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Your Comment is Awaiting Moderation…NOOO

Posted by on Nov 19, 2009 in blogging | 8 comments

Tweet Comment moderation seems to be the big thing now. Whenever I leave a comment on a blog and press the Submit button, I get “your comment is awaiting moderation. It will appear when the blog owner has approved it.” I’m starting to see this more and more. I can understand personal blogs doing that. I’ve had people, who I knew in real life, stalk my blog and leave rude comments whenever they could. This...

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Five Tips On How to Handle Rude Comments On Your Blog Posts

Posted by on Nov 9, 2009 in blogging | 0 comments

Tweet You spend all of your time researching and writing a blog post. After it’s posted, you smile because it’s just as you had envisioned it. All of a sudden, someone posts some rude comment that makes you second guess what you wrote or even your credibility. If he/she disagreed with you, then you wouldn’t be so taken aback. However, he/she decides to insult you to get his/her point across. If you have ever seen...

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Blog Action Day: 5 Ways Your Office Can Help With Climate Change

Posted by on Oct 15, 2009 in blogging | 8 comments

Tweet Climate changes have dangerous consequences on the Earth and the animals and plants inhabiting it. Here is an interesting article, “100 Effects of Global Warming,” that lists the 100 ways climate changes can be disastrous. I’ve worked in a few offices, and I am always shocked on how they are not trying to do much to help with environmental issues. The amount of materials wasted is mind boggling, especially when you consider...

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What Tweeters Are Saying About the FTC Blogging Rules

Posted by on Oct 9, 2009 in blogging, news | 0 comments

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50 Free or Low-Cost Web Courses for Web Writers and Bloggers

Posted by on Oct 8, 2009 in blogging | 1 comment

Tweet All over the Internet, you read how this and that person is an expert in something.  Yes, there are experts, but there is one thing that they all know.  You can never be an expert unless you are constantly learning new things about your craft.  Blogging and web writing is become increasingly popular, especially with the constant talks about the “death of paper publications.”   If you are new or an old-timer, and want...

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Video Bloggers: Need Advice on How to Start a Video Blog

Posted by on Oct 5, 2009 in blogging | 0 comments

Tweet Video blogging is something that has always interested me. It’s a great way to interact with your readers for many reasons: 1. They are able to put a face to your writing 2. They get to see your body language and quirks 3. It makes you a person I know all the pieces to the puzzle to start video blogging, but I am not sure if I am 100% right. 1. Find a niche - I know that I would love to talk about writing, but I wonder if I...

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