Archive for November, 2008

Is Blogging The Best Use Of Your Time

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Wednesday, November 26th 2008   
Filed In: Archives, Blogging, Blogging Lessons    

Have you ever noticed when you’re doing something you love, time flies? In one sense, it’s almost like time stands still. This analogy is often tied to living your passion.
Today’s Lesson
Blogging is that way for me. When I’m engrossed in blogging activities, time speeds by. On days when I think I’ll [...]

NBOTW - An Explorer Of Life

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Tuesday, November 25th 2008   
Filed In: Archives, New Blog Of The Week    

She started her blog in July and has been busily adding posts on a regular basis. It’s not a blog I get to visit as often as I’d like, but since the first time I landed on it, I added it to my Google Reader, under my category “Blogs To Watch”; knowing it was [...]

Twitter - Do You REALLY Care What I’m Doing

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Monday, November 24th 2008   
Filed In: Archives, Blogging Lessons, Branding, Networking    Tags: , , , , ,

A lot of good things have been written about Twitter. It helps to get your blog found, aids in social networking, expands your branding power, etc.
It’s also written that Twitter is another time consuming social networking tool.
Today’s Lesson
I haven’t joined Twitter yet. In fact, I’m rather hesitant about joining. [...]

You Asked For It - What About My Avatar

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Friday, November 21st 2008   
Filed In: Archives, Blogging Lessons, Branding, You Asked For It    

When we played the avatar game in the “Are Domain Names Over Rated” post, the consensus was our avatars are easily recognizable in blogosphere, and do become part of our online brand.
In the comment section, both Wendi of Life’s Little Inspirations and Jennifer of Down To Earth Girl had questions regarding avatars (also [...]

Be Careful What You Wish For

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Thursday, November 20th 2008   
Filed In: Archives, Blogging Lessons, Making Money, Problogging    

Have you ever said you would like to be a problogger? You know, quit that job for “the man”, blog for a living, only have yourself to answer to and watch the dollars roll in?
I have.
It sounds like a great job. You can pick your own hours. In [...]

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