Something’s fishy about SiteMeter

I’ve been considering trying out SiteMeter lately. I’m glad I didn’t. Turns out they have entered into an agreement with SpecificMedia to store tracking cookies on the computers of those visiting sites tracked by SiteMeter so they can sell your...

5 Reasons Why I Blog

I’ve been tagged by Brian Gardner to write about the 5 reasons I blog. I have 4 different blogs that all have different purposes, so my reasons for blogging may be slightly different depending on whether I’m talking about my personal blog, monetized blogs...

Link generously – you will reap what you sow

Be generous with links. What do you have to lose? Nothing. “Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.” ~ John Wesley...

My first guest post

My first guest post ever is up at The Blog World. It’s about how to keep your readers coming back by doing some digging to find out what they’re most interested in reading. Check it out! Thanks for your comments on previous posts Char, Leah, Easton, David,...

I got SOAPed

I participated in the SOAP project that was the brainchild of Easton Ellsworth. My blog was reviewed by Leah of Working Solo, and I am very appreciative of her input. Below is her input and some comments I have in response: Make your RSS subscription button more...

How to Write the Right Headline

Brian at Copyblogger has some excellent posts about post headlines which have really impacted the way I think about them. He’s an expert at writing titles- when I visit his blog, and look at the popular articles section in the sidebar, I want to read all of...