This month marks the 2nd anniversary of this blog, the first of many. When I started it was to try out this new medium for a client so rather than learn on her time, I learnt on mine, exploring the blogosphere, joining communities and commenting on other people's blogs. It was several months before I really 'got it' and understood what blogging was about - by then I was hooked. I started up a family blog several months after this one to replace the annual family Christmas newsletter and … [Read more...]
Linking to lots of blogs
If you haven't heard about the 2000 Bloggers' Project, you need to head over to my blog at SOHO-Life and read all about it. If you are keen to get listed on a blog that is being listed in lots of places, then it's not too late and you could be one of the 2000. Interesting experiment. Make sure you have a photo of yourself available too - they will only link if your blog has a photo, and not a caricature or logo. KMT blogging, 2000 bloggers, blog network … [Read more...]
Clothing Change
I love working with Wordpress. So many templates available with options for 1, 2 and 3 columns and a whole lot of extras. Makes changing the look of your blog almost as easy as changing your clothes - you could do it daily if you wish(the blog I mean)! And so, my new look blog - for a while at least. On my 'to do list' when I have nothing else to do :-) I might actually spend sometime learning php and then create my own template from scratch. But for now there are enough choices out there … [Read more...]
New Look Blog!
I'm still tweaking it, but now have Virtual Assistant - THE Blog housed on my own server, using Wordpress. I've been learning this program for just over a couple of months now and have been able to successfully import this blog from its previous home. Please do update your bookmarks to http://www.vadirectory.net/blog/ for new posts or, if you haven't already done so, subscribe to my blog at the left of screen and new posts will be automatically emailed to you. KMT blog theme, blog template, … [Read more...]
Steps for operating a blog
As I often share information about using blogs these days I’ve been asked several times, how do you go about it? So, for the benefit of those who wish to learn, and don’t yet fully understand, here are the steps: 1. Go to www.blogger.com and create a username and password if you don’t already have an account (if you are reading this at blogger then print it off, follow the steps and click on the blogger logo at the top left-hand of the screen). 2. Next choose a name for your blog – try … [Read more...]
Blogging for the general public – TAMT
I've been learning about Blogs for a couple of months now and joined a chat forum to learn more about it (see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ezinesandblogs/ if interested in joining). I want to see the Blog I write to be one that will assist those learning about the Virtual Assistant Industry to understand it better, what it is, how people can become a VA or how a client can use a VA. The chat forums available for VAs are very useful (see http://www.allianceforvirtualbiz.com for a list of VA … [Read more...]
