The Weekly Digest from Lorelle on WordPress this week features amazing reviews and recommendations of my new book, a lot of attention for the recently discovered ability to get your WordPress.com blog verified by Google Webmaster Tools, and another article on comment spam reaches the top posts and blogs on WordPress.com. And on the Blog […]
The Weekly Digest from Lorelle on WordPress this week features news about me traveling to Chicago for the SOBCon07, the Successful and Outstanding Blogger Conference this past weekend, schmoozing with the hottest bloggers on the web, releasing a new book for bloggers, and some incredible and exciting things that have been happening to me and […]
Darren Rowse of Problogger points to an article by Roj Dash on personal branding and the chart Dash created which shows the various sources of income top bloggers reply upon. For example, it shows that Steve Pavlina and Darren Rowse rely upon income directly from their blog ads and workshops, while Seth Goodin and Steve […]
I can barely keep up with all the amazing things said about the SOBCon07, the Successful and Outstanding Blogger Conference this past weekend. I’m still processing this amazing event. I stayed in Chicago longer to meet with local bloggers and do some business, so I have just arrived back and will be sharing the lessons […]
Blogging Tips What bloggers won’t tell you about blogging by Lorelle VanFossen Returning to the basics, Lorelle VanFossen has put together hundreds of the tips you need to know before you start blogging, and after, in Blogging Tips, What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging. Learn how to define your blog’s purpose. Learn how to […]
Are you into Twitter? Sarah Sarmiento of 901am lists “Top 5 Ways Smart People are Using Twitter” which include branding, improved communications, networking, and more. If you want to incorporate Twitter into your WordPress blog, Twitter Tools WordPress Plugin by Alex King is hot off the presses. Twitter Tools WordPress Plugin comes with a variety […]
The SOBCon07, the Successful and Outstanding Blogger Conference, will be May 11-12, 2007, in Chicago. If you want a closer relationship with your readers, and the increased traffic and benefits thereof, make a point of attending. SOBCon07 Successful and Outstanding Blogger Conference 2007 Theme: Developing Your Blog Relationships May 11-12, 2007 Chicago O’Hare Sofitel Hotel […]
September 5, 2006 – 4:05 am
Joanna Tidball pointed me to some news stories on Google attempts to prevent the use of “google” as a generic and general reference for searching the Internet. According to The Independent: In June, Google won a place in the Oxford English Dictionary, while “to google”, with a lower case “g”, was included last month in […]
Shell Holtz writes a great article on “When is a Link Not a Link” that is worth reading if you are worried about fair use of content and link citations of web page content: For years, I’ve been getting the same question when I get to the hyperlink section of my “Writing for the Wired […]
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Since WordPress.com is supposed to be representative of a blogging “community”, using WordPressMU as the multiple blogger software tool, I thought I’d stop in to take a look at the community that I’m a part as a member of WordPress.com. Want to join me? If you are one of the more than 183,000 blogging members […]
January 6, 2006 – 7:23 am
I will spend some time soon writing more about why people blog, but I ran across a wonderful post by Greg Balanko-Dickson called “Am I a Lazy Writer”. In the post, he addresses the issues of why he blogs. The real reason I started writing online and sharing business information, tips and articles and now […]
November 3, 2005 – 7:09 pm
How To: Creating Your Corporate Intranet Using WordPress by Dean Sabatino is a fascinating look at how to change WordPress from a personal blog to a corporate Intranet Content Management System (CMS) for communicating and exchanging information within a company. This article explains the process I used to develop a corporate Intranet site using WordPress […]
October 19, 2005 – 9:46 am
NOTE: The latest version of Firefox now comes with built-in spell check. Faced with a repaired but not fully stocked laptop, I needed some of my writing spell checked. Instead of panicking, or digging through storage boxes of my computer disks for my word processing program, I realized that I was connected to the Internet […]
August 29, 2005 – 8:42 am
Blogging has entered a realm of its own, from fad to industry. People are entering the blogosphere daily, thousands every day. I’ve been blogging for over 10 years and had no clue I was doing it. It was called “online journaling” and some called it “web diaries” or “blithering idiots writing on the Internet”. I […]
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