Over the course of a blogging career, there certain things that we will likely all encounter. Spam, for instance, is almost sure to find its way into your inbox. Similarly, it is almost inevitable that you will eventually get a comment that accuses you of being less than human. This comment will both hurt you [...]
In the past years, Aiming Low-ers have been conference attenders, speakers, panelists, staff, leaders and party-hosts. While some of us are pretty new to the world of conferences, others are seasoned veterans. There is one thing that you will learn at every conference…regardless of location, target audience and potential “take-away”….unplanned conversations lead to the strongest [...]
Blogging is the new “having friends”, or at least that’s what I tell my mother. So! Let’s learn how to set up a WordPress blog so that I we won’t be lonely, hmm?
On June 23rd- 25th, several hundred bloggers & social media people & dudes will be unleashed upon my smallish yet unabashedly vibrant mountain town of Asheville, NC. They are flying, driving and motor boating their way here to attend the 3rd annual Type A Parent Conference. There will be tweeting and there will be squeeing. [...]
Beta Dad learns the secrets of successful mommyblogging from the woman who invented the art form.
Did I stop at just writing a simple weblog entry requested, though? No. Instead, I PROMISED TO LEARN TO PLAY THE UKULELE, WRITE A SONG, AND PERFORM IT ON VIDEO.
Think of ideas for posts. Write ideas on scraps of paper. When you’re getting ready to write gather all the scraps from coat pockets, pants pockets, car ashtray/coin receptacle, sofa cushions and bottom of numerous bags. Brush off crumbs, hair, dirt and other assorted nastiness. Dispose of 95% of the ideas for one reason or [...]
Depending on whether you’re a personal blogger or you’re actually building an online empire, I feel confident saying that many bloggers, whether for their own personal use, to make use of a coupon from VistaPrint or to carry to a blogging conference, have had some business cards made up. Business cards can be pretty pricey [...]
One night at dinner my husband mentioned an ingrown toenail. At the dinner table. While we were eating dinner. In case there is any question about what we were doing at the dinner table at the time he mentioned his ingrown toenail, we were eating. Dinner. A little known but important fact to know for [...]
Location: The Dinner Table Participants: My family (me, husband, and the four year old) Subject: Frankly, I’m not quite sure For the record, no one wanted to cook or do dishes so pizza it is! It was delivery and definitely delissimo. 4yo: Mommy, can you take me to a mommy blog someday? husband: *snort*
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