Brown Thoughts

After only 3 months of blogging, I’ve been lucky enough to figure out a few things that are essential to new bloggers like myself. Here’s my list:

Be Patient - Don’t get frustrated if you don’t get a lot of traffic right away. Remember, it’s a new blog. It will take a little time for your […]

My friend Gili over at A Virtual Exit has just announced a new tool that he created to help bloggers see how much their blogs are worth. The Blog Valuation Calculator was built using Zoho Sheets and basically asks you to input specific values like your blog’s pagerank, monthly eCPM, and monthly unique visitors. It […]

I’ve just been included in another train. It’s the Alexa redirect train. The concept should be familiar to most people by now. Copy the list provided, add your own set of bloggers making sure to follow the Alexa redirect format.
I’m going to make a little change this time though. I won’t be including my blog […]

It seems my friend Mark has tagged me for the 5 Goals meme. I have to list my 5 goals which can be serious or silly. Here are my goals listed in random order:

Spend more time with the kids - I’ve noticed that my kids sort of stay near me whenever I’m writing […]

It’s time to list some of the most interesting posts by other bloggers. I’d like to list every single one that I liked but that would be a long long list. Here we go:

A Virtual Exit - How To Open Office 2007 Documents Using Earlier Office Versions
With Microsoft Office 2007 gaining momentum, we increasingly encounter […]

I just realized that this blog reached its third month 3 days ago. It seems that time really does go fast when you’re having fun. While this is small news compared to the age of most of the blogs out there, it’s a big deal for me as I never expected to have this much […]

I wrote a post about MyBlogLoggers about 2 months ago when it was just launched. In a short span of time, MyBlogLoggers has turned into a busy multi-authored blog that covers a wide range of topics thanks to the contributions of its writers.
For those unfamiliar with it, MyBlogLoggers is a blog that lets registered readers […]

Most bloggers have their blogs set to automatically ping web services after each post. Some use 3 or 5, while others have a long list of services to ping. If you want to be able to ping a truckload of services without having to add each one to your update services list, this should make […]