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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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