All Entries in the "Starting A Blog" Category
Lessons Learned From Dosh Dosh
One of the first blogs I stumbled upon when I became interested in blogs was Dosh Dosh. When ever I ran across a term I didn’t understand or wanted to know more about I would go to Dosh Dosh and look it up. I recently checked my subscribed feeds and noticed Dosh Dosh had an [...]
Blog Redux…..
Linking to your own post, and bringing some of your past work to the forefront, is good blog practice. When I first began writing I became very attached to my blog and wrote this post: In fact sometimes I think I may be in love with my blog. I found this post, by Phil Van [...]
Is "D" A Passing Grade?
When I’m not writing on www.itsWriteNow, I’m reading about writing. Yesterday my friends over at Blog About Your Blog, did a great post about checking the health of your blog. One of the tools they talk about is Website Grader. Along with their grade of 82, and a brief summary. I couldn’t resist, so I [...]
What’s A Sandbox?
I’ve always been a huge fan of “The Apprentice”, I recently discovered an online show called, “The Next Internet Millionaire“. In this show, instead of firing the two least valuable contestants. They have to go to the Sandbox. I also recently found out about a developmental WordPress template that creates a Sandbox, where you [...]
You Comment I Follow
Upgrade To This Post; as of 10/19/2008 this blog is no longer do follow. If you look closely, you’ll notice a couple of new additions to my side bar. I actually installed the Do Follow plugin awhile back, but I thought, I would just, let everyone know. If you would like to join the "U [...]
Where’s Emma?
OK, some people may be wondering where I’ve been. Well after posting daily, I realized there were some other areas in my life, and blog, that needed attention. Blog Improvements: SEO – I changed my WordPress default to Permalinks, which look much nicer, to me and Google. Code Validation – In order for Google to [...]
Rewards of Blogging.
After I started blogging, I realized it’s kind of hard. It’s time consuming and there is so much to learn. I’ve come along way, and yet have so far to go. There are rewards though. Like unsolicited reviews from people you know, who have finally gotten around to checking out your work. I recently got [...]
Link Love
I recently had a small surge in my traffic. I thought it was my brilliant writing, but I just discovered that I got a little publicity when my favorite newscaster mentioned me in her blog. After this boost, my small traffic surge became a small traffic plummet. From what I could tell people hated [...]
Happy Saturday!
Well everyone, today is Saturday and I’m hoping for a little R & R. So I’m going to keep this short and sweet. First off, I would like to thank everyone who has been stopping by and reading my blog. Seeing my stats slightly increase each day is wonderful. It’s my goal to post every [...]
