Controversy in Conversation

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Controversy Taking on a controversal topic in your blog requires a clear opinion or a keen awareness of your own ambivalence and indecision. Some of us shy away from controversy while others may crave the energy and attention that stirring up a hornet's nest brings. Some bloggers will try to create ...

Social Networking: How much exposure to promote your blog?

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Do not put anything online that you wouldn't put on a grocery store bulletin board That is basically the advice of the Women's Dish Blog about how much information to disclose online when searching for a new job. When it comes to social networking sites, you might want to consider even ...

TrackBacks & Pingbacks: Building the Blogosphere

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Why in the world would I want to talk about someone else's blog on MY blog? Pingbacks or trackbacks are vital aspects of blogging because: It provides additional context to your own opinions and ideas Other blogs are a source of inspiration when confronted with "writer's block" A means to share ideas, causes and products ...

Blog naked? Blog privacy and vulnerability

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Blog naked? I am not talking about you wear or don't wear while in front of your computer, but how much do you choose to expose of yourself to the world as you blog. On the class message board, several students have been expressing concern about how much of themselves ...

Daily Life Blogging: How to handle writer’s block

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

It happens to every writer. There are those days when your creative fountain of ideas has run dry and you are confronted with an empty screen.  Journal or diary bloggers could just detail their errands and comings and going, but that tends to bore the writer not to mention the reader! On ...

Prizes as Blog Promotion: Contests & Give-aways

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Prizes are a time honored gimmick to promote events and businesses, but do they work? The short answer is sometimes. Recently Rachelle Chase did an online promotion by giving away three copies of Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging by Lorelle VanFossen  To be eligible for the ...

Death by Blogging? Professional bloggers paying the price.

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Professional bloggers work around the clock to stay on top of their competition. Often the first person to post the scoop is the one that wins. That is the post that makes the top of the list and garners thousands,  sometimes even hundreds of thousands of hits.  This insistent pressure ...

Blogging for Fun, Fame, and Fortune

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Blogging is taking the world by storm! The heart of its power lies in its immediacy of publishing information, the ease of setting up and maintaining a blog and its interaction with its users. Blogs are used for everything from private family updates to journals to product reviews to photo ...