New Gig at BlogHer

Over the past year or so I’ve been working very hard to make Blogging Basics 101 a helpful and informative site for beginning bloggers. I have a back-log of e-mails, but I’m forging ahead–researching answers, distilling the information, writing instructions, and trying to promote the site.

I’m finally starting to see a return on my investment of time. I’ve made a concerted effort to make Blogging Basics 101 my job and it’s paying off.

When I attended the BlogHer conference last summer (2007), not many people recognized my blog names. I was more of a tag-a-long to Shannon at Rocks In My Dryer (though she’ll deny it because she’s too kind like that). This year when I attended the 2008 BlogHer Conference, not only did I present on a panel, but when I introduced myself, people told me they’d been reading Blogging Basics 101 and loved it! Wow. It was a surprise and an ego boost. I’m not gonna lie–that felt really good. My hard work and my passion were recognized by people in my field. Other bloggers appreciated what I was doing. That is motivating to say the least.

About two weeks ago, I was approached by BlogHer to become a Contributing Editor (in Technology/Web). I’ve been applying for this position for two years and had taken every opportunity to hound the necessary people and remind them of my ability and general fantastic-ness. When an e-mail arrived and invited me to join BlogHer as a CE, I practically leapt out of my seat I was so surprised and thrilled.

I am very excited and proud to announce that I’ve been hired as a Contributing Editor in the Tech/Web category for BlogHer.com.

My posts will appear every Thursday at BlogHer.com beginning in October. I hope you’ll join me over there and continue reading my other blogs.

I appreciate my readers and commenters. You are the reason I am always trying to take things a step further. Thank you.

Tagged as: beginning blogger, Blogging Basics 101, BlogHer, technology