Networking

Getting involved with your charity

I hope that everyone out there has a special cause that they are involved with. For us, we give monthly to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. I used to work with a pediatric neurosurgeon, and although the thought of a sick child is heartbreaking, seeing how they are still able to be themselves despite their illness is absolutely miraculous – there aren’t even words to describe some of the adversity these kids are able to overcome (sometimes against all odds). Although we believe wholeheartedly in St. Jude’s cause, it is difficult for us to become more directly involved with them...

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The new Entrecard – the good and the bad

I am not sure what to think of the new Entrecard changes.  I really like being able to see how many times a blog has dropped on you in the past 30 days – I am using this information to comprise a drop list for myself.  I used to be a member of the Recipro-drops list, but was surprised to see that some members were hardly dropping any cards at all.  I think that doing a little extra work and getting a consistent list of droppers for my blog will be worth the effort. I am not sure what...

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Viral Linkathon

The benefits of Viral Linking: 1. One of the fastest ways to see your Technorati Authority explode! 2. Increase your Google PageRank fast 3. Attract large volume of new traffic to your site 4. Build your community 5. Make new friends! I have randomly selected 5 of you below to be tagged and I hope that you will similarly publish this post in your blog. Thanks to Stephan Miller who brought me to this. You have to tag 5 other bloggers and just keep adding on to the list. (Do not replace, just keep on adding! Yes let’s hope...

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Entrecard – a great way to begin networking

As a blogger who is just starting out, I know that I need to increase my content and my traffic.  To date, I have not really been focusing on increasing traffic because I would rather spend my time generating quality content.  However, a recent post by Lazy Man influenced me to check out Entrecard, which is a blog networking site.  There is a great interview with Entrecard’s Graham Langdon on ProBlogger, which talks about how Entrecard was created as well as how it works.  Since placing the widget on my page a couple of days ago, I’ve gotten 11 cards dropped...

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