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Blog Exercises: Increase Your Thank You Ratio

April 12, 2013 – 4:40 am

As a teacher, trainer, social media expert, and advice giver on many blogs, I don’t want to hear your excuses in response to my advice. “Well, if I only had the money…” Really? Since WordPress, the tools I recommend, and the advice I offer is free. What does money have to do with anything I […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Posted in Blog Exercises, blogging tips, Writing | Tags: appreciation, blog exercises, blogging tips, comments, excuses, gratitude, interaction, responses, social web, thank you, trackbacks, Writing, writing for the web | Comments (23)

Blog Exercises: How to Respond to a Trackback

April 4, 2013 – 4:48 am

In the first blog exercise on trackbacks I explained how trackbacks work and how to respond to trackbacks. It’s time to revisit the concept of how to respond to a trackback. In the exercise, I described the unique quality of trackbacks for tracking conversations across the web. You publish something, someone likes it and publishes […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Posted in Blog Exercises, blogging tips, WordPress, WordPress Tips, Writing | Tags: backlinks, blockquotes, blog exercises, blog interactivity, comments, conversation, etiquette, good practices, how to comment, interaction, interactivity, online conversations, readers, responding to comments, response, social web, trackbacks, tracking the conversation, wordpress, WordPress Tips | Comments (7)

Blog Exercises: When Will You Not Link?

April 3, 2013 – 4:23 am

There are few people I hate in this world. I think I can count them on one hand, mostly on two fingers. We all have them, people who did us wrong and taught us to disrespect, dread, dislike, and even hate them. As tolerant as we wish we all were, that’s just the way of […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing | Tags: blog exercises, blogging tips, editorial guidelines, ethics, guidelines, how to link, links, moral value, morals, personal standards, policies, social web, standards, tips, when to link, Writing, writing for the web, writing tips | Comments (22)

Writing for the Web Course Starts June 3, 1013

March 7, 2013 – 4:02 am

I will be teaching “Writing for the Web” at Clark College Corporate and Continuing Education in Vancouver, Washington, Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 3 – July 8, 2013. The class will be at the West Coast Bank Building in downtown Vancouver, Washington, just a few minutes from downtown Portland, Oregon. Writing on the web is now […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Posted in Announcements, Blogging, blogging tips, WordPress, WordPress News, Writing | Tags: blogging tips, clark college, classes, community building, courses, demographics, education, facebook, how to blog, how to write on the web, learn how to blog, social media, social web, training, twitter, web writing, wordpress, WordPress News, workshops, writing class, writing course, writing for the web, writing tips | Leave a Comment

Writing Tips: The Art of the Product Review

October 10, 2012 – 11:48 am

The social of shopping continues to delight me as I come to depend more and more on what others say about a product before I hand over my money. Aren’t you? It’s not just purchases. I depend upon the ratings and comments on WordPress Plugins and WordPress Themes. Part of my fascination with social shopping […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Posted in Blogging, blogging tips, Writing | Tags: bic pen, blog writing, crowd source, history, how to use wordpress, pen, reviews, shopping, social shopping, social web, wordpress help, WordPress Tips, wordpress tutorials, Writing, writing reviews | Comments (11)

Prove It: Defining Your Avenues of and Communication Marketing

June 15, 2012 – 11:54 am

A news story came out today that specifically served a client of mine. It was a national news story that could help them support their current clients with helpful information, and help convert potential clients with persuasive, current event information. Unfortunately, this client has been adamant against blogs, interactive websites, and social media. In my […]

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Blog Bashing: Beware Complacency

December 30, 2010 – 1:05 pm

In “5 Ways to Rid Complacency From Your Blog” on Daily Blog Tips, Bob Bessette writes about how to mix things up in the new year on your blog: If you’ve owned a blog for a while there’s a good chance that complacency may have already set in. Dictionary.com defines complacency as “a feeling of […]

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Why A Link Post Should Be Like Mingling at a Party

August 8, 2007 – 3:20 pm

By Jan of Circular Communication When Lorelle invited me to guest blog here at Lorelle on WordPress she asked “if I would like an invitation to the party”. She suggested that I should write about something that she believes I do particularly well namely writing link posts. When I first started Circular Communication link posts […]

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