Hi Roni, I am a long time reader of yours! I love your recipes and your ideas. You have helped to inspire me in my weight loss journey. I started a blog just posting some of my favorite recipes. I wanted to know what the proper protocol is for posting a recipe from someone else’s website/blog? If you give full credit to the source do you still need to contact them for permission? Just didn’t find any clear answers while I was searching for the answer and hoped you could help me out.

Thank you Roni!
Emme of givintheskinny.blogspot.com

Hi Emme!

This is a great question. I’m not sure I have an "official" answer but I’ll give you my philosophy. Read the rest of this entry »

Really, I do. I mean LOOK at it. It’s sleek. Cool. Light. Fun. It’s got cute icons, tons of apps and, ok I’ll admit it, it’s a MAC. Why shouldn’t this MacBook Pro loving gadget girl get one? Or even want one?

Fortunatly, I was recently asked to participate in the Big Fork Little Fork iPad loaner program from Kraft Foods. I thought it was a perfect chance to for me to see what all the hype is about and try a fun app that me and Little Guy could test out together.

I have to admit, when it came today, I was a little excited… Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been dabbling more and more with natural light photography since getting my Cannon. I by no means am an expert but I’m getting more and more comfortable with some of the semi-manual settings like Shutter-Priority (Tv).

If you don’t know, shutter speed is the speed at which the picture is taken. The longer the shutter is open the more light gets in. This is great for low light situations but your subjects have to be fairly still or the extended shutter causes a blur effect. Sometimes this may be what you want for effect–think blurred headlights on a highway shot–but most of the time you have to choose still subjects.

All of these were taken in the Outer Banks on the Shutter-Priority setting with 1/30 or 1/50 at dusk. Notice the waves in the picture above and Ryan’s blurred hands, you can see the result of a slow shutter… Read the rest of this entry »

Having your content scraped and used on spam sites is a chance you take when publishing a full RSS feed from your blog. I’ll go out on a limb and say I don’t think there is anyway to avoid it. At least I haven’t been able to.

In a perfect world your content would never be scraped. In a decent world if you contacted the scraper your content would be removed from the scraped site. However in our world, you can rarely find the owner of the site and if you are lucky enough to actually find an email address they are non-responsive at best.

My latest plan of attack is a simple solution that may help deter scrapers for at least a little while. It simply involves placing a message at the bottom of all your posts in your RSS feed that links back to your site and informs the reader they are reading a plagiarized version of your content.

There’s a couple ways you can easily do this. Read the rest of this entry »

Oh my word… I have so much going on I haven’t even been able to wrap my head around the fact that I’m leaving for New York City in 2 days for the BlogHer Conference!

I am speaking this year making it even doubly exciting plus…. Read the rest of this entry »

In two weeks I will be a full blown professional blogger. I’m cutting ties with the traditional working world for good and if you are anything like me (uber passionate about sharing ideas online) you may have considered taking this leap yourself.

But how?

Where does the money come from?

What’s a media kit and do I really need one?

How much do I charge?

What do I even charge for?

Invoicing? Workflow? Site Stats?

I can go on and on. For as social blogging there aren’t many willing to share the ins and outs of the business in a practical way.

Cue the new From Blog To Business free e-book.

My friend Ester asked me to review this amazing resources. Honestly, it blew me away! It is an invaluable resources for anyone considering the leap from hobbiest to pro-blogger.

Click here to check it out for yourself and let me know what you think.

If you haven’t noticed I’ve been going through a sort of re-branding. As an author of multiple blogs I decided my personal brand is more important than trying to market each domain separately. I am only one person after all. :)

First on my ‘to do’ was to change my twitter account to reflect this new focus. I wanted to go from @RonisWeigh to @RoniNoone but had a lot of questions before I took the leap.

I’m happy to say I made the switch! Hopefully my experience will help if you are considering a change yourself… Read the rest of this entry »

It’s still a work in process but I needed to launch.. Please forgive any bugs and broken links. I’ll be cleaning it up over the next few days.

As always.. I welcome comments!

Oh! and a big.. no HUGE thanks to Jennette over on MakeMyBlogPretty.com. I could not have done it without her! If you are looking for a helping hand in the Wordpress design/development business she’s your girl!!

I’m only partially joking. ;)

Image from Ditch the deck chair for a tech chair on holiday

Seth Godin posted a great article the other day called, Fans, participants and spectators. In it he states…

“If all you’re doing is increasing the number of digital spectators to your work, you’re unlikely to earn the conversion you deserve.”

He talks mostly about making money but I agree with him 100%. Blogging isn’t about how many readers/followers/likes you have. It’s about finding your tribe and forming valuable relationships. Which is why I say the Number of People Following you Doesn’t Matter.

Blogging is not a popularity contest. It’s a passion.