Archive for August, 2008

Plugins, Questions and Open Mic

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Friday, August 29th 2008   
Filed In: Archives, Comments, Open Mic, Plugins and Widgets    Tags: , , , ,

It’s been another busy week here at BWAB and for me in my real life. As the week comes to a close, it’s time to recap what we’ve learned.
This week’s posts included:
1) A.S.K. Liz - How do You Inspire Your Readers To Join Your Community
2) New Blog Of The Week - Writer Dad
3) [...]

Self Promotion - From The Archives

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Thursday, August 28th 2008   
Filed In: Archives, Blogging Lessons, Linking, Writing Tips    Tags: , ,

Today as I was digging through my archives, I found many posts I had forgotten about.
Here’s a recap of my favorites in no particular order.
Today’s Lesson In Self Promotion
Funniest Picture In A Post: “Do You Walk Your Talk Or Are You Just Blowing Smoke?”
Most Controversial PostL (Created motivation for other bloggers to write their [...]

Parties, Spam and Hanging Chads

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

Do you remember the 2000 U. S. presidential election? In Florida, many ballots were punched incorrectly resulting in what was deemed as “hanging chads”. It was quite controversial as a huge number of votes weren’t being counted. Several recounts were performed and the situation ended with many disgruntled people.
As I was reviewing the [...]

NBOTW - Everyday Is Father’s Day

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

When a blog is nominated for “New Blog Of The Week” (NBOTW) by so many of the BWAB readers, I can’t ignore it. In fact, it’s a blog I’ve been following, too.
From his post titled, ” Here Is A Macbook, Go Make Your Million”, you know the author is a writer when you read [...]

A.S.K. - Liz Strauss - How Do You Inspire Your Readers To Join Your Community

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Monday, August 25th 2008   
Filed In: A.S.K., Archives, Comments    Tags: ,

Building our blog communities is accomplished in our comment section.
Last week Liz Strauss, author Successful And Outstanding Bloggers and “The Secret to Writing a Successful and Outstanding Blog (the book), answered the question, “How To Format A Blog Post To Maximize Comments”.
As we all know, part of receiving comments is answering them. Our readers [...]

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