Blogging How To’s

Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: Blogging 101

03.17.2010

When I first started blogging back in The Day–’04 that would have been–no one in my circle of friends and family knew what a blog was.  Or cared, for that matter.  I was kind of embarrassed to admit I was a blogger when people asked what I wrote. It felt somehow illegitimate, like I was [...]

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Social Networking, Twitter, and our brave new world

03.16.2009

I hesitate to explain this part because it makes Twitter—and me—sound even more shallow and superficial than we already are. On Twitter you express yourself in 140 characters. That’s it. Your 140 characters enter the vast Twitter-verse where words fly by in a mad jumble—as if someone mixed together fleeting thoughts from thousands of brains and released them in one huge stream of consciousness all at once.

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Yours, Mine and…Well, Mine

08.18.2008

by Janis Smyth of Jan’s Sushi Bar I got an email recently asking some basic questions about blogging, when the subject of copyrights came up. It occurred to me that while I have a very basic understanding of copyright laws, many people do not and it’s an issue almost every blogger will have to face [...]

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Increasing Your Traffic

08.04.2008

“Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. Those who can’t teach, teach gym.” – Woody Allen Hello class – my name is Coach Smyth and I’m going to be your instructor today. After asking what you’d all like to know more about, increasing traffic to our blogs seemed to generate the most interest, so [...]

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Answers to Last Sunday’s Q&A

07.21.2008

Okay! I meant to get to this earlier, but…life, it gets in the way. At any rate, I have answers for everyone. Becky: Bloggy awards are nice, aren’t they? There’s not a lot to “passing them on” – just list the 4 or 5 blogs you’d like to pass the award to, and link to [...]

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Blogging Q & A (or Tech Geek Speak)

07.14.2008

When Jane asked me to be a regular contributor for MidLifeBloggers.com as sort of the “tech go-to” person, I was thrilled and began a series of articles on basic blogging, one of which was published quickly because I finished it quickly. I have several others started and the next in the series almost complete, but [...]

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Blogging Platforms – Which Is Right For You?

06.18.2008

by Janis Smyth of Jan’s Sushi Bar So you want to blog.  Good for you!  Blogs are fantastic things; they’re a wonderful and enriching experience for those who write them and can be entertaining, funny, silly, informative, thought-provoking or touching for those who read them – often all at once. Starting a blog isn’t hard, [...]

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