[New post] Blog Exercises: Gravatars

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "This Blog Exercise will help you update your global recognition on WordPress and all Gravatar-enabled sites. I'm going to let TimeThief of one cool site, a site dedicated to all things WordPress blogging, tips, tools, and tutorials, explain Gravatars " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Lorelle on WordPress Blog Exercises: Gravatars by Lorelle VanFossen This Blog Exercise will help you update your global recognition on WordPress and all Gravatar-enabled sites. I'm going to let TimeThief of one cool site, a site dedicated to all things WordPress blogging, tips, tools, and tutorials, explain Gravatars in her post, "Gravatars for Global Recognition." Whether you blog under your real name or under [...] Read more of this post Lorelle VanFossen | January 31, 2013 at 4:23 am | Tags: avatar, blog exercise, blog exercises, blogger, blogger identity, contributors, gravatar, image, personal image, pictures, profile, profile image, profiles, user image, user picture, user profile image, users, wordpress | Categories: Blog Exercises, Blogging, Blogging Tips, WordPress Tips | URL: http://wp.me/p1a-20o Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/blog-exercises-gravatars/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] Blog Exercises: Pain Brings Wisdom

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "You know, the number one thing we want to avoid in life is pain. But at the same time, it's the number one thing that forces us to grow as human beings. It deepens our ability to feel empathy, turns knowledge into wisdom. And there was enough pain in this" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Lorelle on WordPress Blog Exercises: Pain Brings Wisdom by Lorelle VanFossen You know, the number one thing we want to avoid in life is pain. But at the same time, it's the number one thing that forces us to grow as human beings. It deepens our ability to feel empathy, turns knowledge into wisdom. And there was enough pain in this situation that I think in [...] Read more of this post Lorelle VanFossen | January 30, 2013 at 4:00 am | Tags: blog exercise, blog exercises, blog writing, growth, inspiration, motivation, pain, passion, personal, personal growth, spiritual, suffering, thoughtful, Writing | Categories: Blog Exercises, Writing | URL: http://wp.me/p1a-20a Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/blog-exercises-pain-brings-wisdom/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] Blog Exercises: Make Post Titles Matter

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "Post titles are the titles of the articles you publish on your site. They represent the subject matter of the article. Newspapers and magazines are famous for their sensationalism when it comes to titles, lurking in readers with "Sexy Siren Stabs Six." Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Lorelle on WordPress Blog Exercises: Make Post Titles Matter by Lorelle VanFossen Post titles are the titles of the articles you publish on your site. They represent the subject matter of the article. Newspapers and magazines are famous for their sensationalism when it comes to titles, lurking in readers with "Sexy Siren Stabs Six." Or they include number counts to impress. "101 Best Ways to Cook a [...] Read more of this post Lorelle VanFossen | January 29, 2013 at 4:52 am | Tags: article titles, blog exercise, blog exercises, blog writing, blogging, Blogging Tips, edit, editing, post titles, search engines, seo, titles, Writing, writing for the web | Categories: Blog Exercises, Blogging Tips, Writing | URL: http://wp.me/p1a-206 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/blog-exercises-make-post-titles-matter/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] Blog Exercises: What Are You Talking About?

Lorelle VanFossen posted: ""What ya talking about?" The first time a southerner from North Carolina hit me with that question, I was stopped in my tracks. I had to think. I was talking. In fact, I was saying something eloquent and intelligent. Something I needed the other perso" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Lorelle on WordPress Blog Exercises: What Are You Talking About? by Lorelle VanFossen "What ya talking about?" The first time a southerner from North Carolina hit me with that question, I was stopped in my tracks. I had to think. I was talking. In fact, I was saying something eloquent and intelligent. Something I needed the other person to understand. Clearly I wasn't making my point. At the [...] Read more of this post Lorelle VanFossen | January 28, 2013 at 4:34 am | Tags: blog exercise, blog exercises, blog focus, blog purpose, Blogging Tips, categories, clarity, content, focus, identity, mission, purpose, subject, talking, web writing, Writing, writing for the web | Categories: Blog Exercises, Blogging Tips, Writing | URL: http://wp.me/p1a-202 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/blog-exercises-what-are-you-talking-about/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] Blog Exercises: Current Events January

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "Every month in this series of Blog Exercises I will ask you to check the news and report on something in the news that relates to you and/or your site's purpose. It may directly relate or indirectly. Fascinated with the alignment of the planets, I wan" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Lorelle on WordPress Blog Exercises: Current Events January by Lorelle VanFossen Every month in this series of Blog Exercises I will ask you to check the news and report on something in the news that relates to you and/or your site's purpose. It may directly relate or indirectly. Fascinated with the alignment of the planets, I wanted to share my enthusiasm with the ease of watching [...] Read more of this post Lorelle VanFossen | January 25, 2013 at 4:41 am | Tags: blog exercise, blog exercises, blog planner, blogging the news, Blogging Tips, calendar, citizen journalist, community, current events, editorial calendar, journalism, news, news blogging, planning, schedule, timely, Writing, writing for the web | Categories: Blog Exercises, Writing | URL: http://wp.me/p1a-1ZX Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/blog-exercises-current-events-january/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] Blog Exercises: Curing Uncategorized Fever

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "We've all seen it. I call it Uncategorized Fever. By default, any post not categorized in WordPress is assigned to the Uncategorized category. The Uncategorized category appears in your Categories and Tags list or clouds. In tag clouds, the larger the" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Lorelle on WordPress Blog Exercises: Curing Uncategorized Fever by Lorelle VanFossen We've all seen it. I call it Uncategorized Fever. By default, any post not categorized in WordPress is assigned to the Uncategorized category. The Uncategorized category appears in your Categories and Tags list or clouds. In tag clouds, the larger the word, the more posts with that tag. If Uncategorized is clearly visible in these [...] Read more of this post Lorelle VanFossen | January 24, 2013 at 4:21 am | Tags: adding categories, blog exercise, blog exercises, categories, category, changing categories, default category, deleting categories, maintenance, organization, uncategorized, web writing, writing for the web | Categories: Blog Exercises, Blogging, Blogging Tips, Writing | URL: http://wp.me/p1a-1ZS Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/blog-exercises-curing-uncategorized-fever/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] Happy Anniversary WordPress: The Beginnings

Lorelle VanFossen posted: "On August 16, 2005, Lorelle on WordPress became blog ID number 72 on the brand new WordPress.com. The first post was appropriately titled "Lorelle on WordPress" to introduce the site. Looking back, it's amazing how true to form that I've kept the " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Lorelle on WordPress Happy Anniversary WordPress: The Beginnings by Lorelle VanFossen On August 16, 2005, Lorelle on WordPress became blog ID number 72 on the brand new WordPress.com. The first post was appropriately titled "Lorelle on WordPress" to introduce the site. Looking back, it's amazing how true to form that I've kept the mission of this site all these years later as proposed in the first [...] Read more of this post Lorelle VanFossen | January 23, 2013 at 8:55 pm | Tags: about wordpress, anniversary, birthday, camera on the road, cameraontheroad, community, css, happy birthday wordpress, history, israel, Lorelle-on-WordPress, site history, stories, wordcamp, wordpress, wordpress anniversary, wordpress community, wordpress development, wordpress event, wordpress history, wordpress irc, WordPress News | Categories: Blog Babble, WordPress Events, WordPress News, WordPressDotCom | URL: http://wp.me/p1a-22i Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/happy-anniversary-wordpress-the-beginnings/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com