So I can’t spell worth a dime … despite the fact that I went to a ‘top college’ (Wellesley) for which my parents paid dearly. No matter. These days there are all kinds of ways to be an instantly perfect speller.

Except on blogs, I’ve noticed. And not long ago I heard an editor from The [...]

So naturally the Blog Squadders and I got onto the topic of promoting my blog — something I’ve been rather fascinated with since the whole blog thing began. And basically, it’s really simple AND systematic.

First, you connect with other blogs that could be valuable to your readers. How? Go to www.technorati.com and search similar [...]

Just had my last coaching session with Patsi and Denise — the Blog Squad’s makeover of my blog is coming to an end! (Muffled sob … I’ll MISS these guys!) My last chance to work out the kinks on stuff I don’t know and need to understand … like Trackbacks. Here’s one of the beautiful [...]

Since I haven’t been the most motivated blog poster in the past — and posting is what blogs are all about — I’m experimenting with ways to make posting every day systematic. The Blog Squad gals say in their Build a Better Blog ebook that I should make a habit of posting the same [...]

Time for another Blog Squad update! I’m safely back in my office after my foray in the desert mesa of Taos NM last week where I was leading the Writer’s Spa… and am I blog-hungry! Had a bit of Net deprivation out there, but I’ve got my work cut out for me this week, according [...]

Just had Blog Squad coaching session two… and here’s what I’m doing to revamp this blog this week:1. Categorize! That was the big message. My categories, like ‘General Stuff’ apparently aren’t cutting it. The Squad says I need 10-12 very specificm usable category headers … and then to put all my posts in them. Sort [...]

That’s what Mayor Ed Koch used to say back in the bad old days in Manhattan, when we still had street crime and Time Square was genuinely colorful. The Blog Squad gals and I have set an ambitious goal for this week: 250 unique visitors. (Turns out Page Views, the only stat you get from [...]

Got the Blog Squad graphic loaded… or Denise, my Blog Squad coach did. Turns out I was missing a quotation mark in the html code. Isn’t it always something like that?? Here are some additional tips the Squad passed my way in an email last night …."1.  On the Bloglet subscription Typelist, it may be [...]

Today marks my first entry as guinea pig in Patsi Krakoff and Denise Wakeman’s ‘Blog Squad’ program. They’re stepping in with weekly coaching, their ‘Build a Better Blog’ ebook, and some helpful moral support to move my blog from it’s current, pathetic traffic stream of "0.62" visitors per day to something more respectable. I’m not [...]