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		<title>By: Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great idea on the &quot;breaking in half&quot; - that doubles your content then! 

Will have to figure out how to write good content on bookkeeping as to why things are done a certain way and I really should start keeping a list on what my clients ask as that&#039;s the inspiration right there!
.-= Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thevirtualasst.com/use-wisestamp-to-add-social-media-icons-to-your-email-signature/&quot;&gt;Use Wisestamp to add social media icons to your email signature&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great idea on the &#8220;breaking in half&#8221; &#8211; that doubles your content then! </p>
<p>Will have to figure out how to write good content on bookkeeping as to why things are done a certain way and I really should start keeping a list on what my clients ask as that&#8217;s the inspiration right there!<br />
<span class="cluv"> Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://www.thevirtualasst.com/use-wisestamp-to-add-social-media-icons-to-your-email-signature/">Use Wisestamp to add social media icons to your email signature</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://website-in-a-weekend.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Dr Wordpress!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dr Wordpress!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Michelle - I have 70 posts in my Draft queue.

Take the original article and break it in half.  Then fill out each half into a full article.

Then do it again for each new article.  

See what happens to your traffic.  

Frankly, it&#039;s hard to get good info on bookkeeping.  Sure, lots of &quot;How do I do whatever in Quickbooks,&quot; but almost nothing on _why_ to do things a certain way.
.-= Dr Wordpress!&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebsiteInAWeekend/~3/Rvu7VSe-QYE/&quot;&gt;DIY WordPress: Creating Sidebars On-the-Fly in WordPress&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Michelle &#8211; I have 70 posts in my Draft queue.</p>
<p>Take the original article and break it in half.  Then fill out each half into a full article.</p>
<p>Then do it again for each new article.  </p>
<p>See what happens to your traffic.  </p>
<p>Frankly, it&#8217;s hard to get good info on bookkeeping.  Sure, lots of &#8220;How do I do whatever in Quickbooks,&#8221; but almost nothing on _why_ to do things a certain way.<br />
<span class="cluv"> Dr Wordpress!&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebsiteInAWeekend/~3/Rvu7VSe-QYE/">DIY WordPress: Creating Sidebars On-the-Fly in WordPress</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://website-in-a-weekend.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not really sure as I only Tweeted it once....and then voila! Guess that means I should write more on bookkeeping. 

I&#039;m glad I&#039;m not the only one who finds it is not due to lack of ideas on blogging!
.-= Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thevirtualasst.com/use-wisestamp-to-add-social-media-icons-to-your-email-signature/&quot;&gt;Use Wisestamp to add social media icons to your email signature&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not really sure as I only Tweeted it once&#8230;.and then voila! Guess that means I should write more on bookkeeping. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m glad I&#8217;m not the only one who finds it is not due to lack of ideas on blogging!<br />
<span class="cluv"> Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://www.thevirtualasst.com/use-wisestamp-to-add-social-media-icons-to-your-email-signature/">Use Wisestamp to add social media icons to your email signature</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://website-in-a-weekend.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Dr Wordpress!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dr Wordpress!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Michelle - 884 views for a single post is pretty good in my book!  Any idea where that traffic came from?  

Having more ideas than time to write is a common problem.  I can&#039;t really relate to &quot;writer&#039;s block.&quot;   I can relate to being too tired to write.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Michelle &#8211; 884 views for a single post is pretty good in my book!  Any idea where that traffic came from?  </p>
<p>Having more ideas than time to write is a common problem.  I can&#8217;t really relate to &#8220;writer&#8217;s block.&#8221;   I can relate to being too tired to write.<br />
<span class="cluv"> Dr Wordpress!&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebsiteInAWeekend/~3/Rvu7VSe-QYE/">DIY WordPress: Creating Sidebars On-the-Fly in WordPress</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://website-in-a-weekend.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dave aka Dr. WordPress:

You really have to love &quot;CommentLuv&quot;! I happened across your blog when I was on Gabe &#124; FreeBlogHelp&#039;s  site mainly because I was interested to see a larger picture of your gravatar (I really like horses). 

I just had my one year anniversary as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thevirtualasst.com&quot;&gt;Virtual Assistant&lt;/a&gt;. Initially I had no intent on blogging (I originally believed that having a website was all I needed!

That being said I started blogging in late June or early July. When I did a post on 10 tips to help keep your sanity with bookkeeping and that post got 884 views I realized &quot;Wow, this has potential!&quot; (Ironically that was one of the only two posts I have written on bookkeeping....hmmm...maybe I should write more about number crunching). 

My initial goal was to post at least once a week. Then I convinced myself to try to do three times per week. So far so good. I find I have more ideas than time to write.

I also don&#039;t like my writing style yet though more of my personality is beginning to show through in the posts. 

Aweber on the other hand...yeah, I&#039;m getting pretty good at that. 

I would like to learn more on how to make money off my blog or even how to get more readers to convert to clients. 

In the meantime, I apply what tips and tricks I pick up from others and am getting ready to try Gabe&#039;s suggestion at a weekly round up. 

I look forward to reading more of your posts and if you are on Twitter feel free to connect with me there. 

Michelle @mmangen
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thevirtualasst.com&quot;&gt;Social Media Virtual Assistant&lt;/a&gt;
.-= Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thevirtualasst.com/alex-mandossians-business-card-suggestion-results-in-social-media-encounter/&quot;&gt;Alex Mandossian’s business card suggestion results in Social Media encounter&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dave aka Dr. WordPress:</p>
<p>You really have to love &#8220;CommentLuv&#8221;! I happened across your blog when I was on Gabe | FreeBlogHelp&#8217;s  site mainly because I was interested to see a larger picture of your gravatar (I really like horses). </p>
<p>I just had my one year anniversary as a <a href="http://www.thevirtualasst.com">Virtual Assistant</a>. Initially I had no intent on blogging (I originally believed that having a website was all I needed!</p>
<p>That being said I started blogging in late June or early July. When I did a post on 10 tips to help keep your sanity with bookkeeping and that post got 884 views I realized &#8220;Wow, this has potential!&#8221; (Ironically that was one of the only two posts I have written on bookkeeping&#8230;.hmmm&#8230;maybe I should write more about number crunching). </p>
<p>My initial goal was to post at least once a week. Then I convinced myself to try to do three times per week. So far so good. I find I have more ideas than time to write.</p>
<p>I also don&#8217;t like my writing style yet though more of my personality is beginning to show through in the posts. </p>
<p>Aweber on the other hand&#8230;yeah, I&#8217;m getting pretty good at that. </p>
<p>I would like to learn more on how to make money off my blog or even how to get more readers to convert to clients. </p>
<p>In the meantime, I apply what tips and tricks I pick up from others and am getting ready to try Gabe&#8217;s suggestion at a weekly round up. </p>
<p>I look forward to reading more of your posts and if you are on Twitter feel free to connect with me there. </p>
<p>Michelle @mmangen<br />
<a href="http://www.thevirtualasst.com">Social Media Virtual Assistant</a><br />
<span class="cluv"> Michelle Mangen@Your Virtual Assistant&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://www.thevirtualasst.com/alex-mandossians-business-card-suggestion-results-in-social-media-encounter/">Alex Mandossian’s business card suggestion results in Social Media encounter</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://website-in-a-weekend.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Dr Wordpress!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dr Wordpress!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Walter, you&#039;re really cranking it.  I plan on adding more snackable information in the future.  It&#039;s harder than it seems.  Short writing with actionable content.
.-= Dr Wordpress!&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebsiteInAWeekend/~3/Ohq2TMWsOac/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;WordPress Architecture – The Building Blocks of Web Publishing&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Walter, you&#8217;re really cranking it.  I plan on adding more snackable information in the future.  It&#8217;s harder than it seems.  Short writing with actionable content.<br />
<span class="cluv"> Dr Wordpress!&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebsiteInAWeekend/~3/Ohq2TMWsOac/">WordPress Architecture – The Building Blocks of Web Publishing</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://website-in-a-weekend.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Walter</title>
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		<dc:creator>Walter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Although I&#039;m an active blogger, I&#039;d like to become proficient in at least one web-based programming language. For now, I&#039;m working with Java. As for WIAW, simply keep the content (including guest posts) rolling - the beauty of snackable content is the ability to learn bit by bit.
.-= Walter&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://walteryu.com/?p=258&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Is High Speed Rail Coming to California?&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Although I&#8217;m an active blogger, I&#8217;d like to become proficient in at least one web-based programming language. For now, I&#8217;m working with Java. As for WIAW, simply keep the content (including guest posts) rolling &#8211; the beauty of snackable content is the ability to learn bit by bit.<br />
<span class="cluv"> Walter&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://walteryu.com/?p=258">Is High Speed Rail Coming to California?</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://website-in-a-weekend.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Dr Wordpress!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dr Wordpress!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Dana - update us as you go.

@ Sean - Focus is hard.  I&#039;m struggling there myself.

@Gabe - I&#039;m wanting a &quot;Features&quot; section myself.  I could code it up, but it would take more time than I want right now.
.-= Dr Wordpress!&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebsiteInAWeekend/~3/LweCDXmR72Y/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;7 Ways To Evaluate Blog Post Quality — Tuning your BS detector&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Dana &#8211; update us as you go.</p>
<p>@ Sean &#8211; Focus is hard.  I&#8217;m struggling there myself.</p>
<p>@Gabe &#8211; I&#8217;m wanting a &#8220;Features&#8221; section myself.  I could code it up, but it would take more time than I want right now.<br />
<span class="cluv"> Dr Wordpress!&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebsiteInAWeekend/~3/LweCDXmR72Y/">7 Ways To Evaluate Blog Post Quality — Tuning your BS detector</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://website-in-a-weekend.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Gabe &#124; freebloghelp.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gabe &#124; freebloghelp.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great article and way to give us a lens on your history.

Anyone who thinks they know it all clearly does not. Blogging is a glorious learning experience since most people don&#039;t know what they signed up for. It&#039;s writing and much, much more!

It&#039;s great that you can identify the areas that you want to work on. I&#039;m very happy with  my content but as a result, other moving parts have suffered. My email list could use improvement and one of these days I&#039;d to pull in a features section on a static home page. Slowly but surely (relatively speaking), these things will happen.
.-= Gabe &#124; freebloghelp.com&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://freebloghelp.com/make-easy-money-with-twitter-using-sponsored-tweets/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Make Easy Money With Twitter Using Sponsored Tweets&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great article and way to give us a lens on your history.</p>
<p>Anyone who thinks they know it all clearly does not. Blogging is a glorious learning experience since most people don&#8217;t know what they signed up for. It&#8217;s writing and much, much more!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s great that you can identify the areas that you want to work on. I&#8217;m very happy with  my content but as a result, other moving parts have suffered. My email list could use improvement and one of these days I&#8217;d to pull in a features section on a static home page. Slowly but surely (relatively speaking), these things will happen.<br />
<span class="cluv"> Gabe | freebloghelp.com&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://freebloghelp.com/make-easy-money-with-twitter-using-sponsored-tweets/">Make Easy Money With Twitter Using Sponsored Tweets</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://website-in-a-weekend.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Sean</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can write stuff fairly well, and can crank out blog posts, but the tree I am still working to climb is focus and direction.  I can blog for blogging&#039;s sake, but I am still wrapping my head about writing to promote myself, my products, and my services.
.-= Sean&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://baddeacon.com/journal/2009/10/inspiration-perspiration-motivation-and-grueling-it-out/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Inspiration, Perspiration, Motivation, and Grueling it out&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can write stuff fairly well, and can crank out blog posts, but the tree I am still working to climb is focus and direction.  I can blog for blogging&#8217;s sake, but I am still wrapping my head about writing to promote myself, my products, and my services.<br />
<span class="cluv"> Sean&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://baddeacon.com/journal/2009/10/inspiration-perspiration-motivation-and-grueling-it-out/">Inspiration, Perspiration, Motivation, and Grueling it out</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://website-in-a-weekend.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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