Andrew Olmsted, for me, was a blogger that I networked with, looked up to for interesting opinion, and found his outlook interesting and inspiring.
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?r ...
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Jan. 3 in As Sadiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit using small arms fire during combat operations. Both Soldiers were assigned to the Military Transition Team, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Killed were:
Maj. Andrew J. Olmsted, 37, of Colorado Springs, Colo.
Cpt. Thomas J. Casey, 32, of Albuquerque, N.M.
For further information related to this release, contact Fort Riley public affairs at (785) 239-3410
Here is his final post that was released by one of his close friends on the following three sites as his last wish.
Please use this as another way to respect those serving our country in the military.
Please pay attention to his last wishes and don't use this for political reasons among others.
andrewolmsted.com
obsidianwings.blogs.com
windsofchange.net
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Saturday, January 5, 2008
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Networking Your Blog...Maximize Your Blog...(reprint from yesterday-had problem with public receipt)
When starting a venture into weblogging, many bloggers wish to share their weblogs with the Internet Universe.
How do you get your blog past your immediate friends and family members?
Of course, Digg is a great site for networking. However, the following are other sites that have given me a plethora of additional information to add to my networking collection.
First, here is a site with a ranking list of networking locations for your weblogs.
How do you get your blog past your immediate friends and family members?
Of course, Digg is a great site for networking. However, the following are other sites that have given me a plethora of additional information to add to my networking collection.
First, here is a site with a ranking list of networking locations for your weblogs.
Second, here are some more networking opportunities to maximize your blog coverage.
Technorati
http://www.technorati.com/
Yahoo Publisher (Beta)
http://publisher.yahoo.com/
Alexa
http://www.alexa.com/
http://www.alexa.com/browse/general/?&CategoryID=1422529
http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&q=data+network&ie=utf-8
MSN Spaces
http://home.services.spaces.live.com/
In addition to the sites listed above, today I read articles from the following locations regarding maximizing weblog coverage and monetizing your blog.
If your like me, you really feel like your writing is an output of your reading (or other hobby or trade) and you're learning the weblog technology as an creative outlet.
The monetizing will be "icing-on-the-cake", so to speak.
My real goal, is to consistently improve my writing skills and to create a network of others with the same interests to gather writing material from and to present my writing material to. (This, in addition to my competitive nature of watching the numbers increase of those reading my materials on my site and constantly trying to maximize that number:)
Here are the articles of interest from today's research into maximizing my weblog.
I will place them on Digg later tonight. I hope they help someone else who may have some of the same questions and/or curiosities as I have had.
Creating a New Blog Network - Hiring Bloggers
http://www.sohaibthiab.com/index.php/archives/129
Blogging Done Right
http://www.paolomendoza.com/2007/11/blogging-done-right.html
http://blog.icalvyn.com/freedomain
Many Titles from this location...
Obviously, there is much information out there, and there are many different styles for each blogger.
The lessons I am learning are many, including some of these simple ones...
...pay attention to the quality and content of your writing
...pay attention to the comments from readers, as it is a signal of your writing content and quality needing improvement or change
...pay attention to your ads and their content, daily, along with the traffic they are bringing to see when you may need to adjust them to bring in more revenue
...pay attention to the traffic flow to your weblog and use daily time to network your site
...pay attention that you balance your investment in time that it does not take your passion away from your writing and/or from the topic(s) you wish to share.
For this week of Thanksgiving, I thank all of those who have been so brilliant in creating the technology so that I can meet a network of great and generous minds on a global scale.
Without the work of the technologically savvy, I would not be able to get to know such great people as I am now able to interact with.
Thank you for reading my articles and for being a part of this journey. I hope that this information is helping you as much as it is helping me.
I will be writing about other subjects, however, as you know if you are a blogger, development takes up a bit of time. Research is important. Since I've invested some time into research, I thought I'd share my results to save some of you the time.
Have a great evening!
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Blogging for Public Consumption...Writers Must Have "Thick Skin"
Learning the ropes of writing for public consumption comes at the cost of a writer's self-esteem if they are not able to stand behind their writing and have a "thick skin".
Writing a weblog and publicizing it can be risky for anyone, but especially for those who utilize their own opinion in their writing.
Be prepared for comments from readers that range from complimentary to deranged.
The public has complete freedom to give their comments and personal anecdotes regarding your writing content, style, and even your profile picture.
My blog is an example of a writer using her right to state her opinion via the Internet. It's a risk, but I feel a bond with my readers, as well as a strong passion for the topics I write about.
With strong subject matter, I expect and accept strong criticism and place it where it belongs. At times, it may change my opinion or open my views on the subject matter I choose to write about.
The creative process is a beautiful process. Most of us, who start writing for public consumption, write because of passion.
The passion may or may not be for writing itself. We may write instead because we have a passion for a certain subject matter and want to share our passion with others.
Whatever the passion, when strong criticism is given from a consumer, a weblog writer must return to the passion, to the feelings of why they began writing and sharing in the first place.
Stay in the game. If your passion is strong enough and if you are regimented enough, which equals...
...Consistency in writing
...Consistency in advertising
...Consistency in publicizing
...Consistency in reading and researching
(in no particular order)
...your invested time will pay off and your self-esteem will thrive in the process.
As a weblogger, I am learning the skills of writing, advertising, publicizing and researching and appreciate my readers' patience and sharing my development journey.
I greatly appreciate the network of bloggers I am creating and the tools that have been created to gather them.
Have a fabulous weekend!
Writing a weblog and publicizing it can be risky for anyone, but especially for those who utilize their own opinion in their writing.
Be prepared for comments from readers that range from complimentary to deranged.
The public has complete freedom to give their comments and personal anecdotes regarding your writing content, style, and even your profile picture.
My blog is an example of a writer using her right to state her opinion via the Internet. It's a risk, but I feel a bond with my readers, as well as a strong passion for the topics I write about.
With strong subject matter, I expect and accept strong criticism and place it where it belongs. At times, it may change my opinion or open my views on the subject matter I choose to write about.
The creative process is a beautiful process. Most of us, who start writing for public consumption, write because of passion.
The passion may or may not be for writing itself. We may write instead because we have a passion for a certain subject matter and want to share our passion with others.
Whatever the passion, when strong criticism is given from a consumer, a weblog writer must return to the passion, to the feelings of why they began writing and sharing in the first place.
Stay in the game. If your passion is strong enough and if you are regimented enough, which equals...
...Consistency in writing
...Consistency in advertising
...Consistency in publicizing
...Consistency in reading and researching
(in no particular order)
...your invested time will pay off and your self-esteem will thrive in the process.
As a weblogger, I am learning the skills of writing, advertising, publicizing and researching and appreciate my readers' patience and sharing my development journey.
I greatly appreciate the network of bloggers I am creating and the tools that have been created to gather them.
Have a fabulous weekend!
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