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10 Steps for Promoting Your Blog

Thursday, April 2 Posted by admin | Labels: blog, TCB

If you are a serious blogger, promoting your blog comes second to publishing great content. Since I've decided to blog fulltime I've discovered that I have a lot to learn. So right now I'm reading a book titled How to Make Money with Your Blog: The Ultimate Reference Guide for Building, Optimizing, and Monetizing Your Blog (How to Make . . .). Its a meaty but easy read; this is book full of practical advice that would help any novice or blogging professional. These ten steps your will get your blog more exposure in no time.

Read the entire post on TCB Thursday.

LL&L's New Look

Wednesday, March 25 Posted by admin | Labels: blog

I'm a pretty simple girl so I was okay with LL&L's simple template. However after reading so many blogs with sleek designs I wanted one of my own. (Well... not my own... I did not design it... and I'm sure there are at least hundreds of blogs with the same template... but you know what I mean)

I really happy with this template; I think it's a keeper. I doesn't have everything that I was looking for but I think that it has the best overall design. Please keep in mind that I am tech challenged and anything that I can figure out how to do on my own makes me happy.

So please tell me what you think? Is this a good look, or should I keep searching?

Virus Killed My Computer

Tuesday, March 24 Posted by admin | Labels: blog

I just wanted to let everyone I have not been posting or reading blogs becuase by computer is infected. My husband has been trying to fix it for me for a few days, but it has not been successful. I think I might have we going to try to take it to the doctor, but I am very concerned that it will not make it. Right now I can't even log on, so all we can see is the starter screen with the different profiles. I had this computer for over a year and though the time as been short, we have built a bond like no other. We have laughed and cryed together and I want to do everthing I can to say the little one, but sometimes in life you have to just let things go.

So please everyone please keep my little one on your hearts and hope that he will pull through. Now only will I miss him sorely if he leaves this world, his files have not been backed up so some post my be sacrficed as well.

Honest Scrap Award

Tuesday, March 17 Posted by admin | Labels: award, blog

I can't believe it.

I won my first blog award, the Honest Scrap Award. To be honest, this is my first award ever. I recieved this award from Tuck of MY LIFE WITH TINNITUS, a honest, vunerable, yet entertaining blog about the journey of one man and the struggles he encounters because of tinnitus. Please check it out sometime and leave a comment or two.

You may be wondering what the Honest Scrap Award is all about, so I copied and pasted from Tuck's "The Meaning of This Award":

“This award is bestowed upon a fellow blogger whose blog’s content or design is, in the giver’s opinion, brilliant.”

I am truly honored that someone would think that of LL&L; thank you, Tuck. I've already been encouraged from your writing, through your example of persistence and the courage to write with such honest conviction.

Again, quoting from Tuck’s blog, here are the requirements of the

Honest Scrap Award:

“When accepting this auspicious award, you must write a post bragging about it, including the name of the misguided soul who thinks you deserve such acclaim, and link back to the said person so everyone knows she/he is real. Choose a minimum of seven (7) blogs that you find brilliant in content or design. Or improvise by including bloggers who have no idea who you are because you don’t have seven friends. Show the seven random victims’ names and links and leave a harassing comment informing them that they were prized with Honest Weblog. Well, there’s no prize, but they can keep the nifty icon. List at least ten (10) honest things about yourself. Then pass it on!”

10 Honest Things About LL&L

I used to have a dog named Toto.

For a few years, I got all "E"s on my report card.

I used to play the harp, and used to play bells in a bell choir.

For 10 years straight, I worked 60 to 80 hours per week.

I’ve moved over 30 times in my life (I stopped counting).

I once had APB put out on me when I was 18 years old.

I’m scared of, and avoid, the deep end, but I love swimming underwater.

I used to choreograph and perform dance routines.

I've smoked weed six times in my life, but hate feeling high.

When Harry Met Sally reminds me of my relationship with my husband.

Here are the seven blogs I think deserve this award:

Gabriel Gadfly: Features poetry, short fiction, and book reviews; gifted writer with a unique voice

Homebody Blogger: Artists, music, movie reviews and work featured or interesting interviews

Bored ... Get unbored: Funny art, quotes, movies, and music to help you get unbored

Da Dominion: A sprawling geek oasis, sharp humor in a dull world

Buddha of Hollywood: Zen and the art of mind blogging! Enlightens by asking you to spiritually think for yourself

peacelovehappiness: An exploration of those three words; life lessons from someone who has loved and lost

I Do, I See: Opinions on life; not afraid to share the good, bad and ugly side of life

I had a lot of fun with this post, and I hope you liked it, too. Please check out each of the award winners, and if you like them, let them know with a comment, a Digg, a Stumble, a Tweet, click on an ad (yes, I said it) or however you show your appreciation.

To all the blogs that I hold near and dear, I thank you too for inspiration, so please don't think I forgot about you. Blogging makes the world go 'round, so keep writing honest, sincere and entertaining content, because you'll never know the impact you have on the hearts and minds of your readers.

Sincerely,

Love Lust and Life

My Blog Business

Thursday, March 12 Posted by admin | Labels: blog

I am so proud to call myself a blogger. A year ago I did not even know what blogging even meant; I did not know how to use MySpace and had never even heard of Twitter. My husband wanted me to find a business that I could get passionate about. He has been suggesting for about 6 years now that I start a blog but I resisted; I get intimated by technology because of my lack of experience. My husband bought me my first computer 3 years ago; of course I used one before but just mainly to type papers for school or work, and to play Sims (my main guilty pleasure).

Finally I gave in. I think I wanted to blog because I felt lonely, not having anyone to talk to about all the random thoughts that were floating through my mind. Also I needed a place to vent and be myself, my whole self without censorship. I started blogging for me: for fun, for therapeutic reasons, for ridding my mind of the cob webs that were forming. I asked my husband to set up my blog but he assured me that I could do it myself. I felt anxious but I trusted him and I'm so happy I did; setting up the blog gave me a new found confidence in myself: my ability to make great decisions, my pretty good eye for design, and my desire for independents.

So in January I set up a Blogger blog, got an Adsense account and started blogging my little heart out. Now I know it is better to set up a good business plan first before you jump in but I have found a new passion that feeds my spirit. So I don't know what I'm doing yet but I loving every minute of it. Since I know that there are so many bloggers out there I think that I should share what I am learning. The videos bellow might help with blogging business.

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