Spin zone: an attempt at blogging

We've all heard that you can't teach an old dog new tricks, however, if this dog can sift through all the information out there on beginning blogging, I know anyone can. At present, I've read so much and through someone elses blog, I was lead to this pre-course to write my first blog. I will admit that I'm not so sure I am bandwagon material and although there is still much that I don't understand, there is a bit of excitement that comes from trying something new. So, with that I am on my way to the next step in blogging, or at least trying to attempt it.

New Blogger

I am brand new at this. I have been talking about starting a blog for ages....and now here I am. The basics are easy. Yet there is lots to learn.

the joey blogs

My mascot in high school was a kangaroo! Can you belive that? I could have been a mustang or a knight, but no I was a kangaroo. I guess it could have been worse; if we hadn't moved I'd be a spartan! Once a roo, always a roo!

The Mommy Cell

I can't say that this is the first time that I have ever posted to a blog. However, the first time was so long ago that I barely remember it. I do remember feeling like I didn't have a clue what I was doing or why I should post it on a blog.

Now here I am again. I am a stay at home mom that homeschools my 2 children. I have previously been a trainer and a school teacher. Now I have volunteered to be an inmate in the Mommy Prison. Don't get me wrong. I love my children and also love homeschooling them. Yet there seems to be less and less time for me. At this point if someone asked me how I do it, I could honestly say "I don't know".

Really, hat's off to all the women who stay at home with their children. This is indeed the hardest job I have ever had. It also doesn't end at any fixed time. I found it easier though much less rewarding to go off to work outside my home.

Another detail about me is that I am someone who had children later than most. Though for me is is a little shocking, there are women my age with grandchildren the same age as my children. At times (though rarely) I have been asked if my daughter was my granddaughter. This of course is never flattering. Yet I proudly claim my place as mom and move on.

Perhaps because I had children later than most, I am so consumed by this role. Really I do not know the reason why. I do wonder however if there are other women out there who are experiencing the same of similar feeling and encounters with other. Well, the fact that I do not personally know any of them does make me feel like I am in a world all my own. As I think about this I imagine that this cannot be the case as there is hardly anything exceptionally unique about my situation. Perhaps I will one day (thanks to a blog) hear from others like myself.

Intro

I'm a homeschooling mom of three kids! Trying to learn something new and keep up with the times - even though I'm already way behind! I hope to start a blog to track my oldest kid's high school through homeschool adventure next year.

Using Blogging as a Branding and Marketing Tool

I own run a property management company and have seen that over the last 2 years advertising for apartments has changed dramatically. It use to be... and not so long ago that a classified advertisement int he Newspaper would get you tons of phone calls. Well not any more! Granted the economy has a lot to do with it. But there are people out there looking for apartments and I have to find them and they have to find us.
Newspapers have shrunk in size both in articles and advertising. Newspaper advertising is outdated and outmoded. There are many on line sites that will advertise your apartments but you are listed with every other apartment in the neighborhood and all the advertisements begin to look the same. We must find a way to differentiate ourselves from all the other apartments out there and I think that blogging is a great way to do it.
I am looking forward to a new marketing campagn this year using blogging as the back bone.
I have however zero experience in doing this so I signed up for the course. I am very excited and have great expectations for this new venture.

I want to know what all the blogging fuss is about. I hear text and tweet and blog and shudder. That means that I, literally, shudder. I've got to catch up, somehow. I've got to get out of an older-than-boomer-comfort zone. This is my chance. In ten years, it won't matter at all, but this year it matters!

RubyG

My first introduction to blogs, as with many people was getting addicted to a celebrity gossip blog. First it was Perez Hilton, but a friend turned me onto the the Superficial and the humour there amused me more. Plus I was linked easily to the sister sites Geekologie and IWatchStuff. They are all great. I have had trouble finding more blogs that I like as much, so I figured I would try writing one myself. The celebrity gossip niche is more than inundated, so I have steered away from that subject. There are several that I can choose from. The hard task is choosing the right one.

My spare time

My spare time passion is quilting.

I have enjoyed this hobby for 4 years now, although I have been sewing since I was 11 years old.

I will tell you the most enjoyable part to this hobby for me is designing in my mind the quilt pattern and picking the fabric. The fabric choosing for me is the closest thing to Nirvana that I know here on earth. The colors, the texture, and the endless possibilities keep me going back for more.

Here is one of my favorite links that I go to again and again for fabrics.http://fabric.com/. The prices are great and they showcase some of the best fabric designers in the quilting world.

Here is one of the quilts I have finished recently. Couldn't quite figure out how to move the picture down to this area. I am just learning. Hope you enjoy this blog

Just beginning

Hi, I am a 50 something year old who has never blogged before today and I am truly excited about this new venture. There are places to go on the World Wide Web that I can only dream about going right now so the blog sites out there will have to do.
People to meet, relationships to build, places to see if only in my minds eye right now. To all you new bloggers out there I bid you happy blogging along with me.

New Blogger

This is my first blog. I have never written a blog before. I do read blogs regarding our industry and am creating a social medai marketing plan for our company. I hope it is fun blogging...I am looking forward to learn more about blogging.

This is my first blog class

I have been studying Social Media for the past 9 months, mostly on Facebook. I have attempted to set up a blog but my blog doesn't look very professional.
I am going to learn how to do this and I am going to help others do this. Sometimes we just need to be shown how to do something.

This is where a series on YouTube in conjunction with my blogger blog will be great.

My blogging! Past, present,an future.. (No spell check, so sorry!)

I'm a forty year old single woman with alot of free time on my hands, I guess you can say that im a "Total blog virgin".
When it come's to blogging, I no nothing about it , the term's used, or how, when, & why, I would write one.
That is until 2 days ago.
While looking for a "work from home" job online, which is a total crock of stuff.
I came across a job opening for a "Blogger" (i dont even no if thats the correct term, but oh well.)
After reading the add, I thought, WOW! This is something I do everyday for the fun of it, when I write in my journal.
So, I looked up an online blogging coarse, and after weeding out all the fake site's and warding off the forcefully sadistic people trying to take over my computer, or sell me a bunch of stuff I don't need, I found myself here,& writing my first blog with in the first 24 hour's of finding it.
I am, by no means, saying or suggesting that it's a good blog, but, it's a blog either way!

Need Help Blogging

I'm a writer. I've been invited to join writing blogs, but don't know how to post my stories or include a photo of myself. I also have ideas for a blog and don't know how to begin. I need help. That's why I'm here.