I quit blogging because this business sucks!
Aug 30th
Wow, what a motivation title. I didn’t really quit blogging, just in case any of my regulars had a mini heart attack. I just wanted to catch your undivided attention for awhile.
I didn’t bring you here with such a startling title so I can sell you something. I did it because I have been visiting some blogs during my blog hopping campaign and I came across a post (sorry I can’t link, I forgot who it was) and he mentioned that so many bloggers have been slacking in their regular article posting.
I do not More >
Viral Video Challenge
Aug 29th
Thanks to a fellow blogger John McNally, I learned of the 100 comment challenge and I decided to start a viral video challenge. How this will work is you would create a video that is designed to get attention and blow up big on youtube, and you would upload it to your very own youtube channel. You would then comment here with a description of your video and provide a link directly to the video on youtube for others to check out. I will choose 3 of the best videos and stream them right here in this post for More >
Being a blogger holds legal risks
Aug 21st
If you are an American, you must be familiar with the constant daily argument that free speech is a right. The problem is that this “law” is challenged on a daily basis. It is challenged in many ways, including top secret government attacks on the character of the person practicing free speech.
The reason that sparked this post is the recent arrest warrant that went out for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. I saw that major press release, and then maybe an hour later I saw that the arrest warrant was canceled just as fast as it was More >
Why bloggers need to innovate to stay strong
Aug 20th
The world of blogging is not the same now as if you had started blogging back in 2002. If you started back then, you probably have a similar success with income generation as Darren Rowse from ProBlogger. If not, then you are trying to yank yourself out of the pile of millions of new bloggers that are trying to make a primary living from blogging.
The great thing is that you can still make money blogging by selling ad space, affiliate marketing, etc. But in order to stand out above the rest, you need to More >
Sharing is caring, but not prematurely
Aug 18th
When I speak about sharing, I am talking about running your ideas by your fellow bloggers. You are excited about an idea for a post and want to get some 3rd party insight into how that article might scale up when published. So you decide to get your fellow bloggers opinions.
Do you know your fellow blogger?I would like to think that the cyber-relationships that I have developed actually mean something to the other blogger and not just me. There is a certain amount of assumed trust in this business. You have to trust that the More >
Debra Opri on Prop 8
Aug 12th
- Was passed in Nov 2008, overturned because of group activists through entire state, Aug. 4
- Judge Vaughn Walker asked CA to recognize gay relationships for what they are and issued a “stay” of allowing marriages expected to be overturned
- Allows CA to fulfill constitutional obligation to provide marriages on equal basis
- Protection under Family Law statues (your expertise)
- Gay couples have the same capacity to love a child as a straight couple
- Best interest of any child is to have two parents period
- Straight married friend said, “Gay couples have a right to be just as miserable as the rest of More >
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Rant: My latest blogging annoyance
Aug 22nd
Posted by Brandon Connell in Blogs
32 comments
I only posted this rant as a last resort. At first, I thought that maybe I was just coming across a few bloggers who didn’t know better. But then I realized that I was running into them on a regular basis. The offenders? Blogs that only post reviews and affiliate hype posts.
Any of my readers know that I rarely post reviews or posts specifically generated to sell affiliate offers. Why? Because I actually value my readers and their time. With that said, I am tired of coming across blogs that post nothing but reviews and updates about More >