Saturday, June 29, 2013

[New post] Blog Exercises: June Summary

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "Is June over? How did that happen? Welcome to the end of the first six months of my Blog Exercises, my way of honoring the 10th Anniversary of WordPress by using it as it was meant to be used, by blogging. As it states at the bottom of each post, "

Friday, June 28, 2013

[New post] Blog Exercises: Identify the Life Suckers

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "My friend, Terry Starbucker, is a blogger who specializes in motivating and inspiring others to live and work their passion. He's also founder of SOBCon, the must-attend conference for online business people that takes this spirit to a higher level. In 20"

Thursday, June 27, 2013

[New post] Blog Exercises: Share Your Fear

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "When was the last time you blogged your fears? Well, not all of them but one of them? In 2006, popular tech blogger Robert Scoble changed directions and blogged about his mother in critical condition in the hospital. This is one of those times "

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

[New post] Blog Exercises: Are You a Victim of the Past?

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "Have you seen the fun video released to promote the then new television show, Portlandia on IFC, recently renewed for another year or two? It's called "Dream of the 90s" and is part of your homework for this blog exercise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?"

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

[New post] Nelson Mandela Tribute

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "In January 2011, Nelson Mandela became a trending topic on Twitter as false rumors of his death circulated the world. He was 92 at the time and this was one in a long string of stories shaking the world's confidence in his survival. Today, at age 94, thos"

[New post] Blog Exercises: Judging a Book By It’s Presence

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "Right after the Sandy Hook School attack, a detail about the killer's life came out in the news in the form of the book choices found in the home of the killer and his mother. Among all the books and papers was found a book on autism and another on Asperg"

[New post] Blog Exercises: What If You Knew You Could Not Fail

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "I helped a writer set up her first blog today, encouraging her to share her stories as part of the process moving towards becoming a published author. We talked about how a site will help her, not just with marketing, promotion, and community building"

Monday, June 24, 2013

[New post] Blog Exercises: Sharing Without Context

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "I got a trackback to one of my posts yeseterday. I was so excited that someone thought what I wrote was worth sharing. Eager to read what they wrote about my article, I paused in my busy schedule to race to their site to find out if I'd changed a life, in"