Working Blogger

Not that long ago, I wrote about the flexibility of blogging and how much I liked the ease with which you can try out new things, and yes, change your mind.
I’m reminded again today of this flexibility, and the power it has to encourage creativity.
I’ve mentioned in the past that Chrissie and I have [...]

Mike Sansone over at ConverStations has a post about his blogging schedule, and I really like his idea of doing a “blogger’s warm-up” first.
Before he begins writing, he has a commenting warm-up routine:
“before I even think about my own post, I invest 15-20 minutes responding to comments on my blog and commenting on other [...]

Yehuda has a great post up on How I Became a Professional Blogger. His post shows how blogging about things that you enjoy can lead to big things, but what I liked best was that it reminded me to count all the blessings of blogging - including the indirect benefits.
Yehuda writes:
“The indirect results:
I landed a [...]

The one thing I really like about blogging is the ease with which you can play with new ideas, explore different territory and just try things on for size.
For the past few months I’ve been trying out a long-term focus, without my usual goal of monetizing what I do.
And I’ve now come to a [...]

This has been an interesting week so far, and I’ve learned a few things, which is always good.
1. Remember to check incoming links.
I post to all of my blogs using ecto - it’s one of my favorite things in my “blogger’s productivity toolbox”.
But posting via ecto does mean that I hardly ever log into [...]