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Monday, August 18, 2008

Helping Bloggers Everywhere

I am a newbie blogger.

In case I haven't mentioned that yet. I mean, I've done some LiveJournal-ing before, but this is my first "real live blog," per se. A friend of mine does a lot of blogging (she's a really good writer!). I've been checking out her blog, A Mommy Story, and came across this:





Do what now?

So I clicked on it. It took me to Motherhood Uncensored (Note: when she says uncensored, she means it! That said, her blog is also very good, and very funny).

This is Kristen's amazingly brilliant and clever idea:


If you read blogs, then for the month of August, make the "pledge" to click through from your feed reader. No obligation to leave a hilarious comment or send a long stalkerish email (although both, within reason, are always lovely). Just click through to the blog (not on ads unless you are so led) and if you're feeling generous, click around to their older posts.

Just those extra page views can make a big difference for bloggers who could really use the help, or in my case, where page views don't matter so much, a big fat ego boost.



Sure, I'll join in (better late than never, right? and of course, I'm a geek -- I wanna do what all the cool kids are doing). Now that you mention it, this year has not gone so well -- my husband is going back to school for a teaching certificate in the hopes that this time next year, it will make him more employable. I'm looking for work, despite the knowledge that most of that income will go to pay for childcare. And I know everyone out there has similar problems right now. So go ahead and click that button, read some blogs, every click to an older page counts. I mean, you're gonna read them anyway, right? Just take that extra minute to go to the blog itself and help your fellow bloggers out.

And if you like what you see here, feel free to keep reading into September, too. :)

Until next time!

4 comments:

Amanda

http://drewsgirl2608.blogspot.com/

I have a blog on here too :)

Amelia Sprout

Hey, welcome to the cause! Small world isn't it?

Mel

Amanda: Call me! You have to see how huge my son is. I left you a loooong comment on your latest post, sorry. :)

Amelia: Thanks for stopping by my blog! It feels so good to do something so simple, doesn't it? And let me tell you how excited I was today to see that I have comments on my brand-new blog! Thanks for boosting my ego!

Amanda

Hey Mel!

Lemme know what you've got going on this week, Friday night I am free after work if you wanna do something, I could come over after bc I wanna see the little one!!

I have to go to Cincinnati tomorrow for work, so tonight and tomorrow are kinda bad for me, next week I am gone Mon-Wed in PA for work!!

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