The Fearless Blogger

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I’m not a math person.  Math is one of the “Three M’s” I avoid in life (the other two being meat and mayonnaise).  So you can imagine, numbers don’t do much for me.

Tonight, though, a number spoke to me.   

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I should probably explain:
I’m sitting here working on a post when I see a tweet from Chris Brogan pop up:

 As anyone who reads this blog probably knows, I’m a big fan of Chris – he’s someone I have a ton of respect for.  

As anyone who reads Chris’s blog knows, Chris makes it his business to help – rarely do you see him asking for help.

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A Request
I click the link.  The link opens David Armano‘s website with a picture and a request: Please Help Us Help Daniela’s Family read more

Comments are pretty important to those-who-blog. As I’ve mentioned before, I crave them.

And it’s not an ego thing. If it were about ego, then I’d be most excited days my blog gets the most hits. Don’t get me wrong, it’s definitely satisfying knowing that someone too the time to stop by. But I am far more excited when I get one comment, than I am for every 100 visitors here. I’ve even been known to dance a little jig when I see I have a new comment, truth be told.

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Comments are like the difference between someone hearing what you have to say and someone actually listening to what you said.

Comments are what turn a blog into a conversation.

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New Year’s Day always seems to inspire “to-do” lists, resolutions and goal-setting.

Here are some ideas worth stealing from other bloggers to add to your 2009 Blogging Resolutions.  They’re tops on my list for this year. The best part is while they may be worth stealing, you don’t have to – because they’re all ideas these bloggers have generously shared!
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A while back I had made some badges for Chris Brogan’s Rockstar program.

Since Chris just launched his site’s redesign today, I made these new badges for those rockstars who’d like to continue to match his color scheme!

For those not familiar with Chris’s blog, it’s an excellent resource for insights and advice on blogging and social media. read more

Last week I saw a tweet from Guy Kawasaki regarding a new project by Chuck Westbrook to “End the Problem of Blogs With Great Content and No Readers“.

That sounded like a worthy cause, so I decided to check it out.
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