we are experiencing some pretty historic financial circumstances lately. but you know what a desperation mentality is not attractive and the more you feel and act like a desperate teen looking for a prom date the more likely you will create circumstances in your life to truly be desperate about. i was watching cnn money over the weekend when they aired some emergency financial program. the kind...
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nonbloggers sometimes think of bloggers as wellcrazy.aa perhaps that may be an extreme term to use but the common eye roll and raised brow can certainly be translated to that when blogging is brought up in conversation. i hear it all the time. i would never put anything online about me.a you never know who will find you.a be that as it may i am starting to realize that some people just dont get i...
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this years blogher conference was greener than ever thanks in large part to zwaggles recycling our shwag. postconference i asked if you had suggestions about how we could make blogher conferences even greener and got some v. innovative ideas the conclusion ive drawn from those ideas is twofold 1 to green a conference one needs to set v. v. specific goals i.e. something more specific than go g...
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it has become a bit of a tradition after the blogher conference for me to sit and read as much as humanly possible about the conferencethe overwhelming good and the smattering of less good. of course when something is your baby the bad sticks in your mind but over the years ive become much better at giving things their proportional due. sometimes there are other circumstances in play facts not und...
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sorry to disappoint but this refers to exposed blogging not literally naked. so how naked are you as a blogger real names real references real experiences or is everything veiled who we are can you take back naked bloggingwe all know transparency is a blogging buzz word. since 2005 we have been calling personal blogging naked blogging and jory des jardins has been our naked blogging leader. but wh...
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wise words from jory des jardins who may not be a mommyblogger herself but who understands what were about. tuesdays event was a learning experience not just for the attendees but for all of us on the panel as well. every single blogger shared valuable insight with the audience and we all learned from each other too. as much as i appreciate the opportunity to participate in such an event thanks...
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just wanted to wish everyone a very merry christmas and a happy new year like most everyone else ill be slacking off the blogging a bit for the rest of the year. the top 25 will be up as usual on weds. and ill possibly have another couple of posts later this week but thats about it.i will be spending more time on twitter this week so if you want to follow me click here and ill follow you toobtw ...
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the holidays are a time we give to others. so its a joy to send link love to outstanding blogger friends and contacts thanks c. b. whittemore of flooring the consumer for naming brain based biz to troy wormans oblog outstanding blog meme.heres the list of outstanding bloggers representing outstanding resources... my additions appear at the end.100 bloggers 37 days 3i 43 folders a clear eye a dail...
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