Celebrating One Year Of Blogging

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Today is my one year anniversary of blogging.
I’ve been thinking of how to celebrate this special day, and I knew what had to be done.
For the past few months I have been wanting to get my “Blogging Buddies” page rewritten, so I have made it my mission to have it done [...]

If One Is Good, Two Is Better

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Do you do a lot of experimenting on your blog? I do.
In the beginning, I changed themes, added and removed plugins, reconfigured my sidebars, experimented with ad placement, tried my hand at HTML (I knew nothing about it), and proceeded to crash my blogs a time or two.
Fortunately with [...]

1066 Links, Lessons or Tips For Bloggers

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Bloggers are always looking for help. Help to get found. Help to make money online. Help in writing. Help in turning a blog into an online business, and help on how to blog.
Well, I’m here with help.
Today’s Lesson
Listed below are 1066 great resources. Some are lists of links, [...]

Join Me In Helping A Fellow Blogger

Deb & Peanut

Today I am foregoing my daily assignment and am asking all readers of this blog to ban together to help a fellow blogger.
Debbie Yost of “Three Weddings” just published a post regarding a sad subject.
As some of you know, Debbie’s daughter Peanut has Down syndrome. Although Debbie’s blog may be considered [...]

How Doing Laundry Inspires The NBOTW

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I came upon this week’s NBOTW (New Blog Of The Week) in Problogger’s comment section. His compelling comment inspired me to click on his name and check out his blog.
One of the first posts that caught my eye is titled: Why Doing Your Laundry is Good for Your Creativity. [...]

Winding Your Way Through Blogosphere

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A few months after I started blogging, I wrote,
When I first started blogging, I felt overwhelmed by everything I was reading. My head spun for weeks, and the learning curve was more like a switchback road going through a mountain pass. With every site I visited, I got more information, however, [...]

Do I Need A GPS To Navigate Your Blog

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I, like most bloggers (and online visitors), have ADD (Attention Deficient Disorder). I want answers fast and I don’t want to search for them.
Put me on a blog that’s difficult to navigate, and I’ll need a GPS (Global Positioning System).
Today’s Lesson
For both business and blogging, I do online research. [...]

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

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In my post titled: “Blogging Block - Can’t Find Anything To Blog About, I listed 15 ideas from which to draw inspiration.
Today’s Lesson
Today, I found a new form of inspiration.
Pictures.
As I search for just the right picture for my blog posts, I often land on some great photos.
I would like to [...]

Bloggers Embark On A Lonely Journey

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Have you read Darren Rowse’s Random Reflections on SXSWi-2008 (South x Southwest interactive) convention?
In his first “reflection”, he writes:
The more I meet bloggers the more that I find that many of us are lonely soles (to some degree). We sit alone in our home offices/living rooms/beds etc and often feel quite [...]

NBOTW Shares From Years Of Experience

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At first glance, an elder person’s hands may look ugly to you. But the wrinkles, thin skin and visible veins are like a road map to their past.
How carefully do you listen when your parents, grandparents or an elderly person speaks? Do you tune them out? Do [...]

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