“Blog Me.” Sounds Like Talk to Me … Only Different
November 3, 2008 by Mary Ellen
ProfitMeister readers have followed my saga about migrating from Blogger to WordPress. The process dominated my October. Last Friday, I signed in and posted (easy!) for the first time ever in the new environment. On Saturday, I enjoyed recommending blogging to Theta State Educators, a group of professional women educators.
We talked about the conversations on the web. Mary Schmidt, fellow blogger who mentored my venture into the blogging community presented with me. We told the group to begin simply. Rather than re-inventing the wheel, work with what you already know. Think of your blog as a conversation, an extension of your bulletin board. Connect with your class.
You can do this, I enthused. Silly me. In the joy of the moment and the flush of WordPress success, I neglected to see the English error in the eval form. Several of the group pointed it out. (Sigh.)
I had to laugh. It’s part of the go with the flow philosophy. Think about it. One hundred years from now, who will care? Did you spend Saturday cleaning up tricks from Halloween revelers or celebrating Dia De Los Muertos? No? Me neither.
I promoted blogging. What matters: the willingness of the audience to learn, to try something new, to challenge each other. Kudos to Saturday’s attendees, many of whom had never “googled” themselves. Congratulations, ladies, for thinking outside the classroom. One of my past newsletters discusses blogging and could serve as a resource for anyone beginning such a project.
Remember, think simple. Start where you are and keep it real. I look forward to hearing about your successes.
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