7 days ago I wrote my first Twitter rant over here.

It’s time for my 7th Twitter rant.  I’m positive you’ll agree that 

Condensing a Homeric Epic into Less than 140 characters

is a sure-fire recipe for major writing angst, right?  One of my blog readers, Elizabeth of Table4Five, alerted me to this very serious restriction….and of course, I just had to [Read more]

<YAWN!> it’s SOOOOO nice to actually achieve a solid 8 hours of uninteruppted sleep.  Okay, that’s a lie, as my son came in at 1am to sleep on various/sundry pillows on the floor…but luckily he wandered back when he realized the Pokemon comforter was much more appealing than the parents’ room.  Ah well, these things happen.

But as I was sleep-walking to the Machine of Worship (ie, my coffeemaker), I was having an intense (as intense as you can achieve when you’re half-awake) discussion with myself about my work online.  Do I love it?  Do I do it only to make money?  Is it sustainable?  Will Luke marry Laura?  You know, those kinds of questions.

It reminded me of Steve Job’s commencement speech back in 2005.  This is required [Read more]

Six days ago I wrote my first Twitter rant over here.

It’s time for my 6th Twitter rant.  I’m sure you’ll agree with the fact there’s

No XMPP

frosts not only your petunias but the whole garden as well, eh?

Think about it.  XMPP is the protocol used for Instant Messenging thingees like:

• Jabber
• Open Realtime
• Jerry Messenger
• Gmail Chat

Polling is not required!

Would you believe [Read more]

Morning!

Today is National Brainy Blog Tip day! 

In existence for eons (okay, since 2 days ago), today celebrates sharing and giving by letting bloggers offer their best number 1 blog tip ever.

Here’s mine!

Blaze - Don’t Imitate…and become The Blogger of Choice

When it comes right down to the bare facts of life, you generate reader followship by [Read more]

Four days ago I wrote my first Twitter rant over here.

It’s time for my 5th Twitter rant.  I’m sure you’ll agree with the fact there’s

No way to page through friends’ timelines via the iPhone

really just gets your domesticated cloven-hoofed animal, right?

Think about it.  There’s lots of iPhone Twitter apps already like [Read more]

Morning!

The sun is shining, the birdies are mooing and the cows are tweeting and of course, I’ll bet the immediate thought that smacked you upside the head upon reading that was:

Hey!  In less than a week it will be April Fools Day! 

followed closely by

Hey!  I wonder if I should take advantage of that!

followed closely by

Hey!  How on earth do I even begin?

Well, gentle readers, fear ye NOT about the above, for I shall give you some super pointers to increasing your readership thru your own April Fools joke you’ll devise on your blog.  It’s really not difficult at all [Read more]

Tip of the Hat Alert!

I’d like to publicly thank Darren Rowse, his commentors and his guest poster Chris Brogan for the article How I Use Twitter to Promote My Blog.

I’ve been following Darren now since I got into pro blogging; super super resources the man has to offer.  I especially like his ‘Featured Post’ layout, and decided to implement that on my site - finished it this morning.

As a guest blogger on Darren’s site, Chris wrote:

…Instead of telling your Twitter audience that you’ve published a new post, ask them their opinion on the core topic you’ve covered. “Do you think banner ads are dead?” followed by a link to your site is much more appealing than posting to Twitter, “Banner Ads Are Not Dead.” Asking a question engages your Twitter followers and solicits their experience.…MORE…

 I’ve [Read more]

Three days ago I wrote my first Twitter rant over here.

It’s time for my 4th Twitter rant.  I’m sure you’ll agree with the fact there’s

No Twitter Groups!

is extremely frustrating, right?

Think about [Read more]

Have you ever wanted to make money with your blog via the Amazon affiliate program?

let me guess - right now you’re thinking, well golly Barbara, heck no!  I hate making money!  I just like the pretty images I can put up! 

Are you aware you can go far beyond the typical widgets/stores/thingees Amazon.com offers its affiliates…if you only just apply a little bit of creative MacGyverism?

It’s true!  The following is a technique I have not seen elsewhere - it’s something I came upon long long ago when I was teaching affiliates how to be in the right place at the right time with the right market….before the rest of the thundering herd comes careening down the path.

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Two days ago I wrote my first Twitter rant over here.

It’s time for my third Twitter rant.  I’m sure you’ll agree with the fact there’s

No way to incorporate music

to your tweets is thoroughly annoying, right?  I mean, hey, I can include snippets of Barry Manilow on my website or the Drum Corp International or other [Read more]