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One of the things that makes blogging so successful is the fact that there are communities formed around them. People participate, throw in their 2 cents, and help the blog evolve. If you’ve commented on this blog, you’ve likely gotten an encouraging response to your comment. That’s because I really want you here, whether you [...]

While newspapers and other classic media are on the decline, blogging is burning a hole in the roof. This is mostly due to the reader-author-community interaction. Word of mouth should be the holy grail for any blogger. So here are:
Seven Ways To Entice Reader Participation
1. Contest
One of the best ways to get bloggers to participate [...]

A couple of days ago I announced that I am attending SOBCon. Today I have another announcement. I am attending the Future of Online Advertising seminar in NYC, based on a free ticket from the CEO, Ryan Carson. This ticket is a $995 value, so I find that to be a great victory. Ryan asked [...]

I’m taking blogging very seriously. I recently attended the Problogger NYC Event, in which I got to meet some bloggers and network face to face. I met some interesting people, and made some good contacts. It’s time to take it up a notch.
I have previously mentioned that I will be attending SOBcon. You can get [...]

As you may or may not know, I recently contrived a plan to donate money to charity and get some publicity and buzz for the site at the same time.
This is my first weekly update for the Donation Contest, which is ending on April 15th.
Subscribers to the website increased by a whopping 20% according to [...]

Today my story is featured by an A-list blogger, Wendy Piersall . She is a work at home mom and entrepreneur extraordinaire. As you can imagine this comes as a big honor to me. Not just because this is so early in my blogging career, but because Wendy really knows what she’s taking about. Being [...]

At Alex Shalman . com – Practical Personal development the Sunday morning tradition is me posting links, to my favorite articles for the week, from OTHER blogs. I feel like this is a good way to bring attention to quality writing that my readers might not get a chance to see otherwise.
For this week my [...]

At Alex Shalman . com – Practical Personal Development the Sunday morning tradition is me posting links, to my favorite articles for the week, from OTHER blogs. I feel like this is a good way to bring attention to quality writing that my readers might not get a chance to see otherwise.
For this week my [...]

At Alex Shalman . com – Practical Personal development the Sunday morning tradition is me posting links, to my favorite articles for the week, from OTHER blogs. I feel like this is a good way to bring attention to quality writing that my readers might not get a chance to see otherwise.
For this week my [...]

At Alex Shalman . com – Practical Personal development the Sunday morning tradition is me posting links, to my favorite articles for the week, from OTHER blogs. I feel like this is a good way to bring attention to quality writing that my readers might not get a chance to see otherwise.
For this week my [...]