Shoutout Post

Hmmmm, looks like it’s been almost one month exactly since my last post here. The last post provides you with a big clue for the reason – planning a long family road trip takes a lot of time.

Feeling a bit out of the loop, blogging wise, so I’m dedicating this morning to catching up and while at it, creating my own shout-out post here.

Favorite Blog Posts Shout-Out

I Shoulda – a trip down memory lane and an inspiration for a future post here.

Top Engage at Blog Engage is always a good resource for finding the weekly gems.
Is Niche Blogging Killing … Blogging? – while I disagree with the central notion of his post, Murray does suggest some good tips for enriching your niche blog.

7 Simple and Effective Ways to Promote Your New Blog Post – some interesting techniques there, which I admit to not making use of.

Blogging Metaphors

I may just try my hand at a parody of these someday. It never ceases to amaze me how many “Blogging is like…” posts people can come up with. These aren’t necessarily bad either – sometimes a good metaphor does provide us with a new perspective. However, it still amuses me to see the titles, and especially how frequently these pop up in my RSS reader.

A few recent ones -

The Blog as a Bottle of Wine

Your Blog as a Sushi Restaurant

Your Blog as a Baby/Child – this one made me a bit uncomfortable, to be honest. Too many references to your baby dying unless you do this or that. Makes me wonder if the writer actually has kids of his own.

That’s it for now – as far as I can see nothing HUGE actually going on. Just good old blogging tips and advice posts mostly. If you can think of any major earth-shaking, or at least blogsphere-shaking events that I missed, do let me know in a comment!