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Drummin? Up Some Link Love #26
2007-12-31 08:25:00 Okay, I’m back from my break, so I can get back to blogging. Here are the latest blogs being added to my Drum Corps: Kyle’s Cove: Find Relevant Keywords With The Keyword Suggestion Tool is a great post leading you to a great tool to find keywords. Knowing what people are searching on (or aren’t) can ... More About: Love , Link
The Big Bald Blog Has An Easy Contest To Enter
2007-12-21 07:06:00 During my travel among the Entrecard crowd, I came across an interesting place to visit: The Big Bald Blog . He has a nice contest going on over there. This is what you could win: An 8 Gig iPod Touch 500 Entrecard credits A blog review from Bloggin-Ads Plus, he wants to give you his clothes! Okay, it’s more like his ... More About: Contest , Easy , Enter
Entrecard Shop
2007-12-20 07:15:00 Entrecard seems to be doing pretty well for itself and bloggers, too. I make daily visits to my dashboard and periodically have a few ads to review. Then I make it over to the campaign aisle and see if there’s a good place to advertise or at least drop my card. On my last visit I ... More About: Shop
Help Merlin Save Christmas
2007-12-19 07:12:00 Oh my! What a tragedy! Someone must have gotten a lump of coal last year and this year they’re getting revenge on Santa by sabotaging his sleigh full of toys. All the gifts are now falling in the nighttime sky, headed for disaster! Look! Up in the sky! It’s Super Elf Merlin ! He’ll save Christmas ... More About: Save
Twas My Blog Before Christmas
2007-12-17 16:00:00 Twas the night before Christmas and all through the ’sphere Me and some bloggers were spreading good cheer. All the ads were hung in my sidebar with care In hope that my readers would soon click some there. I wrote a few posts and scheduled ahead, Awaited my traffic, while I was in bed. Next morning I woke to find my ... More About: Blogging , Blog
Does Anyone Trust Alexa Anymore?
2007-12-16 17:00:00 Earlier this year, my Alexa ranking had been going down fairly consistently (meaning getting better). Up until August, it got as low as 98,056. But all of a sudden, it stopped updating for a couple of weeks. I don’t know if that was widespread, but I had just been keeping record of it for MAMD. Admittedly, ... More About: Trust
I Finally Joined The Ranks of Technorati Top 10K
2007-12-15 17:00:00 Whew! I thought it would never get here. I finally broke the top 10K level at Technorati . So for those of you who are already there, perhaps you can answer me this question: precisely, when do the movie offers and book deals start coming in? I just need to make sure I have my calendar cleared ... More About: Blogging , Finally , Ranks
Drummin? Up Some Link Love #24
2007-12-15 03:55:00 And now for this week’s Drum Corps inductees: (The Customer Is) Not Always Right: So true. This blog is full of stories that I’m sure we all can relate to in one way or another. I particularly like Mission: Impossible and On The Futility Of Signs, Part 2. Simple PC Talk: This is a place that offers ... More About: Love , Blogging , Link , Some
CSS Text Wrapper
2007-12-12 07:28:00 I found this really cool online tool that let’s you create HTML text and wrap it into different shapes other than rectangles. It’s called CSS Text Wrap per . As you can see, it’s pretty nifty. All I had to do was create my content, paste it into the form, make a few adjustments and BOOM - ...
Fun At Christmas With Deep Freeze
2007-12-11 08:16:00 It has been far too long since I’ve posted about a game. In fact, I think it was way back at Halloween! Deep Freeze is a game where you play a Santa-esque elf who has an ice pistol. Your job is to jump, run and shoot the baddies until they’re completely frozen. If ... More About: Christmas , Deep Freeze
Drummin? Up Some Link Love #24
2007-12-09 17:00:00 My Drum Corps is made up of blogs that I find interesting, entertaining, educational, or all of the above. But before I get into this week’s edition, I first want to say thanks to Jos for bestowing the I’m A Little Nutty award to me. AntiBarbie.net: Wow, she struck a nerve with some people on this ... More About: Love , Link , Some
Ever Hear Of Google Recipe Search? Me Neither
2007-12-09 05:51:00 Working from recipes with pictures makes things so much easier for me. If I have an idea of what it’s supposed to look like, then I can tell if I want to make it or not. When I learned about Google Reci pe search, I fell in love. It has a robust search form with criteria allowing ... More About: Search , Hear
A Good Story For The Heart
2007-12-08 17:00:00 I received an email this evening. It was one of those “pass-it-along” chain messages. Maybe you’ve seen it, too. I normally just delete such things, but upon reading the message I decided the story was really good and worth mentioning. I don’t know if it’s true or not, and honestly, I don’t care. The message ... More About: Story , Heart , Good , The Heart
Scratchback Holiday Themes
2007-12-07 15:00:00 If I hadn’t of gone into my admin panel in Scratchback to approve a link purchase this evening, I never would have known about the neat holiday themes provided for the widget. They currently have three: Santa, snowman, and present. So if you’re in the holiday spirit, go check’em out and make the switch for the ... More About: Holiday , Blogging , Themes
5 Strengths I Have As A Writer
2007-12-06 17:00:00 I was tagged quite some time ago by Mike to write about five strengths I have as a writer. So here we go! No matter what I write or where I write it, my main goal is to make sure my point is clear. Nothing frustrates me more than to read something and go “Huh?” So ... More About: Blogging , Strengths , Writer
More Than Screen Capture: ACA Capture Pro
2007-12-05 08:27:00 ACA Capture Pro is a screen capture utility that is packed with features. You can capture images you find on the web, scrolling web pages, menus, even DirextX, Direct3D, and video player screens. This thing has got it all! Image Capturing Granted, there are a lot of choices out there when it comes to screen capturing utilities, ... More About: Screen Capture , Screen , Reviews
Will MAMD Break The 10K Technorati Barrier?
2007-12-05 04:11:00 Fingers are crossed, favors have been called in, and I dropped a roll of quarters into the neighborhood wishing well. Looks like MeAndMyDrum is just on the verge of entering the ranks of the Top 10K at Technorati (I hope). Currently sitting at 10,871 with an authority of 412, I’ll be keeping an eye on ... More About: Blogging , Break , Barrier
Drummin? Up Some Link Love #23
2007-12-03 07:12:00 Before I get into this latest edition of my Drum Corps , I wanted to thank Mike and Christy for my Good Buzz Award. It’s the brainchild of Polli and Mike and is meant “for blogs that have generated a happy hum in the blogosphere. Whether it be for their blog in general, one outstanding, unusual ... More About: Love , Link , Some
Secrets Revealed: How I Pick Domain Names
2007-11-30 18:00:00 We all know the best domain names are taken, right? No way! For every cool domain taken, there’s at least one other one that has yet to be discovered. That’s just my opinion, of course, but to say that they’re all taken is like saying the English language has no more words to add. Yeah, right. So we have to be creative. We have to dig down into our bag of tricks to find the next best domain name. Here are a few of my tricks that you may find useful. Bustaname I’ve posted about this great tool before and frequently use it to test the waters. You can type in a domain name and have it tell you — on the fly — if it’s available for .com, .net, and .org names. You can even enter in a bunch of keywords and have it come up with combinations. If it didn’t hit the mark, you can select from other synonyms and add those to the mix. Another great feature is that you can save your finds in lists on the site. I have two gripes about the service tho... More About: Domain , Domain Names , Secrets , Pick , Names
Another Guest Post On Garry Conn dot com
2007-11-30 14:42:00 Guest blogging on Garry Conn’s blog has been a very successful series, so much so that he plans on continuing it with other writers. I was fortunate enough to have another guest spot this week. This one’s entitled, “How Listening To The Voices In Your Head May Help Your Blog“. To summarize, this post provides you with a different perspective on how you can freshen up your writing. These tips are meant to help motivate you as well as given you a little inspiration to try something different when you’re having trouble cranking out your posts. You probably didn’t know it, but you have some voices inside of you that have a desire to get out. Try giving them a pass to see what they can do for your blog. I invite you to visit his blog and read my post and the other great content he has over there. Technorati Tags: guest blogging, tips, writing More About: Post , Guest
New Blog Promotion: Entrecard
2007-11-27 14:48:00 My friend, John, of DNXpert, recently discovered something called Entrecard that I’m giving a try (look to the right sidebar). It’s an easy way to network with other bloggers and it’s free, too. Just like in the offline world, you hand out business cards to those you meet. With Entrecard, it’s no different really. When you visit a blog that has the widget installed, you click on the “drop yours” button and your card is put in the blog owner’s queue for review. After creating an account, you can either upload your own image or use one of the templates made available to you. As people drop their cards to you, you’ll find them all in your dashboard. This is the part I think the service could improve upon because it’s all just a jumble of cards in columns. I can see one column for those waiting for me to approve or reject (lots of them), and another that shows how the cards are queued up to display on my blog. As you drop your card o... More About: Promotion , Blog Promotion , Blog
The Bloggers Message Board
2007-11-24 20:00:00 My good friend, Garry, has recently launched a new forum called The Bloggers Mess age Board . If my records are correct, I believe that will bring his online asset inventory to, oh I think it’s 239,875 sites. This new hangout on the Web is a place where you can exchange ideas with other bloggers, ...
A Backbeat For My New Readers
2007-11-24 10:12:00 Subscriptions are up and traffic has increased. So I thought this would be a good time for me to do a Backbeat for my new readers — a post that summarizes what I do here at MAMD and a few other places I write for on the Web. MeAndMyDrum: This is homebase for me. I write ... More About: Readers
Zeroes - The Series!
2007-11-23 17:00:00 It has been a while since I’ve written about my favorite TV show, Heroes. The last two posts I made was about a parody, which is hilarious, called Zeroes. I was pleased to find not one, but four new installments of the parody on YouTube. In light of the recent news, it’s very timely because it’s ... More About: Series
Camtasia For Free - Limited Offer
2007-11-22 20:20:00 As I posted earlier, I’ve recently become an author for Digital Journal. While there, I found this great article that explained how to get Camtasia for free for a limited time only. It doesn’t take long to browse the Web to find someone using Camtasia to help demonstrate a site or product, which is a testament ... More About: Free , Limited , Offer
Turkey Day And Sand Ninjas
2007-11-22 17:00:00 For those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving Day, I wish you a happy one! I leave you with this image I stumbled upon. If I had a nickel every time this happened to me… More About: Turkey , Sand , Ninjas , Turkey day , Turk
A New Gig: I?m An Author On Digital Journal
2007-11-22 03:26:00 Last week, I received an invitation from the managing editor of Digital Journal , David Silverberg, asking me to join as a contributing author. Digital Journal is a growing news community where professional journalists and citizen journalists (me) report on a variety of topics from around the world. I’m especially excited about this because it will provide ... More About: In the News , Author
Look Ahead With TagScope - A Firefox Add-on
2007-11-21 08:17:00 Does this happen to you? You find a great article with several links in it. You’re still reading the article, but you for sure don’t want to miss out on those links. So you open each of them up in a new window in Firefox . Soon you have several tabs open and while you can ... More About: Ahead , Cope
I?m Guest Blogging For Garry Conn
2007-11-20 08:06:00 My buddy, Garry “How to make money online” Conn, opened his doors to me and a few other bloggers to write some guest posts on GarryConn.com (others will follow). I consider it a privilege to be a guest blogger on anybody’s blog, but writing something for Garry’s is quite an opportunity. He’s the up and coming ... More About: Blogging , Guest
How Domain Shopping Can Make You Happy
More articles from this author:2007-11-16 17:00:00 Over the past few months I’ve been domain shopping. I’ve been blogging since 2005. During that time, I never really took interest in it until I began noticing the potential it had for me, that and my desire to branch out a little more. I have Garry and John to thank for fanning the flames. I ... More About: Shopping , Domain , Blogging , Happy , Make 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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