Weekly Digest: Quarter Through Two Months of Guest Blogging Partying, Guest Blogging Article Series, and More Guest Bloggers!

There has been a lot going on this week, but I’m so excited about the fabulous guest bloggers partying on my blog during the two months of celebrations, it’s all I want to talk about!

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What’s Happening with Lorelle on WordPress

WordPress.com 2 year anniversary party Celebrating Blogging and WordPress: We are just past the one quarter mark of the two month-long party celebrating the two year anniversary of WordPress.com and this blog with non-stop blogging about blogging in August and a month of non-stop WordPress tips coming in September.

The guest bloggers have been putting on their best party outfits and bringing forward the best of their best for you and me, and we’re having a great time.

Besides you, the party-goers so far include:

Greg Balanko-Dickson, The Remote control CEO

Edrei Zahari of Footsteps in the Mirror

Engtech of Internet Duct Tape

Jan of Circular Communication

Daniel Brusilovsky of Apple Universe

John Pozadzides of One Man’s Blog

Michael Hampton of Homeland Stupidity and Bad Behavior

Battling Referrer Spam

Abhijit Nadgouda of ifacethoughts

Why Blog?

J.T Dabbagian of JTDabbagian.com

Pelf Nyok of pelf-ism is contagious

Dawud Miracle of dmiracle.com

Why You Want To Link To Other Blogs

Phil Gerbyshak, the Make It Great! Guy

Be Unique, Not Unusual

I’ve not been sitting back but working harder than ever with some interesting projects behind the scenes – with news coming out soon. I’ve recently posted Announcing The First WordPressMU Consultants from Incorporated Subversion, Blogging Challenge: Favorite or Worst Writing Boo Boos, Weekly Digest: Guest Bloggers Galore, Theme Spam, Blog Scraping, and Personal Blogging, and last week’s popular Are You Risking Your Blog With an Unofficial or Vulnerable WordPress Theme and WordPress.com Blogs Feeds Scraped.

Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging

I’ll have some new news announcements regarding my book called “Blogging Tips” soon. What I can tell you is that a price change will soon be going into effect, so if you want to purchase the book at the introductory price, you can order it from SplashPress or the new Blog Herald Bookstore.

For more information on the book, see the original announcement and a recent update with reviews and other information, as well as the Blogging Tips Book official page.

Most Popular Articles on Lorelle on WordPress

The most popular posts on Lorelle on WordPress these past few weeks were:

Blasts From the Past

I love the semi-weekly blog challenges I hit my readers with, giving them a “kick in the blogging butt”. Here are a few examples to challenge yourself with. There are no deadlines on these.

Blog Herald Columns

In honor of the two months of guest bloggers on Lorelle on WordPress, I’m sharing the lessons I’m learning with the guest blogging experience on the Blog Herald in a series called Learning the Art of Guest Blogging:

Learning the Art of Guest Blogging begins this ongoing series.
The Art of Guest Blogging: How Do I Help Guest Bloggers Blog? takes a look at the questions to consider when hosting guest bloggers or becoming a guest blogger.
The Art of Blogging: How Does Guest Blogging Work? covers the logistics of guest blogging from the guest blogger and host’s perspective.
The Art of Guest Blogging: What Do Guest Bloggers Need to Know About Your Blog to Guest Blog – As a frequent guest blogger, I used my experiences to layout some information a guest blogger needs to know before and during the guest blogging experience.
The Art of Guest Blogging: Preparing Your Blog – If you guest blog, be prepared for visitors. Is your blog ready for visitors?
The Art of Guest Blogging: What Do I Blog About? – When I guest blog, the best thing a fellow blogger can do is cut down my options for the subjects they want me to blog about on their blog. This article helps hosts and guest bloggers understand more about how to make it easier for the guest blogger by helping them decide what to blog about.
The Art of Guest Blogging: Should You Pay Guest Bloggers to Blog? – There comes a time when guest bloggers require payment. How do you know when to pay or when to ask for compensation for guest blogging?
The Art of Guest Blogging: Blog Your Best Writing – It seems odd to even suggest or explain why, but when you guest blog, blog your best.

I’ve also blogged about some non-guest blogging topics on Time Wasting Blog Comments, Comments Policies, and Comment Etiquette and the weekly WordPress Wednesday News:

Lorelle’s Linkworthy Links

Rise Of Russian Comment Spam: Taragana takes a look at the rise in foreign language comment spam – just because you can’t read it doesn’t mean someone else can’t.
Solar Cookers International: I’m thinking of giving these solar cookers a try, reducing my electric and gas footprint on the planet even further.
John Dvorak – Cranky Geeks – Episode 76 Video – Bubble 2.0 Bursting: Lots of giggles and cranks, and Matt Mullenweg enjoying the unhinging a bit too much. 😀
Writing Challenge: Joanna’s Thematic Link Post!: Based upon the linking style posts of Jan of Circular Communication, Liz Strauss challenges others to create such linking style posts.
Kinexxions – Why Blog Genealogy? Why Not?: Brilliant. Genealogy is a fast growing industry and blogs are leading the way. Are you sharing your family’s history with the world, connecting the past with the future?

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