November 21, 2009 – 10:35 am
As I prepare for my meeting with Alan Dean Foster, one of the world’s most prolific and famous science fiction authors, I’m not the only one inspired by the whole concept of making dreams come true.
Robyn Seaton introduced Alan Dean Foster to me after she and I met at WordCamp Phoenix, and PodCamp Arizona [...]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging Tips, Writing
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I’m working on a series of articles about personal blogging, but I wanted to share with you a perfect example of a personal blog. It’s by my cousin, Duke DesRochers.
You may remember Duke from the story I did on him called, “Future Social Media Renaissance Man,” on Lorelle on WordPress or the one on the [...]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging Tips, Writing
| Tags: art, artwork, blog voice, blog writing, Blogging Tips, creative writing, desrochers, duke, duke desrochers, how to write a blog, personal blog, personal blogging, poetry, sculpture, Writing, writing voice |
Blog Security is one of the top security blogs out there keeping an eye on all things blog security and WordPress. They’ve just released two great articles WordPress fans need to check out.
First is news of a video and blog post by Guvnr called “10 Tips to Make WordPress Hack Proof. The effort involved tips [...]
In October of 2008, I started a series called “Exploring Social Media” on the Blog Herald. The challenge was to dig into the myriad choices and options to dance the social dance online, to network, share, inform, and educate with the various tools available.
I began by asking people to define social media, since it [...]
December 27, 2008 – 4:14 am
By DB Ferguson of the No Fact Zone
If you’re building a fandom blog to create a cash revenue stream, you’re better off getting a second job or setting up an Etsy account. Money can be made, but that should not be a priority for you when it comes to being a fandom blogger.
As part of [...]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging Tips
| Tags: ads, advertising, Blogging Tips, celeb blogs, celebrities, celebs, fan blogs, fan-based blog, how to create a fan-based blog, monetizing, money |
December 18, 2008 – 4:37 am
By DB Ferguson of the No Fact Zone
I know I just recommended aggregating news stories from sources outside of your blog in my series on The Art of the Fan-Based Blog, and that search engines were your friend. They are. However, I cannot stress this enough, be extremely mindful of every single word or picture [...]
December 17, 2008 – 4:31 am
By DB Ferguson of the No Fact Zone
So you’ve finding all kinds of content for your fandom based upon our previous discussions. You’ve found a trough of information to flow into your blog. Now what? How do you get all that information into your blog, and should you? Do you need to publish everything? It’s [...]
December 16, 2008 – 4:01 am
At a blog conference recently, I overheard the following exchange over a laptop as part of a blog review exercise:
“For your blog to be successful, you need more comments on your blog posts.”
“I have plenty of comments on my blog. See, this one has 14 comments.”
“That post has only one comment. The rest are trackbacks. [...]
December 15, 2008 – 6:26 pm
By DB Ferguson of the No Fact Zone
Content. Ah, now we’re getting to the fun part in our series on The Art of the Fan-Based Blog. After all that technical mumbo-jumbo, we finally get to talk about the one thing we want to talk about – our fandom!
Before you jump into the deep end rattling [...]
December 3, 2008 – 1:30 pm
I’ve just updated my article, “When is the Best Time and Day to Post on Your Blog?” Originally published in June of 2006, once a year I update the post, continuing to evaluate when is the best time and day of the week to publish a post on your blog, helping you make your own [...]
November 17, 2008 – 6:55 pm
By DB Ferguson of the No Fact Zone
DB Ferguson is the webmaster of No Fact Zone, a Stephen Colbert-centric news blog and fan site. DB and her husband live in a tragically hip loft in downtown Dallas, Texas, with their 2 cats and 11 tarantulas. By day, DB works as a purchasing agent in disguise [...]
October 4, 2007 – 4:08 am
Over the next few months, I will be publishing an ongoing series, which includes and continues from much of what I started in my book, “Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging”.
I’ve been blogging since 1994, though it barely had a name back then, online journaling is what it soon became. Along the [...]
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