Thursday, November 14, 2013

[New post] Blog Exercises: Social Media Etiquette

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "If you would do it in public, would you do it online? Unfortunately for many, the answer is a resounding YES! However, most of us have some...whatever you call it...oh, yeah, class, moral fiber, manners - etiquette. I'm not the Dear Abby of socia"

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

[New post] Blog Exercises: Bye-Bye to Dumb Drafts

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "Demian Farnworth of Copyblogger wrote a brilliant article, "5 1/2 Reasons You Should Kill a Draft Blog Post. It's today's blog exercise. In summary, Demian's tips are: The idea sounds bad to you days later. It's likely to create controversy you don"

[New post] Blog Exercises: Taking Inventory on What Keeps You Blogging

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "The recent major desktop computer crash has left me reeling. I thought I had all my data backed up. For the most part, I did. What I didn't have backed up was my programs. Getting back up to speed fast, I've had to prioritize the programs I had downlo"

[New post] Blog Exercises: Current Events for October and November – Interview

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "Due to the computer crash and trauma lately, October and November Blog Exercises for Current events is combined. In my college courses, one of the student assignments is to interview someone within the WordPress Community. The WordPress Community is a"

Saturday, November 9, 2013

[New post] Blog Exercises: Ingredients of a Professional Site

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "Two questions on the same day triggered this blog exercise. I was asked by a student in my WordPress class recently what defined a "professional blog." I told him it was one that met all the criteria for a well-designed, well-formed site that met web "

Friday, November 8, 2013

[New post] Blog Exercises: Marketing Yourself as an Artist

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "A friend forwarded "99 Ways to Market Your Art" from Copyblogger. While it is targeted towards artists, it applies universally to bloggers - no matter what you are blogging about. You're an artist — a writer, musician, illustrator, or dancer. Maybe yo"

[New post] Blog Exercises: Trust the Crowds

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "In an October issue of "Science News," an article on the "Deep Network" monitoring of the sea floor, reported on how the general public may monitor the sea floor through the Neptune system of underwater microphones and web cams through LIDO (Listening to "