Blogging - Year One - Lesson Two

When you first start blogging, you really don’t know if someone hears/reads your words.
You write and write, but no one shows up. Your statistics are improving, but no one is commenting.
You borrow the line from the movie Field of Dreams , and think, “If I build it, they will come”.
But then you start asking, [...]

NBOTW Credits Energizers For His Success

We often see ads with the pink “Energizer Bunny”, but this week’s new blog of week (NBOTW) credits his success to associating with”energizers”, e.g. positive people. People who are undoubtedly operating with a full charge.
I never looked at it that way, but it’s true. If you hang around negative individuals, soon you [...]

Blogging - Year One - Lesson One

Recently I celebrated my first anniversary of blogging. As I contemplate where I am today, I’m reflecting back to those first days. The days before I had a blog, and why I started blogging.
Today’s Lesson
Before you even start a blog, it’s important to ask yourself, “Why do I want to start a blog?”
If [...]

Why Pay For It, You Can Get It For Free

When I started blogging, I put up a “donation” page. I did because I had seen them on many of the blogs I frequented.
Although I still have mixed feelings about donations on blogs. my “donate” page sits quietly in my header.
Close to my one year anniversary of blogging, I received my first donation, which, [...]

Control Your Comments - Gain Readers

We eventually become acquainted with other bloggers.
We read each other’s posts, leave comments, and often become cyberspace friends.
Small communities form in comment sections of blogs.
Today’s Lesson
Not so much different than in real life, with blogging, like minded people are attracted to each other. That often become evident in comment sections.
If the blog [...]

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