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Things I Am Learning About Blogging
Friday, March 12th, 2010I am taking some time away from my continual search for jobs. I have tried many variations of admin job searching in the classifieds of my local newspapers website. I must take a breather, and try to help everyone that wants to know more about blogging, and how to get started.
My blogs may not be as good as others, but I have noticed that you can never be as good as someone else on the internet. Everyone does things their own way, and that puts everyone on a level playing field. I have compiled some usefull information that may help others that are looking for help in getting their blog running.
Get a Self-Hosted blog. (Wordpress seems to be the easiest to operate, and move in the future.)
Wordpress actually is easy enough to install, and use that the standard person with a very good speed ISP can actually run Wordpress from their own computer. I don’t recommend this because of the bandwidth that will be used in serving the site. In my case I have a Comcast Business Class Service, and my bandwidth is huge. Some of my blogs are hosted through Surpass Hosting. Check them out. They have very good prices.
Purchase a Domain Name.
Domain names are what bring you traffic. Find a domain name that will work into your “Niche”, and search engines. Example… My DisneyContestBlog site brings in traffic just from searches like “Disney Contest”, “Disney Blog”, and “Contest Blog”. My wife has MomsBlogs4U which gets searches from “Moms Blog”, and “Mom Blog”. I put another domain up strictly for reviews. Can you guess the name? ReviewsBlog4U. The domain name means a lot so think about your name before you start.
Join Social Networking sites.
I recommend joining sites that will create friends, and help you with publishing your information to the outside world. Sites that are almost “Musts” are: Twitter, BlogCatalog, and FaceBook, and EntreCard. If you are a mom, then search the web for “Mom Blog Groups”, and do searches for groups that will help you.
Blog as much as possible.
When you first start you want to publish as much as possible. It takes time for your site to be searchable. This also establishes yourself with your future audience. People will get to read, and if they are interested, then they will return.
Submit to search engines.
When you first setup your site I recommend getting into the Google Webmaster Tools, Yahoo Developer, and a few other sites. These sites will help you get necessary keys that go into your Wordpress installation so that search engines can grab your xml files. If everything is working right, and you have been doing good work then a search of the internet will hopefully find your site in the best positioning of sites.
Setup Feedburner.
Feedburner is a way to monitor who is a subscriber to your RSS feed. RSS feeds are just like people viewing your site. People can download RSS feeds for while they are “Offline”, but they are still viewing your site.
I will put up another helpful setup of information in the next week. In that informational I will go further into monetizing, and how to establish contact with PR reps, and companies. I will continue on helping. If you want to get a little further quicker, then you can join our newly running forums at MyBlogsHome Forums. Join, and post your questions, or whatever you want. We will be doing some advertising, and some other things that will help the members in gaining some traffic, and readers.
Wife Has Found Some Solutions For Eczema
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Over the years we have tried to find simple solutions for our little ones eczema problem. We had doctors try different solutions, and we kept looking for a solution that will work routinely. My wife was on the internet searching for a natural eczema treatment the other night, and she found some tips. We are reluctant to try them because they are FREE for the most part. What we didn’t know completely was that soaps, chemicals, and anything that dries things out aren’t good for eczema.
While you can try things that others have on the market keep in mind that some of the things you read on the net do cost.
Some of the tips for eczema were:
Sunbathing – It kills the bacteria
Light Mudpacks
Do you have any home brewed solutions? Please do tell.
Up In The Air Promotion
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Pick up the 3/15 issue of People Magazine (on sale now) to check out The UP IN THE AIR sweeps!
Log on to http://www.upintheairsweeps.com/ and enter to win a trip for two.
“One of the year’s best movies”
–Richard Corliss, Time
Nominated for Six Academy Awards® Including Best Picture and Best Actor
ACADEMY AWARD WINNER* GEORGE CLOONEY STARS INTHE MOST CELEBRATED ROMANTIC COMEDY OF THE YEAR
UP IN THE AIR
Cited As One of the Top Ten Movies of the Year on Over 200 Critics’ Lists,
Captivating and Entertaining Film Takes Off on DVD and Blu-ray March 9, 2010
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Academy Award® winner George Clooney “gives the performance of his career” (Lou Lumenick, New York Post) in the smart, funny and thought-provoking film UP IN THE AIR coming in for a landing on DVD and Blu-ray March 9, 2010 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Called “the movie of the year, the movie of the moment” (Tom Carson, GQ) and named by over 200 critics as one of the top 10 films of 2009, UP IN THE AIR tells the story of a man discovering that life is not simply about the journey alone, but about the personal connections made along the way.
Co-written and directed by Oscar® nominee Jason Reitman (Juno), UP IN THE AIR received six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor (Clooney), Best Supporting Actress (Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick), Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film has already won a Golden Globe® Award for Best Screenplay and dozens of critics’ association awards including being named Best Film by the National Board of Review, the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association, the Southeastern Film Critics Association, the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association, the Florida Film Critics Circle and the Kansas City Film Critics Circle.
The UP IN THE AIR DVD and Blu-ray presentations include commentary by writer/director Jason Reitman, director of photography Eric Steelberg and first assistant director Jason Blumenfeld, deleted scenes with optional commentary and the featurette “Shadowplay: Before The Story”. The Blu-ray also includes additional deleted scenes, storyboards, an American Airlines prank and the “Help Yourself” music video by Sad Brad.
UP IN THE AIR DVD & Blu-ray
The UP IN THE AIR DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 5.1 Surround and Spanish 5.1 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The Blu-ray disc is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and Brazilian Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese subtitles. The DVD includes the following special features:
- Commentary by writer/director Jason Reitman, director of photography Eric Steelberg and first assistant director
- Jason Blumenfeld
- Shadowplay: Before The Story
- Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Jason Reitman
- To Know Me Is To Fly With Me
- Real People Firing and Irate Employee
- Thumper and Extended Boat Scene
- Omaha Montage
- Spacesuit
- Trailers
The Blu-ray includes all of the above in high definition, plus:
- Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Jason Reitman (HD)
- Do You Live At The Hilton?
- Nosey Neighbor
- Natalie In Restroom
- Natalie Vid-Chats
- Angry Ryan Checks In
- Goalquest Invite
- Maynard Finch Commercial/Kara Calls Ryan
- Barely Squeaking By/Natalie Calls
- “Help Yourself” music video by Sad Brad (HD)
- Storyboards (HD)
- American Airlines Prank (HD)
The critically acclaimed soundtrack to UP IN THE AIR is available now from Rhino and includes the riveting “Help Yourself” from Sad Brad Smith as well as tracks from Elliot Smith, Dan Auerbach, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
About Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands. PHE is responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment products on behalf of various parties including: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, Paramount Famous Productions, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, CBS and PBS and for providing home entertainment fulfillment services for DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment.
UP IN THE AIR
Street Date: March 9, 2010
Pricing: $19.99 U.S. (DVD)
$29.99 U.S. (Blu-ray)
Runtime: 109 minutes
U.S. Rating: R for language and some sexual content
Canadian Rating: 14A for coarse language and nudity
