Wired Weekend #6: A Special Week
Wired Weekend Blogging Tips

Wired Weekend #6: A Special Week

by Seth · 19 comments

This week has been insanely hec­tic and very good all at the same time.

Alex and I have been able to cel­e­brate the birth­day of Blo­gus­sion a bit while try­ing to pre­pare for some awe­some new prod­ucts [we will be unveil­ing very soon] and free­lance work. We are offi­cially cel­e­brat­ing dur­ing this month and have some very fun things planned :)

Beyond blog­ging and free­lanc­ing both Alex and I have been gear­ing up for school finals.  Blog­ging is great because life throws won­der­ful oppor­tu­ni­ties and chal­lenges at each of us daily and we can apply what we learn to our blogs.

My finals this week and next account for 100% of my grades for the entire semes­ter of law school… no stress!  Like­wise each post can be worth 100% of the grade for our blog.  If some­one stops by and reads a post on our blog for the first time, that one post may be the only chance we have to con­vince them to stick around.  So write your posts like they are 100% of your blog, because each one is!

Blo­gus­sion Weekly Recap

Here’s a quick recap of the arti­cles we wrote this week on Blo­gus­sion. If you didn’t get a chance to read them, or want to catch up on the com­ments that are new, please do.

  • Mar­ket­ing Per­son­al­iza­tion: It’s Not Just About the Numbers

    We con­cluded in the com­ments of this post a few impor­tant things about mar­ket­ing with personalization.

    1. Per­son­al­iza­tion is a pow­er­ful process of refer­ring oth­ers and influ­enc­ing their feelings
    2. Num­bers play an impor­tant role in mar­ket­ing as social proof, but are most ben­e­fi­cial when com­pli­mented with a per­son­al­ized promotion
    3. Per­son­al­iza­tion is most pow­er­ful when a rela­tion­ship is already formed rather than in try­ing to imi­tate a relationship
  • Let’s Hang­out

  • An excel­lent guest post by King Sid­harth this week, Let’s Hang­out focused on turn­ing your blog into a place read­ers want to actu­ally come and enjoy read­ing. The con­cept is.. if you wouldn’t want to hang out there then chances are you wont read there either.

  • How to Start a Killer Blog Contest

  • Start­ing a con­test is pretty hard. There are spon­sors to worry about (unless you do it your­self), rules to devise, con­tes­tants to encour­age, and pro­mo­tion. This post eas­ily out­lines how to have a suc­cess­ful blog con­test. For extra ideas check out some of our robust con­ver­sa­tions in the com­ments sec­tion. They don’t all agree but you can learn some very valu­able things about con­tests from what our read­ers are saying!

Blog­ging Tips From the Community

We hope you enjoy the rest of your week­end and find these arti­cles use­ful in help­ing you to become a bet­ter per­son and a bet­ter blog­ger.  We really love and admire all of our read­ers and want to thank you all again for being apart of this blog. With­out you we would be writ­ing to ourselves!

Try to find some time this week­end to relax.  Its a stress­ful sea­son of the year and its impor­tant to take a lit­tle time for your­self.  Be sure to take some time for fam­ily and friends too! They are so impor­tant to every­thing you do.  Find a way to sup­port them too.

Enjoy Your Weekend!

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Liane December 12, 2009 at 8:30 pm

Wired weekend again. Whew. Seems like yesterday when I read the previous wired weekend :) Oh, my last post was about branding and I did mentioned out Alex and Kolakube in there. Check it out ;)

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King Sidharth December 13, 2009 at 4:07 am

Your blog is so cool Liane. I’m starting to love it! You put good amount of personality in your blog. And yes, it so seems like yesterday when I read last Weird Weekends.

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Liane December 13, 2009 at 6:55 am

Thanks King :) It’s always motivating to hear that. Btw, this is so random, check out my twitter page. I’m so in love with my new Twitter background. Haha.
Liane´s last blog ..Adapt Your Blog Branding… or Get Annihilated

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Blogger Den December 12, 2009 at 9:07 pm

This is an awesome recap of the weekend with some great blogging articles. Good luck on your finals, I’ve been there and I know what it feels like! Try not to sweat it and study hard :)
Blogger Den´s last blog ..A Review of Social News Site Mixx

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King Sidharth December 13, 2009 at 4:14 am

Oh yea! Finals are like so important. Isn’t it awesome? Our blogs share so much of us. It’s like a part of us. All the best to all the readers and authors and bloggers who are still studying and are or are about to face exams.
Let’s Be Awesome
King Sidharth´s last blog ..World Aids Day – I Will Be Human

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Gordie December 12, 2009 at 10:56 pm

That’s an excellent attitude to treat each blog post like it’s worth 100% of a grade. Online we often only have one chance to make a good impression. Let’s get it right the first time.
Gordie´s last blog ..Why Deadlines Are For Deadbeats.

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Dana @ Online Knowledge December 13, 2009 at 2:26 am

Great weekend and enjoy your weekend too seth.
Dana @ Online Knowledge´s last blog ..Five Software that Must be Installed for New Laptop

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Blogidy - Blogging December 13, 2009 at 3:27 am

Great week for blogussion all in all. I especially liked the marketing personalizaition article. There were a lot of good points in that one. Just keep em coming and good luck for your finals :)
Blogidy – Blogging´s last blog ..Twitter Guide for Beginner Bloggers

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Dennis Edell December 13, 2009 at 12:16 pm

Very cool to see you guys actually look back a bit when collecting articles. ;)

100% of your grade – so if you were really really smart (and a little lucky), you could take the semester off and ace the final for your grade? :-)
Dennis Edell´s last blog ..3 Days Left – MaxBlogPress Christmas Deal Expires

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Brandon @ WeBlogBetter.com December 13, 2009 at 8:41 pm

I always love your wired weekend posts, and thanks for including one of mine in the mix!
Brandon @ WeBlogBetter.com´s last blog ..Six Twitter Alternatives to #FollowFriday

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David Walker December 14, 2009 at 4:39 pm

Wired Weekend’s roundup points out anything important I missed on the web this week, and it’s great to find it all in one place.
Good luck with your exams. I’m sure you’ve been giving your studies the same dedication that you’ve been giving to your blog and we’re expecting nothing but great news.
I look forward to the fun ;)
David Walker´s last blog ..Live Webinar – Thursday 17 December 5pm EST

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David Wei@Your Money Online December 14, 2009 at 9:11 pm

good week and good articles here. enjoy your school finals :)

I have been graduated from my university for more than 5 years and that was good old days, ah ah
David Wei@Your Money Online´s last blog ..December Coupon Codes and Offers for Your Web Hosting

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Nezine December 23, 2009 at 12:31 pm

This is a great place to hang out. I learn so much. Its like a magazine where you find all kinds of articles that help you to improve oneself. Its also like a community of bloggers who share their knowledge and help others at the same time.

Thanks for the articles.

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Humidifier January 18, 2010 at 2:39 am

I think the hanging out concept is great because it is true. If I don’t like hanging out there, then I won’t read anything.

-Kai

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Great blog! You are sharing important things with us that we should try to enjoy with our family and also blogging tips.Really this weekend i am going Paris with my family.This was our a year ago plan and now we are going to success.Agree with you family is the great thing than everything.Keep sharing like this inspiring article.

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I found these arti­cles use­ful in help­ing us to become a bet­ter per­son and a bet­ter blog­ger.I agree with you that friends and family are very important and we should give them time.Love to read your blog which is simply inspiring.Thanks for sharing.

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