Monthly Archives: December 2009
Qwisk Makes Web Browsing Social
Social Media Qwisk is a very unique way to browse the Web and share content with others while doing so. Not only do you get a Qwisk account but you can also add your Twitter and Facebook accounts. Doing this allows you to see updates from your friends on these networks and share content with those friends. Signing up is easy since you can do so via Facebook connect, Twitter connect or Google connect. If you prefer though, you can create a Qwisk account. Once ...
Continue readingGuest Blogging – How to Make It Count
Blogging When I got into this thing called blogging six months ago, I quickly realized that the best thing I had going for me was an experienced mentor who was willing to tolerate my inane questions I knew absolutely nothing. And I had a million questions. The first of which was, how do I grow my new website? One of the first things he told me with regard to growing my new baby blog was that if I wrote it well enough, other bloggers might invite me ...
Continue readingMerry Christmas Bloggers
Site News Just a quick note to wish you all a Merry Christmas. Hope you are all taking some much needed time off from blogging to spend time with your family and catch up with old friends. Charge your batteries up over the next week so that you can start the new year with a bang!
Continue readingWriting Down the Blues (and Boredom)
Writing Do you ever feel the lack-luster of the writing life? It can be a lonely profession, especially if you write non-fiction. Fiction writers have it a little easier because they’re always in good company with their characters. I get the best (and worst) of both worlds. Today, I want to do anything but write an article. I’m simply not in a non-fiction mood. The weather is gloomy; we’re under a flash flood watch. It should be ...
Continue readingGrowing Your Blog’s Editorial Team
Blogging, Productivity Blogging can be quite a huge task to undertake if you’re doing things alone. Earlier this week I listed some of the ways in which the blog publishing process can become a time-consuming task, outlining the fact that most bloggers (especially newcomers) are required to wear multiple hats. Research, writing, editing, formatting and syndicating a single article can take up a great deal of time, even for the most efficient people out there. ...
Continue readingStep Away From The Computer: A Blogger’s How To, Part 2 of 2
Productivity There’s an old joke about personal development – maybe you’ve heard it. “How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?” Photo by Bruma Mihai The answer is “just one” – but the light bulb has to want to change. Productivity is more than just something you do. It is more than just a mindset. Productivity is a lifestyle choice, a lifestyle change, and an entire personal philosophy. It ...
Continue readingBehind the Scenes of the Blogging Process
Blogging Blogging can be very time consuming, between the research, writing, editing, formatting and re-syndicating. But it’s all part of your job as a blogger. You are, in fact, a single person wearing many hats. And the necessity to take on so many roles is an oversight that many newcomers are unable to anticipate, despite warnings from weathered veterans. While several tools aim to streamline various aspects of the blogging profession, anyone ...
Continue readingPronouns Are Fun Too
Writing Most of us already know how to use pronouns and don’t have any problems writing other than the occasional spelling mistake or the lack of creative words, but some people have a difficult time. Grammar is not very interesting, yes I understand that, but it is what I was hired to write about so bear with me and the dry lesson. I’ll try to spice it up with interesting examples. Last week I wrote about first person singular pronouns ...
Continue readingManaging Time In Your Blogging Day
Promote your blog I remember when the pundits told us that working online would be the key to our own personal freedom. I remember they told us we’d have more free time to spend with friends and family when we decided to start working from our own homes. It all sounded so great for somebody who grew up in the 1970s and I had great visions of working from the back of a reconditioned VW bus with flowers painted all over the sides. Then reality hit, but ...
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Why I Went Back To Basics With WordPress Comments
Blogging If you’ve been reading my posts, you know that I’ve had an experiment running for a couple of months to dress up the comments on my WordPress blog by adding a bit of extra functionality. I have now declared that experiment a failure and have gone back to basics. Here’s why. Almost, But Not Quite After I switched from Echo to IntenseDebate, I must admit that I was happy for a while. IntenseDebate did a lot of things right and ...
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