Anne. R. Allen's Blog has several recent posts about blogging. She has several useful tips; such as, PUT YOUR NAME IN YOUR BLOG TITLE! Duh, I forgot the difference between blogging and journaling. So, I promptly incorporated my name into the title. Did you notice the difference?
lots of commonsense stuff. not rules, just the lay of the land for those of you that are just starting out in the blogging world.
and my new friend Anne is not a facebooker. i am. her post about blogging came to my attention through a link to her blog by my good, longtime 'virtual' and real friend Kathleen Valentine. She is a writer, designer, fabric/thread/yarn wiz. get to know her too!
Kathleen Valentine's Blog
best,
deb.
and now, i will try to upload a clunky video of my butt planted in a chair, drawing the view this morning.
Debbie Clarke Art. "It's AHHT! or not."
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
answers to a few blogging questions
A young friend recently asked me about starting a blog:
1: wordpress? blogger? why?
i use blogger and wordpress. this nest is my blogspot. my wordpress is somethingsketchy.wordpress.com.
i find wordpress a bit clunky and i have been having issues getting my photos to post from my flickr site, as well as from my computer. sometimes blogger is cranky...so i went back to the basic uploader. my suggestion: use the site with the editor that is the easiest for you to use.
i continue this debbieclarke blog, because it is a commitment i made to myself when i started it. a public blog to post art, art thought, engage folk's imagination, share my journey and keep customers up-to-date with any commissions that i may be working on. maybe make a bit of money along the way (NOT) through ads on my site. the monetary benefit dreams have been left long behind. now the only focus is art: what i'm working on, what i'm thinking about, work i am looking at, art materials/process and answering questions along the way. i am surprised by the growing audience of like minded folk that continue this journey with me. thank you for your company! your presence inspires me to put my best foot forward.
2: How do you get people to read/look at your blog?
good question...i'm still trying to figure this one out.
my suggestion is to first figure out your personal objective.
fame? fortune?
set your blog up first. get used to working with it. develop your focus. then let's talk about seo (search engine optimization).
i am not a professional blogger. i am a professional artist using blogger to enrich my art experience...in fact, i think of my blog as an art-in-progress, as varied and colorful as my experience.
following is a site to a pro blogger that has lots of great information. i refer to it frequently as i redesign this nest of mine. have you noticed the judicious use of orange?
the link doesn't allow a share here. it is onecoolsite.com. put onecoolsite in a google search and you will find it. it is a wordpress site.
best,
deb.
ps: if you view this blog regularly and would like to share your thoughts about why and other observations, let me know. and any thoughts about the design of this blog is greatly appreciated.
1: wordpress? blogger? why?
i use blogger and wordpress. this nest is my blogspot. my wordpress is somethingsketchy.wordpress.com.
i find wordpress a bit clunky and i have been having issues getting my photos to post from my flickr site, as well as from my computer. sometimes blogger is cranky...so i went back to the basic uploader. my suggestion: use the site with the editor that is the easiest for you to use.
i continue this debbieclarke blog, because it is a commitment i made to myself when i started it. a public blog to post art, art thought, engage folk's imagination, share my journey and keep customers up-to-date with any commissions that i may be working on. maybe make a bit of money along the way (NOT) through ads on my site. the monetary benefit dreams have been left long behind. now the only focus is art: what i'm working on, what i'm thinking about, work i am looking at, art materials/process and answering questions along the way. i am surprised by the growing audience of like minded folk that continue this journey with me. thank you for your company! your presence inspires me to put my best foot forward.
2: How do you get people to read/look at your blog?
good question...i'm still trying to figure this one out.
my suggestion is to first figure out your personal objective.
fame? fortune?
set your blog up first. get used to working with it. develop your focus. then let's talk about seo (search engine optimization).
i am not a professional blogger. i am a professional artist using blogger to enrich my art experience...in fact, i think of my blog as an art-in-progress, as varied and colorful as my experience.
following is a site to a pro blogger that has lots of great information. i refer to it frequently as i redesign this nest of mine. have you noticed the judicious use of orange?
the link doesn't allow a share here. it is onecoolsite.com. put onecoolsite in a google search and you will find it. it is a wordpress site.
best,
deb.
ps: if you view this blog regularly and would like to share your thoughts about why and other observations, let me know. and any thoughts about the design of this blog is greatly appreciated.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Where it all began, a word about me and why I Blog
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/
It all began in a long, long time ago. only yesterday. 1998 or 1999. we got connected. EB could play online games (Diablo), Donald could keep track of friends, I could email clients. We could get on the World Wide Web. I made an intrepid post about Magnolia's "Grave's Beach" or was it Gray's beach? or was it stinky beach.
I was taken with the idea that Douglas Adams was onto something. You could sit on the beach in East Zimbabwe and find the nearest espresso counter with whole wheat ciabiatta.
and one day google appeared, and then iphones and i have decided to follow. I am following Doug Adams and the answer to life, the universe and everything is the number
It all began in a long, long time ago. only yesterday. 1998 or 1999. we got connected. EB could play online games (Diablo), Donald could keep track of friends, I could email clients. We could get on the World Wide Web. I made an intrepid post about Magnolia's "Grave's Beach" or was it Gray's beach? or was it stinky beach.
I was taken with the idea that Douglas Adams was onto something. You could sit on the beach in East Zimbabwe and find the nearest espresso counter with whole wheat ciabiatta.
and one day google appeared, and then iphones and i have decided to follow. I am following Doug Adams and the answer to life, the universe and everything is the number
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