Motivating online since 2005.
...doesn't understand mean people.
...is probably on Twitter right now.
...has had more hairstyles than Madonna.
...is totally prepared for the impending zombie attack.
...eats rainbows and poops butterflies.
...blogs entirely too much.
...can kick your butt.
...survived catholic school.
...has a fridge full of veggies & a head full of ideas.
...can easily eat her weight in pizza.
...actually enjoys running.
WHAT is with all the infographic peddling anymore? I don’t really care that you made one and I have no desire to display it on my blog.
Maybe, just MAYBE, I’ll share it on twitter or Facebook if it is actually interesting with useful information and an understandable design. However, if you are mass pitching it to bloggers, I hate to tell you, it probably isn’t interesting or useful or nicely designed.
Carla shot me this link from Hip to Housewife entitled What NOT to do when Working with Bloggers and Nancy expresses my thoughts exactly.
Do respect that whether I run my blog as a business, or as a fun hobby on the side, I deserve no less respect and consideration than any other piece of your marketing puzzle. Let’s face it, if you have millions of dollars to spend on TV ads, and marketing campaigns for your product, you have $50 to pay a blogger for our time and effort. And if you don’t think it’s worth it, then why are you asking all of us to write/tweet/run contests in the first place?
I’ve mentioned this to a few people who have been shocked and excited it’s possible.
Did you know you can see which of your posts and how have been pinned? And by whom? It’s easy!
Simply go to… Read the rest of this entry »
I received this email about GreenLiteBites.com a few days ago…
Hi,
I am a steady reader of your site and I commend you for doing
a great job in publishing such interesting articles. I really like the post
about Whole Wheat Pasta with Rainbow Chard and White Beans.I am looking for the right person to contact, for a proposal that would
benefit both our site. Would that sound interesting to you? Please let me
know.
My response… Read the rest of this entry »
I don’t know if I’m the only one, but getting the Pinterst button to work on my site was a major pain in the…. butt. It took me a few attempts and some troubleshooting, so I thought I’d share my experience to help those having a hard time. Read the rest of this entry »
“We shouldn’t be surprised when someone chooses to publish their photos, their words, their art or their opinions. We should be surprised when they don’t.”
-Seth Godin in this post.
Ryan wrote yet another awesome post on his blog NoMoreBacon. In it he talks about 4 questions all bloggers should ask themselves and I feel compelled to not only share but answer them as well. Questions and my answers below… Read the rest of this entry »
I get asked to review quite a few products on my weight loss blog. Weight loss is a broad category and a highly targeted market. Food products, pills, plans, exercise equipment, supplements, nothing is off limits. Most of the time I politely refuse the offer, and most of the time I never hear from the company again.
There are times, however, when I think the product is a good match.
Recently, a custom t-shirt company reached out and asked if I’d be willing to write a review for them. At first I wasn’t that interested but then I saw some potential with FitBloggin’. If they had the right type of shirts there may be sponsorship potential. So I replied to their pitch with a pitch of my own. Read the rest of this entry »
With a 6 month old I haven’t had as much time to chat on social media. Even though my follower counts, lists and facebook fans have grown consistently I, of course, can’t engage as frequently. Do my followers value me less for that? I don’t think so but Klout sure does…
Hi Roni,
I noticed that when I went to subscribe to Roni’s Weigh, you had a bunch of great extras that I would love to have on my RSS feed as well.
Could you tell me how you:
1. track how many subscribers you have to your RSS feed.
2. Have that “if you’re not reading this in your feed reader or on [site], this is stolen” text in each post.Thank you in advance for your help. I have tried a few methods for tracking RSS subscribers, and not a single thing seems to work. I’m new at this blogging thing, so any help would be super appreciated!
Mandy
Hi Mandy!
SO sorry for my late reply! I have 2 quick and (hopefully) easy answers for you. Read the rest of this entry »
Roni Noone is a Web Publisher, Healthy Living Blogger and Social Media Fanatic. She created BlogToLose, an online weight loss community, founded FitBloggin', a conference for health and wellness bloggers, and blogs regularly at Roni's Weigh, GreenLiteBites and now the quirky Poops Butterflies. 
