Blog Feed: Inspire ToThrive

Recently I purchased a pair of Crocs that I am an affiliate for and it made me wonder – do most people purchase what they have for affiliates on their websites or blogs? A few months ago we had an experience on our medical uniform website where were introduced a new clog line. I had [...] > read more

Grateful For Guest Bloggers And The Blog To Go On

Published on 2012-04-18 20:16:26

I was happy to occasionally check in on my blog this past week and seeing that it went on without me during my vacation. I went to visit my oldest son who moved away last fall if you remember reading the post about his moving away and staying in touch from far away. I am [...] > read more

How to Build Relationships Networking When Your Blog Is Invisible

Published on 2012-04-13 07:22:29

Welcome Guest Blogger Sonia Winland today from Logallot.com When you start a new business venture or hobby, the level of excitement is contagious. Your mind is filled with a flurry of ideas to build and create a website that will bring in loads of traffic. You buy your domain, pay for hosting fees, template and [...] > read more

What Lady Gaga and Katy Perry Know and You Don’t

Published on 2012-04-11 07:35:53

Today is a guest post by Susan Silver, please welcome her! I was recently featured by Sonia of Logallot in her blogger spotlight. I shared with her audience something I rarely talk about, my most successful blog that failed! In honesty, I know that I learned valuable lessons from the experience. The only reason why [...] > read more

Do You Have A Learning Bucket List?

Published on 2012-04-08 19:35:15

Have you ever had a bucket list? I loved the movie The Bucket List with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman even though I cry at the end of it each time I watch the movie. I think it’s great to have a bucket list for life so you can remember to fully live your life. [...] > read more

1 Way To Make A Tweet Last Forever

Published on 2012-04-07 06:19:03

I had some peeps really like the embedded tweet feature the other day that I used in my post so I thought I would share how to do it on your website or blog. The funny thing is the plug-in I used the other day did not work today or yesterday but I found a [...] > read more

Must We Choose Between Our Marriages Or Our Klout Scores?

Published on 2012-04-04 08:25:58

Every once in a while my hubby gets upset that I spend so much time on the computer. Sometimes it’s not the computer but my Droid. I decided to cut my time online short the past week and noticed my Klout score took a dive. Of course I would rather have the Klout score take a dive [...] > read more

Which Tweets Inspire You?

Published on 2012-04-03 06:05:03

Do you feel some days that no one is reading your blog or would notice if you stopped blogging? We all do at times. I wanted to share some of my favorite tweets that have inspired me recently. If you are feeling down go through your tweets and start favoring those that can inspire you [...] > read more

1 Easy Way to Check Your Keywords Rank

Published on 2012-04-02 18:25:07

Do you sometimes find Google Webmaster tools or Anyaltics overwhelming? There is a quick and easy tool you can use on the Firefox browser. You must have Firefox 2.0 or higher to install. It is called Rank Checker. You need to download it in your browsers toolbar from here. And then you are ready to go. [...] > read more

What Can You Do With Slideshare?

Published on 2012-03-31 16:03:34

Today I did a small Twitter class locally and wanted to share it with some other folks who could not attend. I had been wanting to learn about Slideshare and thought “no time like the present!” I had done the PowerPoint presentation earlier in the week to keep myself on track during the class and [...] > read more

You Must Enter To Win, Right?

Published on 2012-03-30 16:08:05

That’s the theme today, You must enter to win or play to win. I did both. I bought that lottery ticket and I finished that blog to enter into Blog Engage’s Contest. (If you remember back in February I won the Blog Engage contest to become a member there for FREE.) Yes, me. Thanks to [...] > read more

What Will The Google Changes Mean To You?

Published on 2012-03-28 18:20:53

I have been studying the latest news and blogs about the Google changes coming. It looks like the Google Panda is hard at work once again. What else do you have to do to your websites or blogs to keep up with this fast moving Panda? Last week Google announced these changes via an infamous [...] > read more

What’s With All The Spam?

Published on 2012-03-24 10:46:27

This morning it started with spam all over Twitter. Folks with no followers or not following anyone sending messages to look at this or that – how stupid do they think we are on Twitter? I really felt like I needed a fly swatter to smack them dead. I wonder why the sudden movement of [...] > read more

Multitasking – Are We Really Getting More Done?

Published on 2012-03-23 04:30:39

Even back in the 1740′s Lord Chesterfield wrote about doing more than one thing at once in his infamous letters to his son. What would he think if he were here today with the technology to do more than 2 things at once? I have been wondering this in the mornings recently as I get [...] > read more

Is Every Moment Pin-Worthy?

Published on 2012-03-21 05:38:45

The other day my cat jumped into my chair after I spent hours working on the computer. It was funny to see him jump in – like he wanted to work on the computer too – would he go to Twitter or Pinterest? Was he going to make changes to my latest post? He looked [...] > read more

Is Stumble Upon Still Worth Your Time?

Published on 2012-03-19 05:40:35

Yesterday I was doing some actual reading off line and discovered the changes over at Stumble Upon. I had been a big fan of their website as it drew traffic to all of our websites. I was disappointed to read the traffic to our websites may be now limited. I had to read more this [...] > read more

Does Your Blog Have A Home Page?

Published on 2012-03-18 06:32:37

What is a home page? It is a place where your blog is called home and it tells your viewers and readers what’s hot on your blog. It is a static page. I discovered and remembered this morning how important a home page is to your blog. I really have to thank the folks over [...] > read more

Does Frustration Make You Cry or Try?

Published on 2012-03-17 03:53:26

Have you ever been so frustrated that you just wanted to cry? Or do you get more determined to try harder when you are frustrated with a problem? Everyone at some point in their lives has to deal with frustration. � � Frustration according to the dictionary is a feeling of dissatisfaction, often accompanied by [...] > read more

How Do You Like To Follow Along?

Published on 2012-03-15 05:49:28

Since I moved my blog I had to change my blog’s feed and it got me to thinking. How do you like to follow your favorite blogs or websites? There are quite a few ways to follow along: Feeds – You can follow along in RSS feeds which allow you many choices along with an [...] > read more

What Is Your Pinfluence?

Published on 2012-03-14 03:47:08

If you are on Pinterest, as many are, have you checked out your Pinfluence score? There are now 2 ways you can do this. The first one is called Pinpuff. It’s easy. No need to register. Just use your email and Pinterest username. It will calculate a score and then take you to a profile [...] > read more

What Is Your Pinfluence?

Published on 2012-03-14 03:47:08

Why I Choose Self-Hosting – Would You?

Published on 2012-03-13 06:05:11

It’s been a few days since I decided to dive into the self-hosted blogging world. I actually did transfer my other infectious disease blog from WordPress.com to self-hosting a few weeks ago and that switch was pretty easy. I went with Selby Media and Val there was wonderful getting me set up. The switch from blogger to self-hosted [...] > read more

Why I Choose Self-Hosting – Would You?

Published on 2012-03-13 06:05:11

New Time, New Look, What’s New With You?

Published on 2012-03-11 16:07:12

Well, I took the plunge. New time change and all. N0 time like the present. I could not have done it without Vanita at AfterBedTimeBlog. She designed the theme for me and helped out tremendously along the way. If you need a new custom theme or are looking to build a new WordPress self-hosted site, Vanita [...] > read more

New Time, New Look, What’s New With You?

Published on 2012-03-11 16:07:12

Well, I took the plunge. New time change and all. N0 time like the present. I could not have done it without Vanita at AfterBedTimeBlog. She designed the theme for me and helped out tremendously along the way. If you need a new custom theme or looking to build a new WordPress self-hosted site Vanita [...] > read more

New Time, New Look, What’s New With You?

Published on 2012-03-11 16:07:12

Well, I took the plunge. New time change and all. N0 time like the present. I could not have done it without Vanita at AfterBedTimeBlog. She designed the theme for me and helped out tremendously along the way. If you need a new custom theme or looking to build a new WordPress self-hosted site Vanita [...] > read more

Do You Know What Time It Really Is?

Published on 2012-03-10 06:01:00

It’s that time of year again – do you know what time it really is? Time to change the clocks again Time change can wreak havoc on our bodies and minds. It has only been since the first World War that we tinkered with the clock and made time change in the spring. Are we [...] > read more

Do You Know What Time It Really Is?

Published on 2012-03-10 06:01:00

It’s that time of year again – do you know what time is really is? Time to change the clocks again Time change can wreak havoc on our bodies and minds. It has only been since the first World War that we tinkered with the clock and made time change in the spring. Are we [...] > read more

Do You Know What Time It Really Is?

Published on 2012-03-10 06:01:00

Do You Know What Time It Really Is?

Published on 2012-03-10 05:01:00

It's that time of year again - do you know what time is really is? Time to change the clocks again Time change can wreak havoc on our bodies and minds. It has only been since the first World War that we tinkered with the clock and made time change in the spring. Are we fooling around with mother nature? Time change really disrupts our sleep patterns and can alter our health. A 2008 Swedish study found that heart attacks were significantly more common the first three weekdays after the spri [..] > read more

Does Your Blog Take A Break?

Published on 2012-03-07 06:34:00

Do you let your blog take a break? Mine almost did this morning as I am learning so many new things. But then I thought maybe I should pose the�questions�to you – my readers – what do you NEED to learn next?� I am learning so much as I moved one blog over to a [...] > read more

Does Your Blog Take A Break?

Published on 2012-03-07 06:34:00

Does Your Blog Take A Break?

Published on 2012-03-07 05:34:00

Do you let your blog take a break? Mine almost did this morning as I am learning so many new things. But then I thought maybe I should pose the questions to you - my readers - what do you NEED to learn next? I am learning so much as I moved one blog over to a self -hosted WordPress site. I have not gotten too creative with it but it's a blog about infectious diseases so how creative can you really get? I am looking to move this blog over too to WordPress but need more time to make several d [..] > read more

Pinning, Posting, Tweeting, and Sharing

Published on 2012-03-05 18:53:00

Social Media – Isn’t it all about sharing? How many times do you post on Facebook an image you found from someone else’s news feed? Or tweeted a great image from another’s blog? You may have found a beautiful picture on Stumble Upon and shared it on Facebook. So what is the latest uproar on [...] > read more

Pinning, Posting, Tweeting, and Sharing

Published on 2012-03-05 17:53:00

Social Media - Isn't it all about sharing? How many times do you post on Facebook an image you found from someone else's news feed? Or tweeted a great image from another's blog? You may have found a beautiful picture on Stumble Upon and shared it on Facebook. So what is the latest uproar on pinning about? What makes pinning a possible lawsuit for companies vs. tweeting, posting, tumbling, digging, stumbling and sharing? Why does pinning have to be different? Are all, isn't sharing is carin [..] > read more

Has Your Blog Taken You Places?

Published on 2012-03-04 05:25:00

Last night my husband and I attended the fundraiser for Stacie’s children – Lily, Jack and MacKenzie at the Harborside Restaurant. It was sold out but we were able to purchase tickets through a friend of a friend, as we live in the smallest state in the country, where everyone knows someone. Beautiful view of the bay outside [...] > read more

Has Your Blog Taken You Places?

Published on 2012-03-04 04:25:00

Last night my husband and I attended the fundraiser for Stacie's children - Lily, Jack and MacKenzie at the Harborside Restaurant. It was sold out but we were able to purchase tickets through a friend of a friend, as we live in the smallest state in the country, where everyone knows someone. Beautiful view of the bay outside the restaurant We arrived early before it got dark and immediately saw a crowd. We just knew it would be a good turn out for this fundraising event. The had man [..] > read more

Can You Answer These Burning Technology Questions Today?

Published on 2012-03-02 04:46:00

Did you read the news yesterday on AT&T and how they will slow down service for "unlimited data" subscribers after they reach 3 gigabytes of usage within a billing cycle? I use my smartphone a lot - not with AT&T but will the other cell phone companies follow suit and slow our data transmission down? I glanced at how much data I use - it was high. According to the 2011 Nielson study the average smartphone user consumes about 435 megabytes of data each month. Mine was almost double. I have [..] > read more

The Panda Is At It Again At Google!

Published on 2012-02-29 05:35:00

The panda is back to work on improving Google. Another Panda update has been confirmed by Google the other day on their blog. What does these 40* updates all mean for you? I'll pick the most important ones for you to know. Links - Link evaluations that were used for years are no longer going to be used. They do not give away too much info on this one but it makes me believe the old link exchanges used in SEO may no longer be as necessary. Local Search Rankings - Google is using a new syste [..] > read more

So You Want To Sell Online?

Published on 2012-02-27 05:32:00

It is 2 years ago this week that my husband dragged me to a conference where we had FREE lunch to learn about selling online. He received a post card in the mail from Stores Online with the invitation. What intrigued me were the ways to get to the top of the Google search engines with SEO. I had been selling SEM packages at my day job so I was quite familiar with much of the language at the seminar. I resisted going to the seminar because I thought I had no time. If only I knew then how much ti [..] > read more

And The Blog Went POOF...! Gone Into Thin Air

Published on 2012-02-25 07:34:00

I had read about several WordPress blogs that are not self-hosted vanishing in thin air. I thought that won't happen to mine. I have made several free WordPress blogs over the past year. I was so afraid of going with self-hosted because I heard some of those ended up offline or with other hosting issues. I was afraid of the time commitment and learning curve. How could I handle it all? How Can I Do It? Well last weekend I had decided to get over my fears and move one WordPress site to a self [..] > read more

Do Your Facebook Fans Cheer Your Brand On?

Published on 2012-02-24 04:07:00

Everyone tries to get more Facebook Fans for their Facebook page. Whether you decide to promote the page on your own or pay for likes, brands are trying different ways to gain more Facebook fans. But are your fans cheering your brand on or have they disappeared into the woodwork? Many times people will like a page and then may never see the page again - either because the page does not post anything for a long time or it gets lost in the Facebook stream. The more a person has in their feed [..] > read more

Are Your Blogging Friends Leaving Social Media?

Published on 2012-02-22 04:51:00

Over the past few days I have had a few friends - bloggers who are quitting several social networks to focus on their blogs and just stick with one or two social networks. Is this starting a new trend for bloggers? It was strange, seeing one blogger kicking the social habit and then another and another. I can understand how overwhelming it can all be. I had to jump over from Pinterest to come back writing this post. I had also read a few blogs where the bloggers claim they do not get many vi [..] > read more

Are You Getting Your Perks?

Published on 2012-02-20 05:13:00

If you are on social networks are you getting your Klout perks? Klout perks are given when your Klout scores reach certain levels and brands offer things for FREE. What can be better than FREE perks? My latest perk came from Chili's for $15 to eat at Chili's. No strings attached. Concerned about Privacy? Read their privacy policy here. Just being a member on Klout is all that is needed for perks. You must sign in to Klout and request the perk via your name, address and email. They do run out [..] > read more

Are You Touting Your Special Moments?

Published on 2012-02-18 04:59:00

Do you have special moments in life that you just can't wait to share with family and friends? There is an app for that called Tout. It lets you share your special events on video in live time and then it instantly sends them to your Facebook and Twitter accounts to be shared. You can also email the videos too. The shares are for 15 second videos and you can follow your friends on Tout too. The current trending topic today on Tout is #RedSox with Tim Wakefield announcing yesterday his retireme [..] > read more

A Friday Tech Find For Electronic Devices

Published on 2012-02-17 02:54:00

Are you always using your smartphone? Do you wish they would not need constant charging? I broke my charger at my office yesterday and just had to get a replacement as my Droid's yellow light appeared. I found an awesome new version for a few dollars more that will sure come in handy. It's a iGO Wall Charger with an integrated battery. I was so excited to learn about this new type of cell phone charger. Not only does it charge your cell phone but PDA's, MP3 players, portable gaming devices, di [..] > read more

The Manly Pinterest

Published on 2012-02-15 04:24:00

Did you know there is a manly version of Pinterest? It is in a beta state and you must get an invite or request one. I just requested one for our scrub company as we have a men's department on the website. This men's Pinterest is called Gentlemint. Now there's a manly mixer! Motorcyles - Popular on Gentlemint It looks and feels like Pinterest! Instead of pinning things you mint them. They claim they have more personal users than businesses. Many businesses are still trying to find out [..] > read more

Which Social Network Would You Propose On?

Published on 2012-02-14 03:48:00

If sharing is caring in social, will you be social this Valentine's Day? You can see Valentine's Day hearts, quotes, candy and food all over on Pinterest. It's a Valentine's pinning frenzy! Pin from curlybirds.typepad.com Would you propose to your special someone or show your love on Valentine's Day for all to see? I read that a guy did propose this way on a Facebook status update in 2010. They both were on mobile phones. It took her 40 minutes to respond. Did she have to think about it [..] > read more

Did You Bother To Try To Win?

Published on 2012-02-12 18:48:00

The other day I did a post about how you should bother to try to win after I won a membership to Blog Engage and last night I forget to buy a Powerball ticket. I'm not a gambler but the jackpot was over $336,000,000! This morning I awoke to learn that someone from the smallest state in the union where I live won the jackpot. At first I was upset, how could I forget to get the lucky ticket? But then I really started to think - what fun what it be if you had to hide out? Afraid that someone w [..] > read more

8 Reasons Why I Come Back To Your Blog Again and Again

Published on 2012-02-11 06:33:00

I've been reading many blogs lately as to why bloggers don't like your blog. I wanted to focus on the positive and the reasons I keep coming back to read your blog. Isn't that what you want? Readers to come back to your blog and read each post that you worked hard on to write, did research on and hopefully found or created graphics for. 1) Content - I love reading about new things - new angles on various topics of interest and sometimes topics out of my interest so I can take a break. 2) La [..] > read more

Don't Bother - You'll Never Win!

Published on 2012-02-10 04:49:00

Does that sound phrase familiar in your head? Is that what you think when you see contests? Or when you want to enter into something new? You are not alone. But someone has to win, right? I won yesterday and I was so excited to win the contest over at BasicBlogTips ! I didn't think I'd really win but thought "Why not?" and entered since I enjoy the site there by Ms. Ileane. It was not hard to enter as I first though it might be. Many people throughout life do not enter into new things because [..] > read more

Don't Just Ask For A Favor

Published on 2012-02-08 04:08:00

I did a guest post yesterday over at cirquedumot on Your 5 Must Have's for Twitter and I learned something very interesting. On Twitter people were tweeting the post via favo.rs. When I went on to visit Favo.rs I was already registered but had not used it. It is another nice app to use for 3 of your social networks - Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. You can connect with those on the website and ask for favors. You can also give favors and get points for doing so. Some people are asking for f [..] > read more

Are You Curating Your Content?

Published on 2012-02-07 06:06:00

Content Curation are the buzz words these days. You may be doing it and not even realize it. Just what does curating content mean? It is the sorting of content throughout the web and putting it into a organized and purposeful way for others to learn. It almost sound like what a lot of bloggers already do. Gather info, organize it and share it. It also helps you to stay ahead of the curve on topics as you learn something each time you go to curate a topic. It is what keeps your readers coming [..] > read more

Will You Be Watching From Your Smart Phone?

Published on 2012-02-05 04:58:00

This year the Super Bowl can be watched right from your smart phone. It is the first year you can watch the big game this way. You will have to download the Verizon Wireless NFL app which costs $3 on both the Android and Apple markets. If you have 4G it will be FREE. You may also watch it being streamed live on the internet via NFL.com. Last year 111 million people turned on the Super Bowl. This years event may bring in even more viewers with the New England Patriots and New York giants facin [..] > read more

Don't Just Tweet

Published on 2012-02-04 13:37:00

Don't just tweet along - use the help of RETWEET! Have you heard of Retweet? It's a wonderful way to spread your message across Twitter by sharing with other tweeps. I learned of this one from Ms Ileane, over at Basic Blog Tips. She is wonderful at podcasting and more! (You can see her video on Re-Tweet too) I've been using the Re-Tweet app for about a month now pretty regularly and it does generate more Twitter followers and you can meet more in your niche from this app. It is a FREE app. [..] > read more

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