Day 12: Larrie’s Blog Format

The "Build a Better Blog" task today says I should create an editorial calendar for my precious blog. That would require me to think ahead. Sometimes, I think ahead. But that's only about 5 minutes ahead. Makes it a little difficult sometimes to write papers for class. There was another option to consider: come up …

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Day 11: Sweet, a Poll – on future blog topics

For today's "Build a Better Blog" task, I am doing my own version (surprise). The real task is to brainstorm ten new blog post ideas based off of past blog posts. Instead, I decided to use my AWESOME past blog post, Nearly 100 Journal Ideas, to create a poll. HOW COOL IS THAT? That means …

Day 10: Alerting my Niche

Apparently, to keep doing these "Build a Better Blog" tasks, I really need to figure out what in the world my blog's niche is. I have no clue. Therefore, I will not be setting up 'Alerts' to monitor what is happening in my unknown niche. Looks like I'm skipping another one of the tasks. My …

Day 9: Where’s the Forum for Facetious Sciolists?

I totally FAILED the "Build a Better Blog" task for today: Join a Forum and Start Participating. I know, it doesn't really sound all that hard, does it? So how come I failed? I'm supposed to join a forum in my niche. I couldn't find a forum for facetious sciolists. Imagine that. Won't you go …

Day 8: The Best of the Sciolist

I skipped Day 7. I felt like taking a holiday on the holiday. Besides, the task for that day was to link to other blogs, which I already covered previously. For Day 8, I get to link to my own blog. I decided to come up with a list for you then, of MY favorite …

Day 6: 10 Reasons You Might Not Comment

Welcome to Day 6. I'm on vacation, but James and Maren are watching a movie in our hotel room so here I am blogging from the penthouse suite at the Zermatt Resort in Midway. If you are missing the Facebook status updates lately, we've been to two buffets, hot tubbed, and somebody (not me) used …

Day 5: Who Wants Some Personal Attention from Larrie?

Just before the Problogger website pops up, I get a little excited wondering what the challenge for today will be. Then I saw today's "Build a Better Blog" task for Day 5: Email a Blog Reader. Lame. That's what I thought. And for a bit, I wondered if I would just skip today. I am …

Day 3: Promoting – I do it and you can too!

The "Build a Better Blog" task for the third day*is to promote my blog. I really like my blog. That's probably a surprise to no one. But on the flip side, I don't always like to be the only one promoting it. Nobody wants that friend that only updates their Facebook status with "hey, I …

Day 2: Nearly 100 Journal Ideas

Bring on Day #2 of "Build a Better Blogger." Day #1 seemed to be missing in the comments department. I guess nobody has an elevator pitch for my blog and I will have to use what I wrote ALL BY MYSELF. Sigh. Day #2 is all about lists. Remember how I already do this almost …