Interview With Lorelle VanFossen - Part 3 - Content: Is Good, Good Enough

Thus far, Lorelle (of Lorelle on WordPress) has shared her views on how to stay motivated, and common mistakes bloggers make. We’re now moving onto a question that has often been controversial.
Let’s hear what Lorelle has to say on this one.
3) It’s written that content is [...]

Interview With Lorelle VanFossen - Part 2 - Errors Bloggers Make

In part one of my interview with Lorelle, she discussed how a new blogger can stay motivated.
Now we move on to another subject I often asked myself. (To avoid redundancy, I asked Lorelle, to include any links to her posts or others she felt would be helpful to the BWAB readers).
2) [...]

Interview With Lorelle VanFossen - Part 1 - Stay Motivated

Anyone who has followed my blogging journey, knows Lorelle VanFossen (of Lorelle on WordPress) is whom I often turn to when I have questions about WordPress and/or blogging. She has been my blogging “rock”, and like so many others, I tagged her as “Queen of WordPress”.
I am humbled and honored that Lorelle granted [...]

Open Mic - Have Some Fun Today

For the next two days I’ll be participating in our 10th Annual Neighborhood Garage sale. Needless to say, I’ll be away from my blog.
In the process of trying to live more simply, I’ve decluttered our home of most things that don’t make my heart sing. It’s been a long process, but soon, I’ll [...]

Why Didn’t You Say Good Bye

I’m a sucker for happy endings.
It may be a girl thing, but I always liked children’s books that ended “and they lived happily ever after”, and movies where you could envision the same.
Today’s Lesson
Since I started blogging, I’ve visited more blogs than I can count (and many of those bloggers visit(ed) me, as well).
Many of [...]

New Bloggers Are Being Scammed

As a new blogger, you’ll read how easy it is to set up a blog.
Let’s look at WordPress. Their homepage says:
1. Find a Web Host and get great hosting while supporting WordPress at the same time.
2. Download & Install WordPress with our famous 5-minute installation.
3. Consult the Documentation and become [...]

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 [...]

Beach Blogging In Belize

Is it a movement, or is it becoming a new way of life?
You sell your home or move out of your apartment, grab your labtop and head to a sunny location and blog remotely.
Today’s Lesson
As I travel through cyberspace I read blogging articles/comments about those who are in pursuit of working less, playing more, and/or [...]

Celebrating One Year Of Blogging

Photo Credit rick’s photos

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

Photo Credit oskay’s photos

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 [...]

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