Editor’s note: I’m incredibly grateful to my beautiful blogging friend Sarah for stepping in with this guest post today. If you didn’t catch my news, my Pop passed away on Thursday night. I was just …
Geek girl guide: what to take to a blogging conference
The countdown is well and truly on. Brenda, how many extra grey hairs have you got now? Yes, I’m talking the Digital Parents Conference – the conference that will bring together 150 parents who blog, …
Build your blog before you hope that they will come
I don’t work with brands. It’s a personal choice and I’m happy with it. It’s not because I have a deep-seated aversion to it. It’s not because I think that bloggers who do are not …
It’s Mark Z’s Facebook and he can change it if he wants to
So there I was on Leap Year Night moseying around on Facebook minding everyone else’s, leaving a like here and constructive hastily added comment there, when I clicked over to my Styling You page. And found this …
Have you put a value on your blog’s brand?
There are just 40 days until the Digital Parents Conference. As I was skyping this week with Maria Tedeschi, the session coordinator*, I cast my mind back to 12 months ago. And specifically what the …
Your blog and your iPad
I love my iPad. I really do. Cannot imagine my life without it. Oh, ok, you got me. Yes, I could imagine my life without it. It would be devastating. Not in a someone’s-been-harmed-kind-of-way, more …
What if you logged on one night and your blog just wasn’t there?
The title of this post is designed to alert, not alarm you. On Tuesday night I went to bed with my iPad, as I do every night. Opened up my blog reader app and started catching …
Social media and your blog in 2012
I would not have a blog without social media. Well, that’s not quite true. I would HAVE a blog but I doubt whether I’d have that many readers. I learned early on in this blogging …
Why blog conferences are good for your blogging soul
This time last year I had never attended a blogging conference. I’d been to a blogging event where I met some bloggers IRL but never to a programmed day where other bloggers gathered to hear …
What’s your blog looking like for 2012?
A year ago things were much, much different around here. Blogging was something I just did on the side. Of my other stuff. I’ve learned a lot about blogging, About the blogging community and its …
Six easy steps to becoming an expert blogger
When I talk to businesses about blogging and social media and how it can work for them to boost their bottom line, I remind these business owners that five years ago their only guaranteed option …
Google, why can’t I connect with my friends anymore?
I’ve learned a lot about this blogging game over the past three and half years but this year has been the biggest eye opener. For so many reasons. I remember first hearing about the Blogger vs …