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    Excitement is Exhausting!

    Monday, October 8th, 2007

    Although most people probably wouldn’t feel this way, to me my life is very exciting these days. I’m having a lot of fun and am becoming completely obsessed with the secret world of blogging. I have a steady line of design projects in different stages, so I have a pretty stable income becoming […]

    All questions are stupid

    Sunday, October 7th, 2007

    Well at least, all questions seem stupid to someone. As I’ve been venturing further and further into the blogosphere and social-land, I find myself searching and searching for answers to what I’m sure a lot of people would consider stupid questions. I have wasted hour after hour searching for answers in order to […]

    Analyze This

    Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

    There are literally thousands of intelligent, thoughtful posts and resources out there to aid new bloggers in writing better headlines, producing better posts, getting more comments, increasing traffic, gaining more subscribers, pretty much gaining eternal blog salvation and happiness!
    As a new blogger, it can be a bit overwhelming. A person can only take in […]

    A Dizzying 2 Weeks of Stumbling and Sphinning

    Monday, October 1st, 2007

    DanaWallert.com is officially two weeks old today. I debated posting stats again so soon. But because I’ve seen so much buzz around about whether StumbleUpon can bring traffic and whether that traffic is worthwhile, I thought it was only right to stand up for my SU and share a Sphinnowledge as well.
    I’m just […]

    Top these…

    Saturday, September 29th, 2007

    Things have been a little crazy the last few days. So by the time I finished today’s post and a few design projects that had to be done this week, I finally took a little time to peruse the 500+ new posts in my Bloglines reader.
    So I give you a few  posts that stood […]

    Bloggers are people too…aren’t we?

    Friday, September 28th, 2007

    Marty Weintraub recently took us all to charm school in a brilliantly straightforward post on the enduring power of good manners. He describes the power of simple acts of gratitude and respect to your online peers.
    It’s astounding how social media vernacular is sometimes nearly devoid of traditional niceties like “please”, “congratulations”, and “thank you” […]

    All I Needed to Know About Social Media I Learned In Kindergarten

    Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

    For those of us who are just jumping into the social media ocean, the rules and protocol can be a bit confusing. Robert Fulgham’s assertion that “All I Really Need To Know I learned in Kindergarten” gives us some very helpful ground rules to keep in mind while getting connected.

    Share everything
    If you find great […]

    Perfectionism: the most prolific form of procrastination

    Monday, September 24th, 2007

    Have you ever had an unplanned dark day on your blog because you have the perfect idea for a post, but you can’t seem to get it just right?
    The main problem is that one dark day can quickly into 2, 3, 4 and before you know it you reach the “I’ve been gone so long […]

    Top 10 Dreams Bloggers Don’t Want to Wake Up From…

    Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

    Every single page and post in your blog have been stumbled by 5 or more top stumblers.
    You just received a letter from Google, and due to an error on their part, you were underpaid by $4000 on each of your last earnings checks.
    Several of your posts have made it to the front page of Digg, […]

    The Power of the Stumble

    Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

    As promised, here’s the stats from the first five days of danawallert.com I was going to write a witty introduction here..but I think I’ll just let the numbers speak for themselves…
    What I did
    Wrote 9 posts and plenty of comments on other blogs. I stumbled a couple of my posts to get the ball […]

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