Comments on: Pimp That Post! http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/07/01/pimp-that-post/ Making The Most of MidLife--Together Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:56:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/07/01/pimp-that-post/comment-page-1/#comment-3651 byjane Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:40:00 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1379#comment-3651 I think you're right, Elaine, it does depend on one's purpose in blogging. I'm caught somewhere in the middle, though. Having already done the professional writing career, I'm not looking to venues like More to give me exposure. I think you’re right, Elaine, it does depend on one’s purpose in blogging. I’m caught somewhere in the middle, though. Having already done the professional writing career, I’m not looking to venues like More to give me exposure.

]]> By: Elaine H http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/07/01/pimp-that-post/comment-page-1/#comment-3650 Elaine H Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:59:24 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1379#comment-3650 PS--I think this makes me a "brash hussie." Great blog title! PS–I think this makes me a “brash hussie.” Great blog title!

]]> By: Elaine H http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/07/01/pimp-that-post/comment-page-1/#comment-3649 Elaine H Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:58:37 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1379#comment-3649 It really does depend on why you're blogging. If, like me, it's because you truly want to make writing more than a hobby and want it to pursue it as a profession, you want to pimp the hell out of your blog. I have business cards with my blog url AND the blogs that republish my posts (including MidLifeBloggers--thanks Jane!) I have no shame in giving them out to women who might be interested wherever I go. You have to be selective about which sites you allow to republish your work and also read the fine print. Some, I discovered, state that they own your work that you post. You don't want that. You want to retain full rights to your own writing. Like Jane, I've been picked up my MORE.com, and even though I don't make a dime off it, the exposure is priceless. It really does depend on why you’re blogging. If, like me, it’s because you truly want to make writing more than a hobby and want it to pursue it as a profession, you want to pimp the hell out of your blog. I have business cards with my blog url AND the blogs that republish my posts (including MidLifeBloggers–thanks Jane!) I have no shame in giving them out to women who might be interested wherever I go. You have to be selective about which sites you allow to republish your work and also read the fine print. Some, I discovered, state that they own your work that you post. You don’t want that. You want to retain full rights to your own writing. Like Jane, I’ve been picked up my MORE.com, and even though I don’t make a dime off it, the exposure is priceless.

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/07/01/pimp-that-post/comment-page-1/#comment-3449 byjane Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:30:07 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1379#comment-3449 KarenMidLifeSequel: We all need to partner with those brash hussies who have no problem promoting themselves!!!! KarenMidLifeSequel: We all need to partner with those brash hussies who have no problem promoting themselves!!!!

]]> By: karenmidlifesequel http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/07/01/pimp-that-post/comment-page-1/#comment-3448 karenmidlifesequel Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:20:30 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1379#comment-3448 These comments are so funny, because they all sound just like me. I started writing a blog recently and want people to read it, but I'm reluctant to tell people about it. The really ironic part of my reluctance is that until recently, my career was in sales and marketing. I can sell and market other people's stuff, but not my own. I definitely have to get over that! These comments are so funny, because they all sound just like me. I started writing a blog recently and want people to read it, but I’m reluctant to tell people about it. The really ironic part of my reluctance is that until recently, my career was in sales and marketing. I can sell and market other people’s stuff, but not my own.

I definitely have to get over that!

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/07/01/pimp-that-post/comment-page-1/#comment-3428 byjane Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:58:50 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1379#comment-3428 See my response to MissKriss. I think we ought to pimp each others blogs. Or at least write each other's pimp requests. It really is just selling, isn't it? And I was never to good at that either. See my response to MissKriss. I think we ought to pimp each others blogs. Or at least write each other’s pimp requests. It really is just selling, isn’t it? And I was never to good at that either.

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/07/01/pimp-that-post/comment-page-1/#comment-3427 byjane Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:57:11 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1379#comment-3427 You're good. Disciplined. Focused. I'm envious. You’re good. Disciplined. Focused. I’m envious.

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2009/07/01/pimp-that-post/comment-page-1/#comment-3426 byjane Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:55:47 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=1379#comment-3426 I'm thinking maybe we ought to form a group of pimp-free bloggers. But we'd all pimp each others. That way the job would get done, but we wouldn't have to do it. I’m thinking maybe we ought to form a group of pimp-free bloggers. But we’d all pimp each others. That way the job would get done, but we wouldn’t have to do it.

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