Entries from November 2009 ↓

Lorna Seilstad loves God, her family, friends, chocolate, and writing. And yes, probably in that order. Her first novel, Summer of Truth from Revell, will be out in the fall of 2010. The next two in the series will follow in subsequent years. Lorna’s unique take on blogging is that she coordinates a group blog titled, Inkspirational Messages. As one of “the 10,” I can say contributing to a group blog has been a great experience, and I’m grateful to Lorna for all the work she does to make our blog such a success. Continue reading →

to post the Technorati Claim Token so their spider bots can crawl my site and verify I’m the owner.

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Today we’re going to expand our “techie tips” to include some blog management tips. I’ve said this many times, and it’s true — I am NOT organized. By nature, my personality type is “Sanguine,” which means my mind is mostly adrift with ideas, not structure. My point is, if I can develop a blog system, anyone can.

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I gave birth to a psychology major. Even though her father made her promise to “never try this at home,” it happens from time to time. And more and more, I’ve become interested in psychology — especially the psychology of buying and selling, so I’ve been researching the topic of neuromarketing.

We’re all salespeople, and we’re all consumers, so it make sense to understand the processes our brains go through when we’re being “sold.” There are five distinct stages of what some neuromarketing experts call the “Resistence Curve”: Continue reading →

Here’s the list of the blog posts I found most helpful during the past week:

• Does Your Blog Look Like NASCAR? by Darren Rowse of ProBlogger
• Why You Shouldn’t Stick to Your Niche — Men with Pens
• Social Media Time Management — by Amber Naslund
• Discover Your Brand before You Blog — guest post at Daily Blog Tips
• How Do You Know When to Stop Writing a Blog Post? by Lorelle on WordPress