Tag: blogging

Feeling the Love!

Just listened to episode 169 of The G-Spod podcast (iTunes URL) while riding the bus home from work, and it is one fun show! Tristan Mayfield was awesome and G and Carman are as wacky as usual. I totally agree

One Type of Issue Advocacy Work that Is Very Important

I tend to do two types of writing on the web” I write blog posts. I comment on articles and other’s blog posts. I’m linking the article below, because it is a good example of a situation ripe for the

Did Social Media Play a Role in Passing the Allegheny County Ordinance?

A little over a week has passed since the adrenaline -filled night of the County Council vote that brought protection from discrimination to the whole of Allegheny County. Since then, I’ve been thinking about two ideas that I wanted to

Thanks to my readers!

Just wanted to post quickly to thank my loyal readers. Over the time I’ve been blogging, the number of returning visitors has increased at a wonderful pace, in addition to new folks finding my blog. This tells me that many

Little Blogs

This may not be a good title, but wondered if it would provoke some interest. and it relates to have I have felt lately. I am most likely guilty of getting too caught up in my web stats and wondering

Blogging Success: Content or Audience?

An awesome Pittsburgh blogger, Justin Kownacki has written a few posts about how the twitterverse, and more specifically, how Chris Brogan has impacted his blog’s visitor numbers. Well, last week, I had my own interesting twitter effect, and I’m thinking

Continuing to Find My Voice

It has been five months since I started my blog, and 223 posts have transpired. This will be the second Saturday, since I began, where I have taken somewhat of a day off from more serious blogging. But had an

Focus on the Family Continues to Spread Lies

This is probably not news to anyone, but Focus continues the campaign to spead lies and misinformation. The link below is their weblog, citizenlink. Unlike most blogs, where a reader can leave a comment, this one has no such feature.

What is Your Blogging Strategy?

A blogging collegue asked me today about my blogging strategy.  I have a sense of that, but it got me thinking, and I immediately began to wonder about how other bloggers approach doing what they do. Do you have a

How I use Goggle Alerts

Easy Ways to Gather Information: Google Alerts Wanted to spend a few minutes describing my experience with using Google Alerts as a part of my blogging work flow. sounds serious doesn’t it? Blogging work flow. When I started this WordPress