Back on July 9th, I asked the Performancing audience to answer three questions in order to provide feedback for the future of Performancing. In return for your time and your valuable feedback, three hive accounts were up for grabs. Today, I'd like to congratulate the following contributors as they have become the three newest members of the Hive.

1. Recruitment Nick
2. Karen
3. Missy

These three individuals will be contacted within 24 to 72 hours in order to get your accounts setup. So please keep an eye on your inbox.

Thanks again goes out to everyone who took the time to provide us with some valuable feedback which will be used as part of our plan to revamp Performancing.

Don't forget that there are three Hive accounts up for grabs. You can qualify for one of these accounts by heading over to this post, Change Is On The Horizon and answer the three questions in that post as a comment. Thats all there is to it. The lucky recipients will be named on Friday, July 18th 2008.

Once again, this feedback is valuable to Performancing.com and will be used to help reshape the mold in terms of the type of content that is published here in the future.

Since 2005, Performancing has done a great job helping bloggers to succeed. Whether it be through our tips, reviews, suggestions or Performancing services, we have helped many people take their blogs to the next level. However, it's 2008 and blogging about blogging is not the same as it was in 2005. It's time to spice things up around here but before we do, the team at Performancing is requesting your help.

We have three questions that we would like you to answer.

1. What content are you most interested in seeing covered on Performancing? (e.g. monetization tips, web 2.0, online tools, sites and services, plugins, themes, news)

2. What services are you most interested in Performancing offering? (e.g. project launchpad, custom WordPress plugin development)

3. Last but not least, What would Performancing have to do, to encourage you to participate within the Performancing community. (e.g. portal like frontpage, easier commenting system, incentives)

In exchange for spending your time answering these questions, we will be handing out three free Hive Accounts to three random people who leave a comment, answering those three questions.

The time is near to reshape the Performancing mold and we would love for the Performancing community to partake in this transition. This post is the first in a series which will ask for your input on specific ideas as we come closer to the transition period. Your answers will play a vital role in the decisions we make.

Blogging is old and new to me. It is old because someday I hope to have ideas just flying from my head to paper and eventually to my blog (or a blog). It is new because I have noticed that it changes almost every day. New software comes out, new technology is made available and more resources than ever are around to get someone started.

For me it has always been interesting... one week the list of items worth commenting on is endless and there are more than an average number of posts, and the following week there are no posts other than a few concerning an activity that kept me busy for a while.

Admittedly, the traffic I generate on the web, here at performancing and at my own blog is a small amount right now, but hopefully spending time on the web reading blogs and getting to know other bloggers will increase my knowledge and indirectly my traffic.

I was unsure when I began this post what the idea behind it should be. Though I figured with enough typing and backspace action something would fall out that might be worthwhile to someone else. I think I have got it...

Being unrestricted in your writing can be both a blessing and a curse. Sure there are guidelines here and someone will look over this piece to ensure I am close to those, but really it is rather unrestricted. Surely any blog run by the author, such as a personal blog, has much more freedom than even keeping a blog here. But these freedoms and the readers that come with them are precious and few and should not be taken lightly.

Let me explain.

I have a contributors gig for a technology website called TechRepublic, there we create content to help IT professionals better do their job using tools, articles, and other resources. When I write any content there are droves of editors working to ensure that all of the pieces are coherent and fit within the site's general context. They also provide feedback to guide me along in the process.

My personal blog, which is not kept as up to date as it should be, has more editorial freedom and no rules as to what can be published. If I want to post an article to my blog that says the distance between point A and point B is through points C, D, and Q; I am free to do so and not required to explain my choices.

Neither of these situations are bad, but editorial feedback, whether given by a paid editor or by other readers, can be the best thing to happen to a writer or blogger. Sure not everything you post is the greatest thing ever, but if it were would you learn from it?

Working with TechRepublic has made me a better blogger, but has also made me very cautious and gunshy when posting because I want to pick something really worthy and stick with it to give my readers, few though they may be, something good to spend time reading. Hopefully some reader feedback and experiences blogged about here will do the same for both my blogging path and for the content I create for any other websites.

I enjoy writing and hope to find something that makes blogging even better. I also hope to blog here weekly and gain as much new knowledge and feedback as I can. I am certainly happy to be here and glad to be a part of the Performancing community.