Blogstravaganza Day 6 – Blog Blazers
Today I have an awesome book to give away! Stephane Grenier interviewed 40 bloggers for his book Blog Blazers including top bloggers like Aaron Wall, Yaro Starak, Neil Patel, Seth Godin, and Asha Dornfest. They all answered the same questions which makes for...
Blogstravaganza Day 5 – Free Stuff!
Today's Blogstravaganza prizes include fun stuff from two much appreciated contest sponsors. Stephanie from Bold Avenue is offering any item under $30 from her very cool selection of products. Bold Avenue has t-shirts, greeting cards, pillows, clocks, tote bags and...
Blogstravaganza Day 4 – Free Advertising
Up for grabs today are two free 125px advertising spots (for the period of one month) offered by my new Twitter friend, Farrhad. He runs a successful site called Let's Sermo (Sermo is the Latin word for conversation) and has recently launched a new site with several...
Blogstravaganza Day 3 – Amazon.com Gift Certificates
It's Day 3 and time for more prizes! Today Deb Ng of Freelance Writing Jobs is kindly offering a $25 Amazon.com gift certificate to one lucky reader! Freelance Writing Jobs is an amazing network of blogs about writing, networking, business tips, and of course job...
Blogstravaganza Day 2 – Authority Blogger Membership
Chris Garrett is one of my favorite bloggers and one of the nicest people I've met in this online world. He also happens to be one of the foremost experts on the business of new media, blogging and online marketing, and this fall he opened an online course called...
Blogstravaganza Day 1 – Business Card and Canvas Print Giveaway
I recently had some business cards done by UPrinting after I won them over at Pro Blog Design. I am very happy with them- the card stock is nice, the printing is perfect and their online proofing system was very easy to use. They offer a wide range of printing...
2 Year Blog Anniversary Giveaway
2 years ago I was working on getting a freelance web design business going, and had just discovered WordPress and begun tinkering around with customizing themes on several sites of mine, when suddenly I realized that randaclay.com should be converted to a blog. The...
Principles of Design: The 80/20 Rule
I received the book, Universal Principles of Designfor Christmas. This book was recommended as a foundational text for anyone interested in design, and after only getting through a portion of the book so far, I have to agree. The book has definitions, explanations and...
Don’t Get Screwed by Online Service Providers
If you're into blogging or online business in any serious way, there will likely come a time when you will need an online service provider of some sort. Choosing to do business with someone online has some inherent risks that can end up biting you in the rear end if...
How to Grow a Blog
I recently reconnected with a former colleague who has a relatively new blog, and after visiting my site and looking at some of my stats, he asked how I had grown the blog to where it is now. I thought I'd share my response to him as I am heading towards my 2 year...