Tricia

My very first taxi ride

2009 has been full of firsts for me. Well recently I had another first on my trip to Minneapolis for the Table Talk Event. I was able to ride into a taxi. I know, you are thinking “what? You have never been in a taxi?” And I have honestly never rode in one. There was never a need to. Well my recent experience was an interesting one. To the point I tweeted out what the cab number was because I...

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A New Blog Directory

I found out today that Blog Engage has launched a new site called Blog Serp. It is almost a digg like blog directory. It should be a great way to get some backlinks. By the way if you have not heard of Blog Engage you should check it out. I joined it back in February and like it a lot. It is a way to promote those really good posts you write Blog Engage allows you to submit your Blog Article(s) that will...

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Make life easier, give iLasik a try!

Approximately 160 million people in the United State wear glasses or contact lenses and I am one of those people. I have worn glasses off and on for year but recently I have had to wear them more. If I don’t wear them I have trouble seeing things that are far away. I hate wearing glasses because there always seems to be a speck of dirt on them and that is very distracting. A majority of the time when...

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Promote your blog

If you have a blog you need to promote it. That is just common sense. You can not just expect people to just know you have a blog and visit it. Almost everyone has heard of Entrecard or BlogUpp as a way of getting more traffic and exposure. But those can not be the only two sites you use. You will get some traffic but not a lot. These are a few that seemed to catch my eye. Blog Engage : A great site to...

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How fast is too slow?

Have you ever wondered how fast your site or blog loads? I have but I was not sure where to go to find out how. Well I did a little looking around and found a instant site test at Gomez.com. Well I entered my url and location I wanted the test to come from. It basically states that it takes 5.593 seconds for my blog to load. Now the question is “Is 5.593 seconds bad or good? I am not sure. I think I...