Archive for May, 2008

Be Inspired By Nothing

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Friday, May 30th 2008   
Filed In: Archives, Blogging Lessons    Tags: ,

We all have days when the words escape us, we feel uninspired, tired or just plain unmotivated to post to our blogs.
On those days, bloggers either don’t publish a post, or they dig through their drafts and quickly do an edit.
Today’s Lesson
Last week I was intrigued by the title of one of Chase March’s posts. [...]

Blogs - The New Electronic Paper Trail

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Wednesday, May 28th 2008   
Filed In: Archives, Blogging Lessons, Writing Tips    Tags: , , ,

In business and in life, we leave what’s called a paper trail. On the internet, it’s called often referred to as an electronic paper trail.
Most transaction we make, can be followed. Our bank statement shows how much money we have, and where we spent it. Credit/debit card records are similar. Our medical [...]

Links Show Love But Do We Click

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Wednesday, May 28th 2008   
Filed In: Archives, Blogging Lessons, Linking    Tags: ,

It’s called “link love”
Bloggers create a link to another blogger’s post as a reference or to show gratitude.
Some bloggers will spend many hours adding links to posts.
You’ve seen them, “100 links to the best of …..”
I did one of those too, it was titled: “1066 Links, Lessons or Tips For Bloggers”
Today’s lesson
I need [...]

NBOTW Teaches Simplicity

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Tuesday, May 27th 2008   
Filed In: Archives, New Blog Of The Week    

She writes about relaxation and why “Your Clutter Hates You”
She taught me to be less hard on myself.
I have been known to procrastinate, especially when it comes to my least favorite job in the office - filing. I felt I needed to have everything perfect in my office, until I read her post in which [...]

No Comment

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Friday, May 23rd 2008   
Filed In: Archives, Blogging Lessons, Comments    Tags: ,

Have you ever visited a blog, read the post and all of the comments, but didn’t feel comfortable commenting?
I have.
Blogs can be that way.
The author publishes their post for the whole world to see, and often others leave comments. A conversation develops between the author and their audience.
Today’s Lesson
When I started blogging, most of [...]

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