote a post titled Are Domain Names Over Rated which included a fun “test” where the readers were asked to match the blog name, the name of the author and their avat…
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BarbaraSwafford has posted a new entry on: Observation Mountain
Rich and Tasty Scones
RICH AND TASTY SCONES Preheat over to 425 degrees 2 cups all purpose flour 1 TBSP baking powder 1/4 -1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup chilled butter – cut into small pieces 1 large…
- October 27th, 2009
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Would You Wait 17,520 Hours?
Many of us have read we can have some kind of success with blogging. Maybe it will be a book deal. Maybe it’s the fact money can be made with a blog. For some, just being able to share their kno…
- October 24th, 2009
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Seize The Opportunity – A Pro Speaks
In his post titled, A New Way To Find Work That You Love Tom Volkar of Delightful Work states, We agree that to be authentic means to be genuine, open, unpretentious, honest and forthright. We also a…
- October 21st, 2009
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Words For Sale
One thing about blogs and what’s written in them, is they are free. Blogs are free to read and full of free ideas. In fact, some feel because the content is on the web, it’s free to stea…
- October 17th, 2009
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Pajama Blogging – Fact or Fiction
For the second time as I’ve been listening to the news, I’ve heard what I felt were derogatory comments made about bloggers. For the second time, the word bloggers and pajamas are closely…
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Pajama Blogging – Fact or Fiction
For the second time as I’ve been listening to the news, I’ve heard what I felt were derogatory comments made about bloggers. For the second time, the word bloggers and pajamas are closely…
- October 14th, 2009
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Blog Your Passion
In the comments of the When Real Life Friends Don’t Get It” post, Sara Healy of A Sharing Connection said, “…I love blogging. I love every bit of it…” I echo Sara&#…
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Blog Your Passion
In the comments of the When Real Life Friends Don’t Get It” post, Sara Healy of A Sharing Connection said, “…I love blogging. I love every bit of it…” I echo Sara&#…
- October 10th, 2009
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Does The Party Ever End
“I’m late for the party”, is how many will start a comment if they are commenting a day or two after a post is published. It almost sounds like an apology. To a blog author, the …
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Does The Party Ever End
“I’m late for the party”, is how many will start a comment if they are commenting a day or two after a post is published. It almost sounds like an apology. To a blog author, the …
- October 7th, 2009
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Caution – Read At Your Own Risk
Many people start blogs as a way to make money. For some it’s a little extra cash which they hope will cover the cost to maintain a blog, whereas others are going all out and are making bloggin…
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Caution – Read At Your Own Risk
Many people start blogs as a way to make money. For some it’s a little extra cash which they hope will cover the cost to maintain a blog, whereas others are going all out and are making blogging…
- October 4th, 2009
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Blogger – The Unintentional Expert
In the comments of Write Responsibly Right From The Start, Nadia of Happy Lotus wrote (in part) … when my blog started to get more popular and people started to ask advice or leave comments, I…
- September 30th, 2009
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SEO and Blogging – Keeping It Simple
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a HUGE topic. So large in fact, many blogs are dedicated to just that. Books are written about it, and some businesses are built around it. In the comments of the …
- September 27th, 2009
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Blogging Etiquette – Write The Wrongs
The term “blogging etiquette” might suggest we HAVE TO follow some type of rules when we blog. That’s not the case, at all. A blog can be anything we want it to be and we can act h…
- September 23rd, 2009
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When Real Life Friends Don’t “Get It”
Bloggers are very proud of what they post. Being a published author makes their heart sing. Bloggers travel through blogosphere, leave comments, tell their cyber-friends about their latest article,…
- September 20th, 2009
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Write Responsibly Right From The Start
Most of us still remember those first days of blogging. We believed no one would be reading our first attempts at blogging so we either envisioned an imaginary audience or proclaimed “we’r…
- September 16th, 2009
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Tapping Into A Larger Audience
When we start blogging, it’s easy to assume other bloggers are just like us. You know, they write, they visit blogs, read the works of others, watch the videos, listen to the audio, and when lif…
- September 13th, 2009
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The 15 Minute Post
I’ve read posts where bloggers claim they can write and publish an article in fifteen minutes. For someone who hasn’t blogged, reading that makes it sound like blogging is easy. For me, wh…
- September 9th, 2009
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Recipe For Blog Success
I enjoy cooking and baking and have a love for beautiful cook books. In fact, I would list looking at cookbooks as a favorite pastime. Finding a recipe that ends up being a “keeper” is par…
- September 6th, 2009
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Numbers - We Can’t Escape From Them
Numbers are everywhere In the real world, we use numbers for our age, our weight, our size, our wages, our eye sight, the time, the speed at which we drive, how we’re graded in school, for the p…
- September 3rd, 2009
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Readers vs Bots - Making Everyone Happy
We know what Google wants from us bloggers. They like (in part) to see blogs that are updated often (it appears more often is better), inbound links from reputable sites and the use of SEO (search eng…
- August 30th, 2009
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Is Blogging Fullfilling Your Objective
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. ~Friedrich Nietzsche ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` In the comment section of the “It’s About Time” post, Tom Volkar life coach and autho…
- August 27th, 2009
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It’s About Time
I don’t know about you, but I have not met a blogger who has a lot of free time. In fact, as I travel through blogosphere, I’m beginning to believe bloggers are over achievers - trying to…
- August 23rd, 2009
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He Said, She Said, They Said
In an ideal world, a conversation is like a two way street. One person talks while the other one listens and then it’s the other persons turn. If more than two people are in the room, a conversa…
- August 20th, 2009
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Bloggers - Defining What We Are
When I searched online for “what are bloggers”, this is what I found, Blogger : a person who keeps and updates a blog Considering all we do, I found that to be pretty nondescript, and in…
- August 16th, 2009
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Our Blogs, Our Babies - Criticism Hurts
Blogs become like children to us. It’s no wonder. It is us who gives them life. It is us who introduces and shows them off to the world. In the beginning many of us changed our themes as often a…
- August 13th, 2009
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Bloopers, BooBoos and Ideas That Went Bust
We often talk about being authentic with our blogging. You know, do your own thing, don’t follow the crowd, write from the heart, etc… But sometimes when we’re blogging we come up wi…
- August 10th, 2009
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Looking Into The Future
Our blog posts could life forever in blogosphere. Just imagine, twenty, fifty or one hundred years from now someone reading what we wrote. Depending on the blog, some writings may sound silly, whereas…
- August 7th, 2009
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The Legal Side Of Blogging
When we start blogging, we often ask questions such as, “As a blogger, what are my rights?’ “Can I published anything I want?” ” How can I safely blog anonymously?”…
- August 5th, 2009
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Passing The Torch
It was January of 2008 when I started the “New Blog Of The Week” (NBOTW) series in which I would hunt for new blogs and showcase one each week. Over the past 19 months I added some not so…
- August 3rd, 2009
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Who Are They To Say
Based on the excellent blog post and recommendation of Robin Birch (author of Let’s Live Forever) I downloaded and read the free PDF of the first chapter (see Robin’s blog for the link) of…
- July 31st, 2009
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When The Conversation Stops
The reason most people like blogs is because they are interactive. Comments on blogs is what keeps many bloggers motivated to continue their journey, and it’s often in the comment section where…
- July 29th, 2009
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Claiming The Joy Within
When I spotted this blogger in the comment section of Lance’s “Jungle of Life” blog, her comments were always so positive, I was drawn to read more of her writings. Right from the st…
- July 27th, 2009
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How To Keep Your Blog Alive When Life Calls
All bloggers have a life outside of their blogs. Unfortunately with blogging being such an addictive hobby, bloggers often wonder how they can keep their blog alive if they go on vacation or just need…
- July 24th, 2009
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21 Hot Ideas For Blog Post Content
Good Day Class, It’s great to be back to the blog and to see you all after my short break. What a pleasant surprise we have today. Ms. Tess Marshall of The Bold Life, our substitute teacher (gu…
- July 13th, 2009
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Our Target Audience - Aiming For The Bulls Eye
When we start blogging, we often don’t think of WHO we’re writing for. We just want visitors. Niche or non niche - it doesn’t matter. Then, when we receive a comment or two, and the…
