Archive for February, 2008

5 Steps to Hosting a Successful Blog Party

You’ve decided you want to have a party (blog) and why.
You’ve chosen a location (where your blog is) and got all the decorations up (template, colours and maybe some sidebar widgets) so your party looks pretty.
Now where are the guests? You want to start the party games. But party games are no fun […]


Bloggers Making a Difference

If you’ve read some of my other blogs, you’ll know that I’m rather big on the chance we have as bloggers to make a difference. I think one of the most effective ways of doing this is to join our voices together from time to time.
Recently I came across a blogger who is calling […]


In Lightening’s Blogworld This Week

I came across this free offer during the week. If you’re considering entrecard or would like a 125×125 graphic to use for advertising your blog in any other way, EzMoneyOn.Net is offering a range of free banner ads you can save and make use of.
Fussy has just launched a new blog called The Gentle […]


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You can also sign up for the Arnott’s Newsletter.
Thanks Arnott’s! 
I *think* this offer would only be for Australian addresses.  My apologies to international readers.
P.S.  This is NOT a sponsored post.  I just love me some Tim Tams and FREE […]


Blog Profile : A Sizable Apple

If you’re interested in all things “healthy” then I’d recommend you take a look at “A Sizable Apple“. Dana used to be a competitive swimmer and comes from quite an active family so she has plenty of ideas to share and expertise to draw on.
Here is how Dana describes her blog:
Being healthy means making […]


Thanks

Just wanted to say thank you to Amy for designing an Entrecard for me to use for this blog.  Without any header graphic, I was at a bit of a loss as to what I could use.  Amy found an appropriate photo.  That could just about be me sitting there are the computer with a […]


Where Will You Blog?

There are quite a number of options available to people who would like to have a blog. I’m not going to run through all of them as it can get rather overwhelming. For the purpose of this series I’m going to focus on what seems to be the most common 2. Blogger […]


So You’d Like to Start A Blog

I know I have quite a few readers who don’t have their own blog. I’ve also had a number of online friends ask for my help with setting up a new blog. So over the next few weeks I’m planning to write a few very basic posts to help people through the process.
The […]


How Many Blogs Do You Have?

Blogging can be a lot of fun and quite addictive in a way.
I LOVE it for the chance to write something.
I LOVE it for the chance to have a say.
I LOVE it when people read what I have to say.
I LOVE it even more when people leave me a comment about what I’ve written.
I LOVE […]


In Lightening’s Blogworld This Week

Over at Telling It Like It is, I read a great post called “Why Are Women So Strange and Men So Weird?” It’s really quite self explanatory in it’s title and while it naturally uses generalisations, there are some great points there worth reading.
I particularly liked this quote:
“Great communicators are people who change their approach […]