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June 2010

Making the Plunge Switching from Blogger to WordPress

by Julie McElroy on June 30, 2010

You may have noticed that I have drastically changed the look of my blog and decided to take it to the next level. I have been considering moving over from Blogger to WordPress for some time now. I decided to do this switch almost completely due to  the Thesis Theme for WordPress. The reason [...]

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PLEASE EXCUSE THE CONSTRUCTION!

by Julie McElroy on June 28, 2010

Please excuse the site while it is under construction – you can still view my posts!!

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Blogs on Today.com have Moved to Blogdog.com

by Julie McElroy on June 28, 2010

I recently got a comment on my Teaching Blog that I have not written in for over a year!  I put this Today.com blog on the backburner, since a) I am not currently teaching and b) I got busy with different writing ventures, including updating my Inspired to Write blog, and c) Today.com just wasn’t [...]

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Finding Balance to Tame the Mind of a Multitasker

by Julie McElroy on June 25, 2010

Multitasking can be defined as doing many things at once. A multitasker is a person who lives his or her life that way. ALL THE TIME. Every task has to be combined with another task.  These people have eight tabs open on their Internet browser while chopping onions, paying bills, and online chatting all the [...]

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Is Your Blog Working?

by Julie McElroy on June 21, 2010

People that have blogs want traffic. Most bloggers. The exception may be the personal blogs that are only designed to keep family and friends up to date on their lives. Everyone else wants traffic.
Traffic generates readers.
Readers generate subscribers.
Subscribers generate blog-love.
Blog-love generates more comments and back-links.
More back-links generate higher page rank.
Higher page rank generates more [...]

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Exploiting your Creative Sweet Spot

by Julie McElroy on June 16, 2010

Have you ever thought up the most witty comeback to a joke, comment, or insult that you stopped someone dead in their tracks?  Sure, lots of us have, but most of the time it is ten minutes after the person walks away.
Anyone who has ever had to think quickly on the spot, with no preparation, [...]

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