I seem to have a knack for writing posts that don't inspire any comments. Whereas others score about 50 comments by publishing a post about how their cat is really losing a lót of hair this year, my emotional outpours fall flat. It's the one thing that sometimes makes me feel like giving up on...
Guest post written by Michelle from the Mommy Blogger Directory More people are starting to look for ways to make money online. One of the method that people are interested in is making money blogging. There are many methods of making money from your blog as well. One common way to make money from your...
I finally did it: I transferred from Blogger to WordPress. All the popular moms were doing it, and for a long time I thought I'ld stick with good old, comfortable Blogger. Then one morning I woke up and decided: 'I'm gonna do it! I'm going to transfer to Blogger and become a Serious Blogger.' You...
When people google you, what do they find? Do they find information telling them about your latest discovery on how to get kids to clean up their rooms? Or about you inventing a groundbreaking device turning hubbies all over the world into solicitous men? Or do they find a picture of you looking drunk, with...
Sometimes I picture them standing there: this big group of people. Fivehundredandfortytwo, to be exact. They're following me. Or are they? When I look at my statistics I sadly shake my head and I say to myself: 'They must have gotten lost!' I believe this to be The Followers Myth. Somehow, somewhere, the idea got...
Eleven years ago, heavily pregnant with my fourth child, I decided I needed a website. I used the programme Freeway to create one, and after a few days there it was: my very own website! It contained one picture and three links, and man was I proud! Such a beautiful website should of course be...
I love comments. And when I write, what I think is a particular witty post, I can't wait for the comments to pour in. Unfortunately, they don't pour. At best they trickle. So to torture myself I go on a tour and visit popular mom blogs, and read their ± 300 comments. And I ask...
I love blogging and I love getting comments even more. But I have to say: I only like comments of people who actually bother to read the post they comment on. And I absolutely hate comments like: 'Hi, I'm a new follower, will you follow me?' Those comments, I throw straight into the trash. Just...
On one of my other blogs, I once got this really mean comment. Someone commented she was sorry for my kids, because they had me for a mom! It really hurt my feelings, even though I didn't know this person. Luckily I stumbled across this song, and it made me realize: 'There's always an a-hole...
