by ZombieSkittles on July 21, 2009
I started making these types of posts at the end of every month to highlight the posts I was particularly happy with, to ensure people saw them. However, I did miss out on last month, so to make up for it we have this here magical post covering both months.
ON THE BLOG:
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I sold out and did some affiliate marketing, which failed bigtime. However, it gave me an excuse to write reviews for my
blog’s theme and the
31DBBB, which was fun in itself.
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I started a series of posts of
irrational fears and thoughts I have; it’s the only one so far (but there will be more)
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As of a few weeks ago, I’ve
started a new blog called
PiggyBank, which will be filled with boring tales of all the different ways I’m aiming to save petty cash to build towards buying a house.
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I saw Bora-I mean
Brüno, and I want my hour and a half back.
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I’m starting to reply to
spam email, in the hopes of making some new friends. They never write me back though. Snobs.
OFF THE BLOG:
ITS ALL ABOUT ME! LOOK UP! UP! ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑
by ZombieSkittles on June 9, 2009
The other day, I bought the eBook 31 Days To Build A Better Blog, and it has given me plenty of ideas, and helped me lots in my blogging.
I love blogging, but often, in particular on my other blog WolfingTime, I have trouble coming up with new content. This results in either long gaps in my posts, or a complete loss of interest, which happened to a few of my other blogging endeavours. I’ve been determined to not let that happen again, but it’s hard. I’ve been reading other blogs to get ideas and helpful tips on blogging. The most helpful site of which I’ve come across is Problogger, which I coincidently came upon just after the start of a blogging program where every day the author posted a new task. These tasks allowed those involved in the program, or just the casual reader, to improve their blog with strategic exercises, and instructions on types of blog posts to make.
Reading it, I found many ideas that were completely unique to me, including an entire post on going shopping to improve your blog; despite being unusual, that was informative and quite a brilliant idea.
To top off how well done the program was, Darren Rowse made the entire thing available in the form of a professional looking 31DBBB eBook. Buying it set me back roughly twenty dollars, but it’s so far been worth it. It’s given me a reference for blogging that I can do in my own time; which in the case of WolfingTime is one post a week. It’s amazing because it even has several ways to get past writers block; which is evil.
As a final addition, Problogger encourages buyers to subscribe to an email newsletter which sends additional tasks for the program as time goes on, a nice little touch which keeps the 31DBBB fresh.
Being obsessed with blogs, it’s definitely a good cheap read for me, and it’s definitely worth plenty more than what it’s being sold for. I’m really happy I bought it.
