The Googlesystem blog has an awesome write up covering the onslaught of new features found within the experimental version of Blogger. One of the new features which will surely benefit user's as well as commenter's is the new inline commenting system. I browse to a variety of different blogs every day, leaving comments as I go. But when I end up on a Blogger powered blog, I don't even bother to comment because the comment system is so out of whack. Now, with an inline commenting system, I don't have to open a new tab or window to leave a comment and I can actually see the content as I'm writing the comment.

Other new features include:

• Importing and Exporting of your posts/content
• A brand new post editor
• Star rating system for posts
• Integration with Google Webmaster Central

All of these features can be found within the experimental version and if things go well, will end up in the standard production version soon.

Are you looking forward to these changes? Does anyone still use Blogger?

I want to thank Performancing because you have really given me valuable resources. I like reading other blogger's posts and learning about what's going on with them. I like their tips on what to do, or what not to do when looking for jobs, I really enjoy the content. And I come here whenever I am down on a my luck, and sure enough things start to turn around for me.

I've been shopping around now for a few weeks for really great blogging jobs, but I guess I have to start small and build my profile up. I've gotten a few smaller paying gigs, so there is hope. I still blog a lot for free at Performancing, my own blogs, and Piggybankpie.

So for now I am plugging away at ehow, and a few sites as a ghostwriter...still waiting for that big blogger job. Or even a medium one. I am hoping to do this full-time someday soon.

Performancing has helped me hook up with a few potential leads, but nothing turned out. One site was too hard as I didn't know the content (MLM business). The other one seemed interested but kind of left me hanging.

I want to know how many people have had success and whether it is possible to blog in the long run. I read one blog that was worried about writer's block. I have so many ideas, I don't know how someone could get writer's block. If anything that person is extremely lucky to have said all they had to say and than run out of things...I can only dream.

So for now I am still waiting for that special job offer, blogging away. Hopefully soon it won't be for free.

Thanks again performancing, for being my resource.

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Until I read Raj's post last night, I did not know that anyone could register and blog on Performancing.com. I am so grateful to know that know, I just wish it was something I new earlier.

As a fairly new blogger, finding resources to assist me in the goal of becoming a professional writer, has been a difficult task. Weeding out the bad advise from the good, spotting the scams and spammers, and finding support take a great deal of time and energy. I will continue to push on however, as I want to be a sucessful blogger and writer.

I marvel at how many "normal" people are sucessful freelance writers and bloggers. I count myself lucky to even associate with them. I will be blessed when I am one of them.

I want to thank this site for it's promotion of my blog that I wrote yesterday. In the span of one day I have already been contacted by two people about blogging positions.

If you are looking for positions to the blogger world, I suggest posting articles where jobs are offered. That way you stand out from the crowd, and people have a first hand look at your writing style.

Mostly the jobs I have been offered are ghostwriting jobs, but hey I'm not picky. My ultimate goal is blogging full time, so if I have to take a few ghostwriting jobs, along the way I am game.

I also want to add, that I got these two jobs and I don't even have a "virtual world" resume. I just have a link to my bio. On my bio page I have linked my two blogs, my website, and my ebook that I have written. I also have a photo of myself and where I am located.

I think if I really apply myself and create a virtual resume, than I'll really get a chance at a full time blogging job.

But for now, the two part-time ones will add up to a lot of extra Christmas money.

Okay, now you want to know how I got these jobs? Well, first, writing my article yesterday about how can I get a blogging job? Apparently people liked it so much, they contacted me for work. And also by going to google and typing in quote "blogger jobs" this gave me links to sites that aren't so popular but advertise blogger jobs.

Really on this site and problogger.com, jobs go fast. As soon as they are posted, people send out their resumes, and the employer has to weed through tons of applicants. So how can you make yourself stand out? You do that by writing articles on popular blogging sites. This way potential employers have a first hand look at your writing style, and whether they like you or not.

Anyone can apply for a job, but how do you tell if they are qualified? Enter performancing.com. By using this site as a tool, you can really promote yourself and be on your way to being hired for blogging. Yesterday all I had was an article writing gig, today two blogger jobs...tomorrow who knows.

Don't worry I'll come back and update you to my progress. But I want to thank everyone for the blogs I have read, and I want to thank everyone who has helped me find success.

So this blog is dedicated to helping others find success on the internet. If you write it, people will come...

Good luck and happy blogging!

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Whether you’re flying half way around the world to close a new big development contract or just driving a few hours to your local tropical resort, most of us in the blogging / webmastering / SEO world are increasingly mobile. As my frequent flyer miles have climbed over the past couple of years I’ve found that there are a few steps you can take to minimize the inconveniences of traveling and the costs it imposes on your business. Rather than write about the latest and greatest technologies and gadgets, the following tips are all things that I actually do and find beneficial on a daily basis, so I can feel confident in saying that they’d help you remain both connected and mobile as well.

1. Buy A Crackberry.

Yeah, I know its annoying to watch the a-hole in the car next to you trying to read his emails while driving, but a Blackberry (or Treo) really will revolutionize the way you’re able to do business. Rather than having to drop everything and open up the laptop to see if that important email has come in, you can just quickly check it on the blackberry. Its especially helpful if part of your team is on the other side of the world, because it gives you the freedom to go out and enjoy your evenings without worrying about holding your team up as they wait for your response.

2. Stick With One Airline

I’m usually skeptical of brand loyalty, after all Shell and Exxon both provide the same product so why pick one over the other? But in the case of airlines, if you repeatedly fly with the same airline your leverage increases dramatically. By no means to I fly every week, but just because I always fly the same airline, I never have to wait in security lines, get my baggage before other customers, and when something goes wrong I get shifted over to another flight while others get delayed. Regular customers often don’t realize that it only takes a few flights a year before these benefits start accruing, so when you can, pick an airline and stick with it.

3. Shift To Online Apps

Let’s face it, webware is still years away from being a full replacement to your laptop. But there are a lot of things that webware can do just as well as traditional software, while providing you the mobility to access the information from wherever. Try to move as much of your day to day operations to online webware, and you will be surprised how often you need to access something quickly and don’t have access to your laptop.

4. Get A Garmin

Webmasters can navigate the internet superhighway with ease, but when it comes to a regular highway we’re often lost. I used to think that Garmin’s were useless and unnecessary gadgets. Now that I have one, I can’t believe the amount of time it has saved me when running errands for our business or making appointments.

5. Get eFax

The fax is perhaps the worst technology ever invented. They never work right and are slow as hell. Unfortunately, not everyone has jumped on the scanning trend, so if you want to do business today you need a fax number. The best way to be able to send and receive faxes for your customers but retain your mobility is with a company like eFax. There are a number of these companies, eFax is just the one I’ve used before. But its remarkable how much better it is to be able to send and receive faxes through email rather than being tethered to your phone line.

If you've been in this game for a while you know that, for most blogs, traffic and revenue go down in the summer.

It sort of parallels the stock market. Many investors think the market peaks in March-April, dips through August, and then starts another upswing in October. So many investors buy from September-January, then reap their harvest from March-April and take the summer off.

While I don't subscribe to this short term seasonal investing practice, mainly because I think there are still plenty of good stock buys out there in the summer, I am wondering whether there's any place for seasonal blogging.

If you're like me, you treat pro-blogging as a full time job and you often work just as hard on a Saturday as a Tuesday. But did you know that the impact of your work on Saturday might not be as substantial as the work you do on a Tuesday?

There are far fewer eyeballs looking at your blog on the weekends, not to mention the summer. So how should a blogger respond to this fact?

Part of the art of blogging is maintaining a certain level of momentum. But do you really lose any momentum by taking the weekend off? What about taking an entire week off? What about posting less frequently in the summer?

Obviously I don't have answers to these questions, but since the return on investment isn't very good in the summer, is there a way bloggers can down-shift a bit to avoid the disappointment that less traffic naturaly brings?

First an foremost I am a writer of words . . . Any kind of words. I write poetry, fiction and I freelance. I'm self published with a dream to develope a special place to unwind, not be bothered by too much of the outside world.

Come and see for your self . . .

Dan Hanosh
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We really outght tell them the rest of the story. . . . :)

If you're thinking about being a problogger, folks don't tell you everything you might want to know about it. You might see what looks exciting. Take a looke a little closer.

Glamour is only glamorous from far away. I sit at my keyboard writing this at 10pm tonight.

Those 940,000 hits I just looked up by my name on Google aren't fun or interesting when I want play or read instead of write another post that's due tomorrow.

If you become a problogger you will find

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• that you have to explain what you do to every person you know over and and over and over and over again. . . . I tell my mother-in-law I write spy novels. It's easier.
• that every job you get will take longer than you thought it would. I don't know how this happens. . . . It's a Murphy's law thing.
• that occasionally folks who become your fans will send you email and expect you to stop your work to answer them over and over and over and over again. . . . . Unfortuantely, telling them you're in the middle of blogging a spy novel won't work with them.
• that you'll still have the same problems with traffic and stats that you had before, escept they'll feel bigger because now you think about losing money.
• that no one will be as excited as you are that you're finally a problogger.