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Oh, God, It’s Snowing Again!

Surprise! It’s snowing again. Or should I say still?
I live in Eastern Ohio, where cold snowy winters aren’t exactly unheard of. I mean, this is a nice place to live and our weather usually doesn’t go to too many extremes. In the summer, we have thunderstorms but no tornadoes.

In the spring, it rains a lot but it usually doesn’t flood.
And in the winter, it snows, but we’re not snowed in.

That is, until …

Written by Sandy Fitzgerald from sandy43935
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 and filed under Around The Blogosphere, Blogger, Blogging, Reviews, Writing
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Take a Minute to Fix your TweetMeme, Now.

TweetMeme is a hugely popular plug-in because it is so easy to use. It is easy for you to install and easy for your readers to use to retweet your posts. It may be too easy because so many people just install it and never look at the options available to them.Here is the IssueWhen you simply install TweetMeme and you don’t get into the settings then every RT will show up …

Written by BenSpark from BenSpark.com
Posted on February 22nd, 2010 and filed under Blogger, WordPress Plugins
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Is blogging really just for old timers?

Maybe I’m just hyper-sensitive on the whole topic of getting older.

After all, I’m getting ready to celebrate the 10th anniversary of my 37th birthday (you do the math), so of course, anything that seems like it’s age-related is just jumping out at me.

So the headline “Is blogging a slog? Some young people think so” hit me almost as hard as the ma’ams do when I’m out buying groceries.

According to a …

Written by Sandy Fitzgerald from sandy43935
Posted on February 16th, 2010 and filed under Blogger, Blogging, Blogging News, Social Media, Writing
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Twitter Talk: Good or Bad for Your Blog?

Twitter was the most spoken word for 2009. That’s kind of a big deal, considering everything else that has gone on in the past year, from the election of the first African American president into the white house and a struggling economy to say the least. Yet Twitter was so frequently spoken about because of its presence as a communication hub, giving us a way in which to discuss all the things that we like to talk about–like Obama and unemployment rates.

Our wonder at this particular phenomenon of 2009 has caused us to speak about the very thing we’re using to speak about things, creating a dizzying cycle of correspondence, self-promotion and link leads. More importantly to you, however, is whether or not Twitter’s status as the most spoken word of 2009 can be of benefit to you as a blogger.

Written by Kristen Nicole from Kristen Nicole
Posted on December 9th, 2009 and filed under Blogger
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Three Tricks for Speedy Sentence Structure

For most of my blogging career I was known as a speedy blogger. It was a primary reason why I was hired for blogs such as Mashable, as I was able to coherently test and review a website under pressure. Many have asked me how I am able to write in this way, so I figured I would share a few things that help me write.

Before I jump in, I would also like to note that writing can improve with practice and exercise. As with learning to ride a bike, repeated and dedicated behavior towards the act of writing can help you improve your skills. You may find that certain aspects of your writing seem to take a life on their own, presenting some of the perks of having a portion of your brain operate on auto-pilot.

I am not saying that creating a comprehensive sentence, paragraph or article is a process that can be placed successfully on auto-pilot, as much as term paper-writing high school students would love to have such a service. I am merely pointing out that, as a writer, you can focus on the creative side of transcribing your thoughts if you have reached a certain point where things like grammar become an afterthought.

Written by Kristen Nicole from Kristen Nicole
Posted on October 12th, 2009 and filed under Blogger
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You and your users

calltoaction How you communicate with your users on your website is very important. If you don’t send the right message then they will move onto another website. With so many blogs on the Internet you have to be different and it can be as simple as how you communicate to your users. It can be how you write your articles or how you set …

Written by Lee Doel from The Funk House
Posted on October 3rd, 2009 and filed under Blogger
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How to create a simple Gadget for Blogger with the new API (Part 1)

Last week, I explained Blogger’s new API for Gadgets which enables us to draw upon Blogger feeds in order to create useful and interactive gadgets.

In this post, I’ll explain how to create a very simple Gadget which draws upon Blogger feeds to create a simple “subscription” gadget which you can install in your Blogger blog. Unlike regular …