{"id":876,"date":"2010-06-01T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/?p=876"},"modified":"2010-05-31T19:30:43","modified_gmt":"2010-06-01T00:30:43","slug":"professional-blogging-for-dummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/2010\/06\/01\/professional-blogging-for-dummies\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Blogging For Dummies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you know, for the past six months, I&#8217;ve been writing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0470601795?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=snapshchroni-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0470601795\"><strong>Professional Blogging For Dummies<\/strong><\/a><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=snapshchroni-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0470601795\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/strong> (<em>affiliate link<\/em>). Due out at the end of July, the book has been a big part of my life for the last year. Over the weekend, I noticed that Amazon had added the cover art to the pre-order listing, so I created an affiliate badge. It&#8217;s &nbsp;over there &#8211;&gt; &nbsp;in the far right sidebar \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the book, I use real examples to illustrate the points. Some interviews became case studies, other information was used as background, but everyone\u2019s contribution was important.&nbsp;Even though I recognize everyone in the acknowledgements, I wanted to do it here as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Thank you, <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rita Arens, Surrender Dorothy, surrenderdorothy.typepad.com<\/p>\n<p>Joanne Bamberger, Pundit Mom, punditmom.com<\/p>\n<p>Carla Birnberg, MizFitOnline, mizfitonline.com<\/p>\n<p>Janice Bissex and Liz Weiss, Meal Makeover Moms, mealmakeovermoms.com<\/p>\n<p>Beth Blecherman, Tech Mamas, techmamas.com<\/p>\n<p>Ciaran Blumenfeld, Momfluential, momfluential.net<\/p>\n<p>Kristin Brandt, Manic Mommies, manicmommies.com<\/p>\n<p>Stefania Pomponi Butler, CityMama, citymama.typepad.com<\/p>\n<p>Megan Capone, A Girl Must Shop, agirlmustshop.com<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Caron, Sarah\u2019s Cucina Bella, sarahscucinabella.com\/<\/p>\n<p>Kristen Chase, Motherhood Uncensored, motherhooduncensored.net<\/p>\n<p>Marie Cloutier, Boston Bibliophile, bostonbibliophile.com<\/p>\n<p>Kimberly Coleman, Mom in the City, mominthecity.com<\/p>\n<p>Allison Czarnecki, Petit Elefant, petitelefant.com<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Dugan, Bad Pitch Blog, badpitch.blogspot.com<\/p>\n<p>Danielle Friedland, daniellefriedland.com<\/p>\n<p>Tracey Gaughran-Perez, MamaPop, mamapop.com<\/p>\n<p>Jodi Grundig, Mom\u2019s Favorite Stuff, momsfavoritestuff.com<\/p>\n<p>Jaden Hair, Steamy Kitchen, steamykitchen.com<\/p>\n<p>Edward Hasbrouck, The Practical Nomad, www.hasbrouck.org\/blog\/<\/p>\n<p>Chris Hogan, Off the Cuff, offthecuffdc.com<\/p>\n<p>Megan Jordan, Velveteen Mind, velveteenmind.com<\/p>\n<p>Mir Kamin, Want Not, wantnot.net<\/p>\n<p>Matt Kepnes, Nomadic Matt\u2019s Travel Site, nomadicmatt.com<\/p>\n<p>Christine Koh, Boston Mamas, bostonmamas.com<\/p>\n<p>Preston Koerner, Jetson Green, jetsongreen.com<\/p>\n<p>Debbie Lawrence, Lagniappe Marketing, lagniappemarketing.net<\/p>\n<p>Jeff McIntire-Strasburg, Sustainablog, sustainablog.org<\/p>\n<p>Jill Notkin, The Daily Grind of the Work at Home Mom, workathomemom.typepad.com\/the_daily_grind_of_a_work\/<\/p>\n<p>Sherry &amp; John Petersik, Young House Love, younghouselove.com<\/p>\n<p>Florinda Pendley Vasquez, The 3 R\u2019s Blog, 3rsblog.com<\/p>\n<p>Kyran Pitman, Notes To Self, notestoself.us<\/p>\n<p>Devra Renner, Parentopia, parentopia.net\/blog<\/p>\n<p>Deb Roby, A Stitch In Time, astitchintime.blogspot.com<\/p>\n<p>In addition, a &nbsp;number of professional colleagues&nbsp;&nbsp;were gracious enough to share their expertise on specific topics.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Thank you, <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Liza Barry-Kessler, Privacy Counsel LLC, privacycounsel.net and Liza Was Here, lizawashere.com (Chapter 3)<\/p>\n<p>Chris Baskind, chrisbaskind.com (Chapter 9)<\/p>\n<p>Toby Bloomberg, Diva Marketing, divamarketingblog.com (Chapter 12)<\/p>\n<p>Todd Defren, SHIFT Public Relations and blog PR Squared, pr-squared.com (Chapter 12)<\/p>\n<p>Yvonne DiVita, Windsor Media Books, wmebooks.com and Lip-sticking, lipsticking.com (Chapters 5 &amp; 7)<\/p>\n<p>Liz Gumbinner, Cool Mom Picks, coolmompicks.com and Mom-101, mom101.com (Chapter 6)<\/p>\n<p>David Herrington, Active Oak LLC, activeoak.com (Chapters 4 , 5 &amp; 8 )<\/p>\n<p>Kami Watson Huyse, Communication Overtones, overtonecomm.blogspot.com and Zoetica, zoeticamedia.com (Chapter 12)<\/p>\n<p>Jaelithe Judy, jaejudy.com (Chapter 11)<\/p>\n<p>Kim Kramer, Berluti &amp; McLaughlin, bermac-law.com (Chapter 3)<\/p>\n<p>Julie Marsh, Cool Mom Picks, coolmompicks.com (Chapter 6)<\/p>\n<p>Elisa Camahort Page, BlogHer, blogher.com (Chapter 6)<\/p>\n<p>Ike Pigott, Occam\u2019s Razr, occamsrazr.com (Chapter 12)<\/p>\n<p>Jim Prather, YouData, youdata.com (Chapter 6)<\/p>\n<p>Laura Tomasetti, 360 Public Relations, 360prblog.com (Chapter 12)<\/p>\n<p>David Wescott, APCO Worldwide and blog It\u2019s Not a Lecture, itsnotalecture.blogspot.com (Chapter 12)<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top:10px;height:15px\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/2069291c-eba6-46e8-bf3b-6bb176d07ffa\/\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"https:\/\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" style=\"border:none;float:right\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you know, for the past six months, I&#8217;ve been writing Professional Blogging For Dummies (affiliate link). 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