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- November 23rd, 2009
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djian has posted a new entry on: Writing To Exhale
Anatomy of My FarmVille Addiction
Call off the posse, my friends. I’m finally back from a two-week vacation from my blog. I’m not exactly missing in action, for crying out loud. In case, you’ve not caught on, I&…
- November 6th, 2009
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djian has posted a new entry on: Writing To Exhale
Read My Lips: Twitter Lists Are Meant to be Exclusionary
Being included in someone’s Twitter list can make your day. What if you are not? Should you feel bad? While conceding the usefulness of this new Twitter feature, Chris Brogan decried that T…
- October 27th, 2009
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djian has posted a new entry on: salabasngmandaluyong
When Quitting is the Only Sane Option Left
All these years, smoking has seen me through crises, rough spots, and countless aggravations. I always say that in all earnestness. In fact, I’d say anything to rationalize this addiction.…
- October 23rd, 2009
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You’re the World’s Coolest Blogger If Only…
That is the premise of every newbie blogger’s angst. You’d be the most awesome, coolest blogger only if certain conditions are met. Let me go first. Don’t smirk now, but for me…
- October 21st, 2009
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Metric that Trumps Alexa Ranking and PageRank
My Alexa ranking hit a high 43,103 yesterday and hovered at 93,688 the last seven days. Yes, dear readers, thanks to you I’ve broken the 100K mark. To mark the rare occasion, I took a screen…
- October 16th, 2009
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djian has posted a new entry on: Writing To Exhale
New Twitter Social Proof: Are You on Everyone’s List Yet?
Twitter rolled out today Twitter user list – a new killer feature that’s built around the concept of #followfriday. The real beauty in this new feature is that you can create a list of y…
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djian has updated his friends list.
- October 15th, 2009
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- October 14th, 2009
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djian has posted a new entry on: salabasngmandaluyong
27 Reasons Why Jena Isle’s Inspirational Book Rocks
Keep a blog and you can call yourself a writer. Conventional wisdom has it, however, that you need to be a published writer to call yourself an author. Not in a magazine, not in a newspaper, but in…
- October 13th, 2009
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djian has updated his friends list.
- October 12th, 2009
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djian has posted a new entry on: salabasngmandaluyong
Speed Limit: 500 Words
A Guest Post By George Angus I‘ve got some writer’s block going on. I still write nearly every day. How can this be, you say? Well, it’s because my wall is made of 500 words. You…
- October 10th, 2009
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My Top #FollowFriday People and Their Best Posts
In this post, I’m raising a toast to a bunch of excellent posts of my Twitter buddies. Yeah, it’s #followfriday love fest – a perfect excuse to say my thanks to friends who have…
- October 5th, 2009
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10 Blog Lessons I Did Not Learn From Darren Rowse
Okay, maybe I’ve learned some of them from Darren Rowse himself. After all, in my ten months of blogging I did not exactly reinvent the blogging wheel, did I. Seriously, do you celebrate the…
- September 29th, 2009
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After the Storm
Do you notice the marked stillness after a storm? Isn’t it remarkable? What purpose does it serve? Is it to make us better assess the finality and enormity of our losses? It’s just t…
- September 26th, 2009
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djian has posted a new entry on: Writing To Exhale
Giving Good Loving To My Top Follow Friday People
Follow Friday list in Twitter is a great meme. It’s a wonderful occasion to pay back the many kindnesses, generosity, and all-around helpfulness of people. They are practically strangers to…
- September 23rd, 2009
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djian has posted a new entry on: Writing To Exhale
Surefire – But Often Ignored – Trick to Superb Writing
Reading broadens the mind. For writers, it’s as important as breathing itself. So the question I pose to you now is: what have you read lately? If you’re anything like me, I’m…
- September 21st, 2009
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How Blogging Affected My Offline Interaction
Without doubt, writing changes how a person perceives the world around him. This is already a given. But blogging? I have a sneaking suspicion it has added a monkey’s wrench into the mix. Le…
- September 20th, 2009
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- September 18th, 2009
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Thanks, You Lovely People
An amazing thing happened when I asked you to check out Brad Shorr’s content strategy consulting blog. You actually went there and left your comments. Some like Holly even parked herself by…
- September 16th, 2009
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Permission to be Dour
In this post, I’m giving myself permission to be dour. It’s been a long day and the night oddly enough fails to give this stud muffin any relief. What to do? I don’t know about you…
- September 14th, 2009
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djian has posted a new entry on: Writing To Exhale
The Art of Criticizing a Blogging Buddy
The art of criticizing a blogging buddy is a tough one to master. I’m totally clueless on this one so I need your help to sort this out. If it’s a question of any other blogger you’v…
- September 11th, 2009
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Here’s Why My Blogging Cup Runneth Over
What to you is a successful blogger? Let me tell you what my definition of it is. Is it the material things that blogging has brought you? That’s not my kind of metric. True, I plan to put up…
- September 9th, 2009
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Travel As A Religious Experience
Travel, I have long found out, makes one appreciate life more, sometimes to the point of being religious. You see all these beautiful things around you and you have to wonder whether all these wonders…
- September 7th, 2009
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Best SEO Practices for Creative Writers
Jan has challenged me to write a guest post on the best SEO practices for bloggers who are into creative writing. This could be complicated so I will use a more general approach. Before I begin, l…
- September 2nd, 2009
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When a Blogger Just Wanna Have Fun
Let’s be honest with each other. Do you ever come here to learn something new? Or do you trek all the way here – that is if you’re not reading me from your reader – just to…
- August 31st, 2009
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Open Mike at WritingToExhale
Today is open mike at WritingToExhale. It’s your turn to be candid about things that matter to you and me. If you already have been outspoken – goodness gracious I’m lucky in that…
- August 30th, 2009
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HollyJahangiri to his friends list. - August 28th, 2009
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Gerson Garcia Poem: “Bells and Women”
Ah, women singing like blood-breasted robins! Mine and Xoxe’s Muses, and I love them as I love the poet. But I love them more when naked as the afternoon sky, with their golden bells singing: swingi…
- August 27th, 2009
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Come to the Dark Side…
There’s no cold without warmth nor Autumn without Spring. Both sides must be taken not one, forsaken. There’s no Jedi nor Sith, no Light nor Dark; Only power to crave and opponents to cru…
- August 25th, 2009
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Foolproof Way of Earning a Guest Posting Stint
This post is about how getting in the crosshair of a blog author can earn you a guest posting stint. Come to think of it, this is a clear case wherein familiarity with the prospect blogger earns you &…
- August 21st, 2009
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How to Land a Guest Post at Writing to Exhale
Writing to Exhale is now accepting guest posts from you, guys. This needs to be said as four of my previous guest writers I have lured through my machinations. Works like a charm when you …
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How to Land a Guest Post at Writing to Exhale
Writing to Exhale is now accepting guest posts from you, guys. This needs to be said as four of my previous guest writers I have lured through my machinations. Works like a charm when you allow yo…
- August 17th, 2009
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djian has posted a new entry on: Writing To Exhale
Avoiding Scams Aimed at Writers
Beware of agents, “book doctors,” ghostwriters, and vanity press publishers who prey on the hopes and dreams of aspiring writers. It is estimated that between 80-90% of all people want to write a…
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Avoiding Scams Aimed at Writers
Beware of agents, “book doctors,” ghostwriters, and vanity press publishers who prey on the hopes and dreams of aspiring writers. It is estimated that between 80-90% of all people want to write a…
- August 14th, 2009
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djian has posted a new entry on: Writing To Exhale
So, You Want to Write a Book?
It’s easy, if you love to write. If you’re like many aspiring authors, you don’t really love to write: You would love to have written. If you dream of six-figure advances, keep dreaming. But if…
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So, You Want to Write a Book?
It’s easy, if you love to write. If you’re like many aspiring authors, you don’t really love to write: You would love to have written. If you dream of six-figure advances, keep dreaming. But if…
- August 11th, 2009
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Too Big For My Breeches – Part 2
The Influenza Bloggers arrived at Casino Filipino in full force to attend the awarding of the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs of 2009. Being experts at optimization, the group chose a table near…
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Too Big For My Breeches – Part 2
The Influenza Bloggers arrived at Casino Filipino in full force to attend the awarding of the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs of 2009. Being experts at optimization, the group chose a table near…
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djian has posted a new entry on: Writing To Exhale
Too Big For My Breeches – Part 1
Two days before the August 8 awarding of the Top 10 Influential Blogs of 2009, I’ve found out I’ve become literally too big for my breeches. So I asked for my family’s help. Af…
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Too Big For My Breeches – Part 1
Two days before the August 8 awarding of the Top 10 Influential Blogs of 2009, I’ve found out I’ve become literally too big for my breeches. So I asked for my family’s help. Af…
- August 6th, 2009
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WritingToExhale and the City
Image by Getty Images via Daylife This promdi (hillbilly) blogger goes to Parañaque City on Saturday, 08 August 2009 because there’s a good chance I’d have a place in the Top 10 Influe…
- August 2nd, 2009
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Jena Isle: Surrogate Mother, Sublime Writer, Incomparable Friend
Image via Wikipedia Another day at the office. I got an odd request via text message which said I’d receive a call. The woman at the other end of the line urged me to listen to her so…
- July 29th, 2009
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Do, Or Do Not, There Is No Try!
Image by Rishi S via Flickr Here I am counting the hours. Will you come at the appointed hour? Maybe. Maybe not. What’s the last time I asked you a favor? Yeah, you can’t recall…
- July 26th, 2009
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A Day in the Life of a Jedi Blogger
Image via Wikipedia Even a Jedi blogger like me has a day off. Just between you and me? I hate invading uncharted galaxies on a Sunday. But don’t tell that to my enemies from the Dark S…
- July 20th, 2009
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A Bumbling Influential Blogger Says His Thanks
Image via Wikipedia Slip ups in blogging are liable to drive me bat crazy, but they provide a good source of amusement, too. Not exactly your idea of an influential blogger, but I’ve used th…
- July 15th, 2009
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My Philosophy in a Bottle of Ketchup
Image by Edward Dullard via Flickr Can you write your philosophy in life and in blogging on the cover of a matchbook? I certainly cannot. But I sure can serve them up in a bottle of ketchup. Bu…
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My Philosophy in a Bottle of Ketchup
Image by Edward Dullard via Flickr Can you write your philosophy in life and in blogging on the cover of a matchbook? I certainly cannot. But I sure can serve them up in a bottle of ketchup. Bu…
