10 Newest Things in Blogging for 2012
Tweet This is a guest post by Kathleen Hubert. Oh! snap, its 2012 already! Are you ready for a new year of blogging trends? In the last few years we’ve dealt with everything from web 2.0 to crazy innovations in car loans and insurance (who doesn’t love all of the crazy Progressive commercials?), but that was then! Here we’re going to go over everything that’s new and now in blogging for 2012. Let’s get...
Read MoreHow to Answer “What Should I Blog About?”
Tweet When I started this blog in 2008 (times flies when you’re having fun), I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do with it. Yes, I wanted to talk about writing, but I didn’t know to what extent. I was all over the place. One day I would talk about technical writing, and then I’d switch to some current social media event. I was also using this plugin that would bring in the interesting items from my Google Reader. It had no focus...
Read MoreDelicious Stacks for Freelance Writers and Bloggers
Tweet The news came out a couple of weeks ago that Delicious is letting you create stacks, which a groups of bookmarked sites, and allowing people to follow them. I decided that this was a great opportunity to create stacks of my favorite technical writing, freelancing, and blogging posts/sites that I have collected throughout the years. I have other stacks as well for my non-profit, so feel free to check out the ones that appeal to...
Read MoreHow to Handle Rude Comments with Grace
Tweet I will open by stating the obvious: No one is perfect and you will make mistakes. One thing about writing in public is that you are putting yourself out there. You might make writng mistakes (seeing if you are paying attention =P), get into image disputes (sometimes you might grab the embed code on Flickr, Pinterest, whatever, and then have the creator say that you are stealing his/her content. It’s happened to me), or write...
Read MoreStart Blogging Even if You are Not a Writer
Tweet It doesn’t matter what line of business you are in or interest you have, blogging is something you should consider. There have been reports that “blogging is dead,” but don’t listen. It isn’t. There are different reasons why it’s great: What is Blogging Good For Express Yourself Blogging is a great way to discuss what you are passionate about. This isn’t even just for business. There are tons of...
Read MoreFive Steps to Create a Blog Schedule You’ll Stick To
Tweet I have been seeing previews for that Sarah Jessica Parker movie “I Don’t Know How She Does It” being advertised whenever I turn the TV. My friends have always asked me “How in the world do you keep on top of things? You have so much going on?!” I am a single mother of two school-aged kids who are in all sorts of extracurricular activities. Last year, I started a non-profit to bring awareness to binge drinking and alcohol...
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