Tag Archive for 'Blogging'

Answering Comments: Obligation, Optional or Off?

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I hate to “beat a dead horse”, but I see movement and would like to know your thoughts. All bloggers love receiving comments on their blog, but as a blog grows, for some, life gets in the way and responding to all comments can take a lot of time.
So what do you do, respond to [...]

EntreCard Therapy

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For those who don’t know:  “Entrecard enables you to advertise your own Entrecard on any blog in the network. You pay for this advertising with Entrecard Credits, that you earn for free by networking (a.k.a. visiting blogs and dropping (via clicking) your card for other bloggers).”
I find bloggers either love EntreCard or they hate it. [...]

Here’s To You…and Me

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When someone gives you a compliment do you bask in the glory or downplay the remark?
I admit, when I was younger I eagerly accepted my compliments with bells, whistles and bows,1 but as I grew older, I ate my share of humble pie and then I did the reverse.  After watching me play commendation dodge [...]

Is Your Subscriber Count Showing?

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During one of my EC dropping sessions, I stumbled across a post that linked a website that allows you to ‘compare your feedburner subscriber numbers with others’.  Interesting!
I assumed if that information was not made public, it was for a reason.
When I started blogging I displayed my subscriber count1 because that’s what I saw on [...]

Reading Online vs. Reading A Book

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Public Speaking Rule No. 1: Know Your Audience
Basically this means that you should know enough about your audience to effectively impart information in a way that stimulates their thinking or motivates them to action.
How Can This Be Done

Research your audience through interaction
Consider what they already know about a subject and build on that information
Make use [...]




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