Category Archives: Blogging

And the Winner of the Award for Irony in Web Design Awards Goes to…

Smashing Magazine for naming North x East #26 on their list of Elegant and Visually Appealing Web Designs. It’s actually a pretty good list so appreciate the irony and the great web designs!

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Integrate Your Blog Into Your Website for the Most Search Engine Juice

Search engines love content yet some of the best content that you, as a blogger, are generating may not be benefiting your primary website. I’m talking to all of you bloggers who have hosted (ex. yourblog.wordpress.com; yourblog.blogspot.com) as opposed to … Continue reading

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Google Makes it Easy to Spell Check in WordPress

Do you wish that WordPress had spell check? Well it doesn’t, not built in anyway. You can add it by way of various plug ins or you can use the latest version of the Google Toolbar which allows you to spell check text entered … Continue reading

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Want to Use the Blogosphere to Promote Your Next Big Thing…

…then you might want to give a read to Gina Trapani’s Press release mashup post on the topic at her personal weblog, “Scribbling.net“. Why do you care what Gina has to say. Mmmm, maybe because she’s editor of one of … Continue reading

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Great Reasons to Blog

I use a couple of different Email Broadcast Services to send out ezines and other email communications on behalf of my clients. One of these is Vertical Response out of San Francisco. They have a nice tool. Fairly easy to … Continue reading

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There is (dating) Life – and blogging success – after 40

…and one my clients is proving it with her “Adventures in Dating after 40” blog. She even made the top 100 fastest growing blogs at WordPress.com. What’s her secret? Like any successful blog she’s writing from her heart and her … Continue reading

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RSS Now Stands for Really SERIOUS Syndication

According to Jupiter Research (as reported by MediaPost.com) 63 percent of big companies plan to syndicate content via Really Simple Syndication by the end of 2006. The report “RSS Comes of Age: Budgeting, Deploying, and Measuring RSS,” indicates that currently … Continue reading

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Worried That RSS is not that “Simple” – Let Readers Receive Updates by Email

Do you think that RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is confusing to your readers (and you) and want to give them an alternative to subscribe? You might consider using email notification services like Feedblitz or Bloglet which allow them to receive … Continue reading

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Blogging Basics Teleseminar

Hey, I’m excited. I’m doing my first teleseminar for SpeakerNet News on: How to Start a Blog: A Step-by-Step Guide. Hera are… The Details: Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2006 Time: 7:00 pm Eastern (6 pm Central, 5 pm Mountain, 4 … Continue reading

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From a Blog to a Book

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a couple of posts about how, by writing a blog, you could very well end up with a book. Well here’s a link to a recent BusinessWeek article that talks about how one … Continue reading

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