Blogging Plans for 2013

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I was getting fed up with blogging for quite some time now. It wasn't just a bad case of writer's block, I totally lost interest with blogging.

I have declined a lot of earning opportunities for my blogs this month. I don't really understand how some advertisers would like to advertise ads about Goggles on my food blog. Really. Don't they know that readers on that blog are probably there because of one thing only? Food. Not goggles.

But since listening to a podcast about passive income, seo and adsense from "blogging gurus", I'm now ready to blog again this 2013. I have yet to start formulating my blogging plans for 2013 though.

What's that word again?

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I hate it when I'm writing an article and a word that I want to use is at the tip of my tongue. I know the meaning and how to use it but I can't, for the life of me, remember the word!

I feel like shouting, sometimes I end up asking someone to help me out. And most of the time, that someone is my son. Imagine how silly it must have looked (to him) when he was just 7 years old. He must be thinking, I thought my mom is smart!

I had to act out the word, explain what it means, give an example of a situation where that word can be used. It's like playing Pictionary. But totally different because I don't feel so good about myself when my son finally suggests a very simple word and I say, "Oh yeah, that's the word".

But he always makes me smile in the end because he pinch my cheek and gives me a kiss while saying, "You're getting so forgetful, Mama".

Have you ever been in this situation?

How to attract visitors to your site

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I am trying to unhibernate slowly go back to blogging. Hopefully, starting today, I get to publish at least one new blog post everyday. I have 10 blogs, will I ever publish 10 posts everyday? Good luck to me.

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Blog hopping first, but is getting annoyed with blogs that are taking so much of my time. This is one of the things that I hate when I blog hop, some blogs doesn’t load fast. Why? Because of too much “things”, which are not really important at all, on the sidebar/s.

Here’s one tip for you to have loyal blog readers. Delete unnecessary links and badges on your sidebar. A blog that loads fast will surely attract repeat visitors.

I’m back!

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I have been neglecting this blog, and my nine other blogs, for about a week or two already. My heartfelt thank you to those who left wonderful comments on my posts. Sorry I wasn’t able to give back the love but I promise to visit your blogs once I’m done with the tasks that I need to finish - they’re expiring in a few hours. 

It wasn’t a bad case of writer’s block. I just got lazy, period. I am blaming my slow computer. But if there’s a will, there’s a way. So I have a plan on how I’ll never entertain laziness again. Hopefully, my lazy personality won’t overpower my energetic self.

wanted (soon): dedicated server host

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Being a stay-at-home mom, for 10 years already, is not as easy as other people might think. It's the most hard but fulfilling job on earth, even Oprah believes so. Having no maid, nanny and driver didn't stop me from working during my spare time.

One of such work is blogging. I started to blog for a living 2 years ago. I was researching on how to earn money online when I came upon this mommy blog that has a post on how much she earns every month. If she can do it, I definitely can also.

I started blogging on a free blogging site. I researched online on how I can earn from my blog. I can proudly say I did it on my own without anybody spoon-feeding me along the way. When my two blogs were earning already, I bought it's own domains and had it hosted by a mommy blogger that I met on one of my blog hops. Installing it was easy peasy because I didn’t have to do it myself, it was already included in the hosting package that I availed.

I now have 10 blogs and I don't have any plans of stopping there. I'm planning to divide my blogs in two different servers with the same web host. I can't afford for them to be offline all at the same time during a server downtime. I hope my current host will offer a dedicated hosting service soon.

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In a few years my blogs might even balloon to twice more of what I have now. I might have my blogs hosted with a dedicated server at that time. As early as now, I'm already researching the pros and cons of a dedicated server as compared with a shared hosting. When the time comes for me to decide on what to choose, I'll definitely be ready.

how to remove the comment box on a wordpress page

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Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to remove the comment box on a wordpress blog page.
1. Once logged in to your admin dashboard, click Pages.
2. Hover on the particular page that you want to edit.
3. Click the Quick Edit option.
4. Make sure the Allow Comments option is unchecked.
5. Click Update.

Check your blog. The page that you edited should not have a comment box anymore. If it still does, you must have not clicked the blue Update button.

welcome back blogger

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Bloggers from all over the world were in total panic for the last couple of days.

Why can't I log in my Blogger account?

My blog is all messed up!

That's what bloggers, who use the Blogger blog-publishing service, have been posting on their Facebook wall.

At 7:46 PM PST of May 13, Blogger has been partially restored. Read Eddie Kessler's, Tech Lead/Manager of Blogger, full update at Blogger Buzz.

what to do with a know-it-all blogger

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A know-it-all or know-all is a person who believes that he/she has an accurate comprehension of a topic and/or situation when in reality, his/her comprehension is inaccurate and limited. ~wikipedia

I've encountered a lot of know-it-all's in the blogging and social networking world. There was this blogger who gave a comment, in one of my posts, totally disaggreeing with what I've written. Corrections are highly welcome in my blog but the way she wrote the comment made my eyebrow shooting through the roof! There was no finesse at all. Her sentence was synonymous to, "You're very wrong, I'm very right even without any scientific reference. I just know I'm right." It was a health/beauty topic.

What happened with her comment? I sent it straight to the spam folder.

This is my blog afterall, my personal space in the online world. If you visit someone elses house, do you tell  the owner that her house is a total mess based on your own opinion and without any advise from the experts -a fengshui master or an interior decorator perhaps?

I didn't bother publishing her comment and commenting on it. According to  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, a Polish writer, "The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him".

fyi: no more entrecard widget

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You might have noticed that I don't have an entrecard widget anymore. Here's the reason why. I was checking my entrecard account while working on my layout.

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What I saw on my entrecard widget was very disturbing, a blog about teenage suicide. I decided then and there to delete the entrecard widget because number 1: I am a Mommy Blogger, not appropriate for this blog to advertise a blog teaching about those kind of things. number 2: I never approved that advertiser, I think it's a pre-approved ad by entrecard.

So there. Bye entrecard!

addicted to blogging

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I am maintaining 2 active, 4 not-so active and 2 new blogs. I don't think I'm a certified blogging addict yet. My almost two years of blogging gave me the opportunity to meet awesome people online. Some of these people are maintaining more than 10 active blogs. So there, I'm still out of their league. I'm not a blogging addict yet (note the not-so active and new blogs).

The only thing that's preventing me from getting the "certification" is the layout. It takes months for me to decide on a layout for my blog. I just want a simple layout and I can't seem to find one, a free template, that is simple enough for my taste.

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Also, I don't like to spend so much time learning HTML. Is there a drag-and-drop site builder, that is compatible in building a blogger blog?

occupation: blogger; positon: general manager

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I am a blogger. I am my own boss. I love working on my pajamas!

More people still think that blogging can never bring food on the table. Come on people, we're in the age of modern technology! Blogging is just like any "regular job" in a high-rise building. I urge you to try it, you might even like it more than your current job right now.

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* Hopefully, I can promote myself to President of Journal of RJ's Mama, Inc in a few months. Yes, I have to power to promote myself. Can you do that in your current job?