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IFTTT: A Must Have Promotional Tool For Bloggers
I really like it when other bloggers share their tips, advice, and resources for working on your blog, promoting it, and making it better. We are community that should work together! So, in recent...
View ArticleThe World Doesn't Need Your Words
Emily Wenstrom | Read more at Creative Juicer | Follow me on Twitter“The world needs your words.”This sentence is from Jeff Goins. I’ve read it in his posts on his (very fantastic) blog several times....
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5 Blogging Rules I Broke and My Blog Didn't Break
1. CommentsYou’re not from these ‘ere parts if you don’t already know I don’t have comments on this blog.The other thing you may not know is that comments can actually harm your blog ranking. Something...
View ArticleTime Away
I've taken a little time off this past week and will do so again this week. Being in school, my plate is pretty full at the moment! Coming up this week, I have five tests and a paper due.So I'll be...
View ArticleGuest Blogging today at Nested!
Hi All,I just had my first guest blogging opportunity. I'd be thrilled if you'd come give it a read and give Kate at Nested some love: "And that's when I knew . . . "http://ning.it/13PYtQx Amy @...
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How to Create Videos to Market Your Services
Video marketing is the next best thing to being there "live" with someone. It is a crucial tool for small business owners to market their services. Here is a great how-to from Karyn Greenstreet with 8...
View ArticleDare to Dream or Dare to Risk?
I have racked my brain all day trying to think of the one website or blog I wish I had come up with, and I have come to one answer: none. I want to come up with my own, totally unique blog that...
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FTC disclosures and me: A dislike story
The image above is inspired by several other bloggers who have voiced their opinions about this issue. Credit goes to Gouldylox Reviews. I believe she was the first to do a photo like this. (Someone...
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BlogHerEntrepreneurs ’13: Lessons for Content Syndication
I’ve just spent the last two days at the BlogHerEntrepreneur Conference in Mountain View, and I’ve got one word to describe it: WOW. I’ve always loved conferences that focus on women in business, but...
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check out the new blog!
welcome to the re-design of lollipops!i’m loving the new header and the instagram widget!i’m so glad you stopped by to check things out!say hello to the new:and goodbye to the old:i am so, so very...
View Article8 Unconventional Ways to Use Google Alerts for Better Blogging
Google Alerts is a web content monitoring tool.You enter a search keyword and the tool shows if the search keyword appears in Google results.You can select the kind of results you wish to see, namely...
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It's Not Me, It's You
Yep, I am.After much thought and considerable hemming and hawing, I was recently quiltednagged convinced to break down and get my own self-hosted blog. The pros far outweighed the cons on finally...
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Bloggers - Tag Your Stuff! A Cautionary Tale
I messed up. Before you read the rest, know that, and then at the end, when you're done reading, come back here and remember that. That, above all, else is the moral of this story.I messed up.Have you...
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You Are My Blog Award, My Only Blog Award . . .
I'm just rousing from my chocolate egg induced coma, just having my second cup of coffee. The house is quiet because the kids are at their grandparents. All is calm, all is bright. So, I'm not fully...
View ArticleMy Inner Monologue When I Try To Write a Blog Post
I have a few extra minutes. I’ll write a blog post.*Logs into WordPress.*I should check out Freshly Pressed. It’s been a few days. Anything good? HEY! My blogging friend has been FP’d! I should read...
View ArticleWAHM: Getting Back on a Regular Writing Schedule
I realized the other day that I really haven’t been as proactiveabout writing as I need to be lately. I’ve been telling myself that it is due to a smattering of things – like work, a six month old,...
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The Lifecycle of a Blogger
1. Why not become a blogger, right? Why not?! I have stories to tell. I have opinions. I have important things to tell the world. I know I’m not going to become the next Dooce or anything (but maybe...
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Scared to Submit Your Work for VOTY? Don't Be!
I gots some thangs to say… forgive me if this just kinda tumbles out, I’m not in the mood to filter much today. Here we go:Yesterday I listened to a heart whisper and submitted two pieces for BlogHer’s...
View ArticleWeekly Marketing Skinny: April 21, 2013
Weekly Marketing Skinny: April 21, 2013 http://www.trafficgenerationcafe.com/weekly-marketing-skinny-april-2-2013/ In the spotlight this week:List building week at Traffic Generation Café;How do you...
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Six Steps to Starting a Social Media Business
In college (twenty years ago) I took a course called "Better Business Practices," where having a plan was lesson number one.At the time of this course, however, I had my eyes on New York (a different...
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