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Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: We’ll Be Talking about Twitter Apps

November 18, 2008 by Liz

Join Us Tonight

JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7PM

Let Me Call You Tweetheart

Over 200 Twitter Apps!!

Oh, and bring example links.

The rules are simple — be nice.

Do be nice. 🙂

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Filed Under: SOB Business, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, blog-promotion, discussions, letting-off-steam, living-social-media, Open-Comment-Night

Bloggy Life Question 9: What’s Your Name?

April 17, 2006 by Liz

The Bloggy Questions!

That very long Take the Keys Post reminded me that we haven’t done a Bloggy Life Question for a while now. We used to do talk about one every Sunday night to ease back into the week — but nothing’s wrong with Monday. Is there? . . . especially a hard Monday back after a holiday weekend?

Okay, here’s the question . . .

What’s your response as a reader to a blog where the blog writer uses a pseudonym, writes in character, and never reveals who he or she is? Does it bother you or could you care less?

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Filed Under: Bloggy Questions, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, blogger_personas, blogging_life, discussions, pseudonyms

Blogging Hypothetical Question 5

December 18, 2005 by Liz

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For those who come looking for a short, thoughtful read, a blogging life discussion, or a way to gradually ease back into the week, I offer this Blogging Hypothetical Question.

Here you go. . . .

A brand new blogger comes to you for advice. He’s convinced he’s going to be the next six-figure problogger.

He asks:

I put Adsense and Chitika on my blog. I’m posting quality, original content daily with a vengeance. I know it takes a few months for the money to start rolling in. How long before I can quit my job?

What’s your response?

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Filed Under: Bloggy Questions, Successful Blog Tagged With: Adsense, bc, blog_basics, Chitika, discussions, monetization, survival_kit

Blogging Life Question 4: Blog Names

December 11, 2005 by Liz

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For those who come looking for a short, thoughtful read, a blogging life discussion, or a way to gradually ease back into the week, I offer this Blogging Hypothetical Question.

Here you go. . . .

A friend is rethinking his brand-new blog, now that he knows a little bit about them.
He comes to you with two questions:

1. Is it a good thing or a bad thing to have “blog” in my name–such as Blogopedia? You’ve been around longer. Does that make it easier, harder, or just the same for the reader?

2. Suppose I choose a domain name now and want change my blog name later. I know people do it. I’ve seen it often enough. Does it cause any problems that you know about?
Is it okay if my domain name www.joescarideas.com doesn’t match with the new blog name Joe’s Rocket Lounge?

As a blog reader, not an SEO person, do these things make any difference to you?

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Filed Under: Bloggy Questions, Community, Marketing /Sales / Social Media, Motivation, SEO, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, blog_promotion, blog_titles, blogging_life, discussions, domain_names, SEO, usability

Blogging Hypothetical Question 3

December 4, 2005 by Liz

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For those who come looking for a short, thoughtful read, a blogging life discussion, or a way to gradually ease back into the week, I offer this Blogging Hypothetical Question.

Here you go. . . .

A friend in your blogging niche has 700-800 visitors a day. (Don’t we all wish?) But she gets no comments.
She asks:
Is this a bad thing? Is it my writing? What should I do? Should I do anything?

What’s your response?

Besides, of course, “Send them to me, and I’ll ask them.”

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Filed Under: Blog Comments, Bloggy Questions, Business Life, Community, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, blogging_traffic, discussions, readership, stats

Blogging Hypothetical Question 2

November 27, 2005 by Liz

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For those who come looking for a short, thoughtful read, a bloggy-life discussion, or a way to gradually ease back into the week, I offer this BloggingHypotheticality.

Here you go. . . .

You receive an email that reads like this–only yours is from a real domain name.

Dear Sir/Madam:

Would you like to link to us?

Website: http://www.ilinkwithstrangers.com

Thank you very much.

What’s your opinion of this practice?

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Filed Under: Bloggy Questions, Business Life, Community, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, blogging, discussions, linking_issues

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