June 2010 Archive

30 Jun

Blogging Story: Patrice J. Williams

By Maurice | 5 comments

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This blogging story comes to us from Patrice J. Williams of Living Fly On a Dime. 

Living Fly on a Dime came about late last year when I was at a crossroad in my career. After being laid off from my job at a fashion magazine, I was a bit unsure of what I wanted to do. I also had no idea how I was going to survive in an expensive city like New York without a full time gig. I was able to secure freelance work but I knew I also wanted to start my own venture, something that was all mine, something where no one could ever “terminate my position.”

I wanted to do something, but was just unsure of what it was.

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29 Jun

Week 4: One Month Left!

By Maurice | 3 comments

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It’s week 4, and we have a little over a month left. July 25 will be here before you know it, so get those nominations in today! If you haven’t filled out our 2010 Black Weblog Awards survey, please take a few minutes out of your day to do so. And if you have taken it, then let your social networks know so they can fill it out as well. The more responses we get, the better we can tailor future programming.

The link for the survey is http://bit.ly/2010BWASurvey.

We have some great things in store for July, including important news about the 2011 Black Weblog Awards, more of your blogging stories, and even a few helpful blogging tips based on your feedback.

Let’s keep the momentum going!

28 Jun

Does Your Blog Have Ads?

By Maurice | 3 comments

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Ads. Does your blog have them? If so, why? Take our quick poll, and leave your comments on why you do (or don’t) have ads on your blog.

Does your blog have ads?

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26 Jun

Nigel D Discusses His Rise to Blogging Fame

By Maurice | 1 comment

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2007 Black Weblog Award winner Nigel D of RealTalkNY (Best Hip-Hop Blog [Popular], Best Music Blog [Popular], Blog to Watch [Popular]) talks to The Hip Hop Chronicle UK about his early days in blogging, his interactions with celebs, and even delivers a good PSA at the end. It’s a great video. Congrats to Nigel D for all his success!

(hat tip: Black Blog Media)

23 Jun

Blogging Story: Bre Sylvia

By BWA Staff | 7 comments

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This blogging story comes to us from Bre Sylvia of CelebretyBish. 

Blogging is another way of expressing yourself to the mass without public speaking. I started to blog in the summer of 2006 because I was bored, on vacation from school, and didn’t have a job. So I sat in front of my computer and blogged, all day and all night. Blogging enhanced my writing skills and vocabulary. It caused me to look up words that I’ve heard, wanted to use, but didn’t know the definition of.

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