Blogging - Year One - Lesson Five

Blogging can eat up a lot of time.
Today’s Lesson
When I first started blogging, most of my time was spent on researching, writing and publishing.
Being technologically challenged, the rest of my free time was spent learning “blogging language”, techniques, and behind the scenes maintenance (e.g. adding/removing plugins, html, ads, etc…).
When I added statistical programs, more time [...]

NBOTW Shares From Years Of Experience

Photo Credit basykes’ photos

At first glance, an elder person’s hands may look ugly to you. But the wrinkles, thin skin and visible veins are like a road map to their past.
How carefully do you listen when your parents, grandparents or an elderly person speaks? Do you tune them out? Do [...]

Bloggers Fall Prey To Instant Gratification

Photo Credit: chefranden’s photos

Just as a top needs help to make it spin, a blog is similar. A top always stops, and falls over, after spinning out of control, will you?
Today’s Lesson
In the past few days, I have been visiting and reading a fair amount of blogs and comments. I sense many bloggers [...]

Google Kicked Me Out Of The Sandbox

It wasn’t until I started blogging that I read about “Google’s Sandbox”.
Apparently, the terminology was given to some blogs that may be on a “probationary period” with Google. These are blogs that Google is “watching” to see how internet users react to them. Google may be looking to see if they are [...]

Copy Successful Blogs/Websites - Or Not

It is often written, “Do not try to reinvent the wheel”.
In blogging, some will say, find a popular blog, and copy what they are doing, and you have a better chance of becoming successful.
Is that true? Or, is there a better way?
If you look at inventions, often individuals will take [...]

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