Archive for February, 2008

Do You Walk Your Talk Or Are You Just Blowing Smoke

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Friday, February 29th 2008   
Filed In: Archives, Blogging Lessons, Writing Tips    Tags: , , ,

Photo Credit nukeit1’s photos
Words gets a lot of politicians in trouble, with some believing politicians are just blowing smoke.
Words are easy to say or write. The question becomes, do you stand behind your words? Do you walk your talk?
Whether you are in business or blogging, your words are a reflection of you.
Today’s [...]

Why Wait - Blog For Dollars Now

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Thursday, February 28th 2008   
Filed In: Advertising, Archives, Blogging Lessons, Making Money    Tags: ,

Many bloggers are being careful not to monetize their blogs too soon. Why? Because a few big name bloggers said you should wait to monetize your blog until you build up a loyal readership. Yes, that makes sense. After all, we don’t want other bloggers to think we’re only in [...]

Blogging? Watch Your Language

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Wednesday, February 27th 2008   
Filed In: Archives, Blogging Language, Blogging Lessons    Tags: , ,

Photo Credit iowa_spirit_walker’s photos

Earlier I wrote about profanity in blogs, today, I’ll discuss language of another kind.
Today’s Lesson
Do you think visitors to your blog know what a “post” is? Unless your audience is other bloggers, chances are, you are confusing them.
Let’s look at a sentence that is commonly used.
“In tomorrow’s post, I [...]

Help For Life Issues From The NBOTW

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Tuesday, February 26th 2008   
Filed In: Archives, New Blog Of The Week    Tags:

Photo Credit: ali edwards’ photos

This Tuesday brings you, my fifth “New Blog Of The Week” (NBOTW).
Have you ever read a post that brought tears to your eyes, and heart felt pain for the author?
This week’s “New Blog Of The Week” had that affect on me.
Why? The first post I read of hers, spoke [...]

Blogger Exposes Herself - Traffic Soars

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Monday, February 25th 2008   
Filed In: Archives, Blogging Lessons, Increase Traffic, New To Blogging    Tags: ,

Photo Credit bs70

If you know me, you know I don’t mean she exposed herself, like “that”.
Search long enough though, and you will find some bloggers are literally exposing themselves to gain readership/viewer ship, but that’s not what today’s lesson is about.
Today’s Lesson
Have you ever read a blog, marveled at the content and design, and [...]

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