-LSB-...] The end
of another year of blogging and my chance to introduce myself and my writing to a boatload of lovely new readers (Hi, how are you?
But you know what, I have learned some amazing stuff over the last couple
of years of this blogging nonsense!
Though I have a rough understanding of HTML and CSS code after
all of the years of blogging, I certainly don't know enough to teach it.
January 2010 I started blogging and by the end of 2012, so we are talking a good couple
of years of blogging here, I built a speaking platform for myself, I had started podcasting, I was blogging a couple times a week, good community of people and then boom, the book offer comes in from a publisher in the U.S. and I didn't go with that initial offer but it made me think very seriously about going back to that goal of someday writing a book and so I was introduced to a literary agent and I obviously went the traditional publishing route with Virtual Freedom but there's nothing wrong with the self publishing route at all.
All 7
of those years of blogging, I've been actually travelling, at least 5 - 6 new countries (and over 20 cities) per year, with only a set home for 12 months of that.
Not exact matches
Matt Horwitz, founder
of tutorial site LLC University, has been
blogging about LLC formation for over six
years.
He brings 20
years of experience in various industries including heavy vehicle
blogging and dump body manufacturing business.
#sbdibCorey Freeman & amp; lt; / div & amp; gt; & amp; lt; div & amp; gt; @smbizdoitbetter Not a resolution but a guarantee: Increase sales for @slawsa by no less than 250 % over 2012 #sbdib #noexcusesJulie Busha & amp; lt; / div & amp; gt; & amp; lt; div & amp; gt; My Small Business New
Year's Resolution is to create a social media marketing and
blogging schedule AND stick to it!Andrea Graves - Boring & amp; lt; / div & amp; gt; & amp; lt; div & amp; gt; & amp; amp; quot; My new
Year's Resolution & amp; amp; quot; I have designed a new line
of greeting cards for children and adults.
Blogging and Twitter probably account for 30 %
of paper demand reduction over the last five
years.»
The mainstream
of the auto industry had finally caught on — and caught up — to the marketing tools and techniques that Dealer.com had championed for
years: search - engine optimization (SEO), Google AdWords, and
blogging.
In addition to regularly
blogging on the subject
of raising funding for his own blog mpd.me and publications like Inc.com and Business Insider, Davis has written a series
of soon - to - be released self - published books on navigating the startup financing maze: «Fundraising Rules,» to be released this fall and «Breaking the Rules,» which is expected out sometime next
year.
Aaron Gowell, CEO
of SilverRail Technology, which is helping to build an online travel platform for high - speed trains in Europe, decided to start
blogging in July
of this
year.
Billion - dollar startups are sprouting like dandelions in Silicon Valley these days, but that certainly wasn't the case 10
years ago this week, when Arianna Huffington launched a
blogging site with the help
of a few celebrity friends.
But one thing that isn't part
of the deal is Gawker.com — the website that helped to launch an alternative
blogging empire almost 14
years ago.
She is a 25 -
year veteran
of the marketing field and has authored 10 books about marketing, branding, and social media, including the highly popular 30 - Minute Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing for Dummies,
Blogging All - in - One for Dummies and Kick - ass Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps.
Guest
blogging services are cropping up everywhere (including here, at AudienceBloom) as the industry begins to realize that guest
blogging, as a link building tactic, is one
of the few safe havens left after Penguin demolished many
of the lower - cost, higher quantity tactics that SEOs came to rely upon over the course
of the past several
years.
Three
years ago, I
blogged about the results that Mike published with Berkeley's Emmanuel Saez on the evolution
of top income shares in Canada up to 2000.
After around two
years of blogging, I left my day job to blog full - time.
I had the pleasure
of interviewing her last
year and I am still learning from her ingenious
blogging methods.
On Tuesday night, Peterborough City Council approved a plan for a for - profit corporation to own and operate a new student residence at Trent University. I'm concerned that this may signal a new trend at Canadian universities; about a
year ago, I
blogged about a similar plan at the University
of Toronto.
Catching up from my
year away from
blogging today I'll review all
of my investing activity over the past
year plus.
The
blogging has been tremendous so far, however the P2P weakness really hurt me in terms
of where I want to be for the
year - to - date passive income.
of combined experience, and three
years of collaborative
blogging?
Another interesting stat from this 50 page report published by Social Media Examiner is that only 11 %
of B2B marketers and 6 %
of B2C marketers find
blogging most important while 68 % say they plan on increasing their use
of blogging in the coming
year.
I really am honored that, although I've only been
blogging since June
of this
year, I have been nominated in the Link Building category (thanks for nominating me, Justilien;)-RRB-.
Sadly the blogger that was to host this week's edition
of the «Carnival
of MoneyPros» stopped
blogging late last
year.
If you can't see yourself
blogging, creating media, and following through with email two
years from now, you should give up the idea
of content marketing two minutes from now.
over the last two
years my two main sources
of income through
blogging have been affiliate referral commissions and selling my own products and services.
This is how I received a lot
of traffic in the early
years of my
blogging.
So in addition to the Top 10
of the
year, I wanted to share a couple more posts — these are the posts that I actually liked or feel represent my
year of writing, even if no one else liked them or tweeted about them, even if they are an out -
of - fashion style
of blogging like story - telling or moment - capturing.
Of course there are other reasons for my sporadic blogging this year: a surprise new baby coming which completely disoriented us, a new book to finish writing (and I will share all about that in January), travelling and speaking all over North America, stewarding the message of Jesus Feminist throughout her first year of life, creating the Jesus Feminist collection with Imagine Goods, a trip to Haiti, new opportunities as a writer, three tinies at home with their own lives and drama and growth and change, remodelling parts of our home, marriage, church, friends, life, work, laundry (oh, can we talk laundry?
Of course there are other reasons for my sporadic
blogging this
year: a surprise new baby coming which completely disoriented us, a new book to finish writing (and I will share all about that in January), travelling and speaking all over North America, stewarding the message
of Jesus Feminist throughout her first year of life, creating the Jesus Feminist collection with Imagine Goods, a trip to Haiti, new opportunities as a writer, three tinies at home with their own lives and drama and growth and change, remodelling parts of our home, marriage, church, friends, life, work, laundry (oh, can we talk laundry?
of Jesus Feminist throughout her first
year of life, creating the Jesus Feminist collection with Imagine Goods, a trip to Haiti, new opportunities as a writer, three tinies at home with their own lives and drama and growth and change, remodelling parts of our home, marriage, church, friends, life, work, laundry (oh, can we talk laundry?
of life, creating the Jesus Feminist collection with Imagine Goods, a trip to Haiti, new opportunities as a writer, three tinies at home with their own lives and drama and growth and change, remodelling parts
of our home, marriage, church, friends, life, work, laundry (oh, can we talk laundry?
of our home, marriage, church, friends, life, work, laundry (oh, can we talk laundry?!)
I know that
blogging as a medium has shifted and changed A LOT over the
years and most
of the bloggers I started out alongside
of have had to step away or shut down for diverse reasons but I'm hanging on still.
In an effort to convince myself that the
year has actually passed, I decided to put together a little retrospective
of my
year in
blogging.
If you want to write a guest post for this blog (or for any blog), let me give you two bits
of blogging advice that I have put into practice over the
years and which have helped me immensely:
The last
year's worth
of controversy are simultaneously a commendation and condemnation
of the state
of «Christian» journalism and associated punditry, but the alternative is not necessarily
blogging or «just»
blogging, but a reappraisal
of our ethics and interests in the public sphere
This was a full
year for our family: Haiti, book writing, book deals, finishing seminary, working, three small tinies, church, family, friends, life, change, home making,
blogging, working, all
of it.
Anyway,
years later we've become dear friends and so
of course I was so sad when she quit
blogging earlier this
year.
When I look back on nearly four
years of blogging, the posts that mattered the most to me are the ones that were collaborative, the ones we created together.
Twenty
years from now, what will researchers be saying about the long - term effects
of blogging and
of reading blogs?
Most
of the Christian bloggers I know personally have either taken a sabbatical or stopped
blogging in the last two
years.
Nothing quite like spending an evening reading thorugh a
year's worth
of blogging life to make one realise two things:
As some have commented here and elsewhere, this is probably more
of a «sabbatical» during which I will refocus and rejuvenate In all my
years of blogging, I have never taken a Sabbatical, and one is long overdue.
This
year's event was held last month in Toronto and has,
of course, been
blogged here at PoMoCon.
Some in the Christian
blogging and media world point to these findings as evidence
of a church model «flaw» / breakdown that applies exclusively to Willow Creek and / or the seeker movement inspired by Willow Creek 30
years ago.
It all started back in February
of 2011 when, after three
years of blogging, I decided I wanted to really focus on growing the blog.
I've been
blogging for a few
years now and the creativity
of some people to come up with their emoticons...
The lectionary is rich this time
of year, and as I get back to
blogging through the Scripture readings each week, our focus will be on paying attention to the witness
of the prophets, connecting them to the Christmas story and to our present longing for God's will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Back when I had my first three, I worked full time, sure, but it was local and I had a full
year of mat leave, I
blogged during naptime for the fun
of it.
Another
year full
of blogging surprises!
Since I have qualified to make it on a few lists
of blogs, most recently into the top 55 pastor bloggers, and since I am a pastor who has been
blogging at nakedpastor for a few
years, I figure this allows me to give some suggestions to pastor bloggers.