recently, i came into a tiny sum of money. stop salivating, blackmailers. those rotten whores at the student loan corporation and various credit card agencies (note to all: don’t get addicted to drugs or alcohol – they’ll put you in debt and cloud your judgment when you’re determined to purchase those $400 chanel slides) [...]

How do you make bread without a bread machine? How do you fix a broken ipod that you spent $275 f@*%ing dollars on? How do you learn how to kiss after you’ve been mauling poor partners for years?
at instructables! and I learned about this gem of a site from the New York Times business section, [...]

BlogHer 2007 – Chicago, originally uploaded by nataliezdrieu.

while i recover from the blogher conference (amazing! click here for info on my absolute favorite panel) and the EIGHT hours it took to leave the goddamn city of chicago (smite you, incumbent weather!), i wanted to alert you fine people about a little mailing list i’ve started. [...]

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Muffins, originally uploaded by crazybobbles.

my empire is only beginning. first there will be cookie couture. then there will the mighty muffin. all muffins, all the time. muffin recipes, muffin stories, people eating muffins, people baking [...]

Elise Bauer & Vanessa Fox gave a terrific presentation on building a blog audience.
Keys to Building Traffic
*Content: Useful (most value), Entertaining, Timely
*Community – engaging community helps to amplify content & traffic. The better you connect with others will aid in SEO
-Link to other bloggers
-Leave comments on their sites
-Plan & Participate in Blog Events
-Contribute [...]

I’m liveblogging friends, so the post is a little scattered and may include grammar snafus, but enjoy!!!
Key Note: How did you build your brand & once you’ve determined your brand, how do you determine traffic??
Tips:
-Establish a brand that is associated to you. Brand YOU. It’s authentic and projects what you’re most passionate about.
-Strong brands [...]

Wii karaoke, coffee by the river, the very best cranberry spritzers and squealing with delight over my forthcoming projects: www.themightymuffin.com & www.thecookiecouture.com, meeting wonderful women – if this is the first day, bring on the weekend!

8.17.07 more info here.

come fall i have plans to launch a syndicate of foodie sites. get ready because it’ll be all food, all the time. food for people who love to it. foodies who don’t take themselves all that seriously. the sites will have recipes, food writing, interview, features, and other delectable goodies which i’ll announce at [...]

okay, i love giada and everything and her butternut squash lasagna changed my life, but this is just…bizarre. i found myself issuing guttural moans: REDRUM! REDRUM!
giada, please return to the kitchen instead of macabre spreads that are profoundly wrong in ways in which i can’t describe. (via)

Michelle Goodman will be available via live chat to give advice on how you can be a successful entrepreneur. Live chat: 7.29.07 at 7pm EST, here on Writers Revealed.

How do you survive work as a short timer?
Some of my blog readers have asked about surviving that limbo period when you’ve decided to make the [...]

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IMG_3404, originally uploaded by p sudban.

i’ve cuddled up to tim o’briens going after cacciato and a piping hot pot of jasmin tea (courtesy of last year’s taiwan trip). i’m taking it easy tonight knowing this [...]

Bring on the bloggers, I say! My bff and I are taking Chicago by storm next week at the BlogHer conference. And the whole kit and caboodle is rolling up. fox trot, i say! In between partying with mommy bloggers like it’s 2099 (because give a mom a few days without the kids [...]

Michelle Goodman will be available via live chat to give advice on how you can be a successful entrepreneur. Live chat: 7.29.07 at 7pm EST, on Writers Revealed.

“Late last year, I wrote an article on how to craft a kickass business plan. What you can’t see in the online version of the article are [...]