Your Comment is Awaiting Moderation…NOOO
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...
Read MoreHow To Rock Your First Blogger Meetup
Tweet meetup.com meetup, originally uploaded by urzzz. This past week, I went to my first Blogger Meetup. I had never been to a meetup before, so I decided to check it out. We mingled, networked, and discussed our expertise with one another. On that day, I learned what it takes to be a Rockstar at your first Blogger Meetup. Smile – If you read a self-help book, the first thing they always say is to smile even when you...
Read MoreTwitter Could Be a Mini FriendFeed
Tweet Twitter Real Time Inline Search, originally uploaded by TimCohn. Last weekend, I got an alert from TwitterMoms, which is a social networking site for mommy bloggers who tweet. It was for a virtual wine tasting via Twitter. How it worked was that you used a hash tag when you posted a tweet related to the wine tasting. In another window, you had a “real-time” search to follow the conversations. One of my complaints...
Read MoreThree Ways to Stop Copying Other People’s Writing and Images
Tweet PLAGIARISM, originally uploaded by AMICHAELMURRAY. The Internet has made plagiarism as easy as pressing Copy + Paste. I was reading the forum of one of my LinkedIn forums when I came across a post labeled “Attention All Bloggers – Read At Once!” Mike Clough wrote how someone had copied his post for word-for-word, and had even taken his images. Here is what he said: “A terrible thing happened to me last week....
Read MoreSTOP the Insanity! Create a Blog Schedule
Tweet I am starting to write for more than one blog, so I have decided to start relying on a blog schedule. A blog schedule is a great way to organize and structure your blogging, so you don’t miss any deadlines and are on top of things. Below is the chart that I created: I am going to take this and implement it into my Google Calendar, so I can get reminders and view it in my Gmail or iGoogle. Here are some references to create your...
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