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Recently I was invited to participate in an interesting project called Purple States. The folks that run the project invited one blogger from each state to do a vlog for the site on the economic crisis. They run one per day for 50 days. Being WV, I’m at the end of course, [...]

I have the attention span of a gnat on crack, and I suspect that’s the underlying problem.  Anyhow, before I lose my train of thought and go off on a rant about gnats, let me tell you why I’m a bad blogger.  First, I don’t get out and comment on posts on other blogs nearly [...]

Despite having some sort of icky stomach bug, I’ve managed to make some good progress today on the new theme and layout for the blog. Hopefully you like it. I started with the Structure theme by Justin Tadlock and have just been making some tweaks here and there to make it work best [...]

To all who read this blog, I know you’re out there – my stats tell me so, please jump in the discussion and share your thoughts on anything I post.  I love comments!  It’s awesome when people relate to a post whether they agree, disagree, or just point out another angle on something.  It’s the [...]

…And Your Blog.
Two important things for bloggers are visitors and search engines. Without those you might as well be talking to yourself, right? One way to help on both counts is to submit your blog to blog directories. They provide a link to your site which might get you a few direct [...]

Among the current buzz in the world of blogging is EntreCard, and rightfully so.  Some spunky guy (don’t remember his name – sorry guy) came up with a really cool idea centered around a 125px X 125px image/button/graphic/whatever which is now EntreCard.  It’s like an electronic business card or calling card so to speak that [...]

There is no shortage of blog networking sites like, BlogCatalog, MyBlogLog, BumpZee, etc where you can mingle with other bloggers, look at their stuff and show off yours. Here’s what I’ve learned from investing time on them.
Pro- They bring you some hits. I didn’t completely believe this until I tried it myself, but [...]