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Meet Director Tom

blogadmin — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:30:48 -0400

Director Tom is one of our long-time members and raving fan. You can find him at Director Tom Website. We met Tom at SobCon07 and have been impressed with his knowledge of new digital media especially in the field of corporate videos. He approaches his craft with so much heart and intelligence. "What is the story you want to tell?" he'll ask you.

One of TheGoodBlogs tools that Director Tom has used successfully is our conversation tags. Tom adds our conversation tag to the bottom of each of his posts. By doing that we can group his posts with other similar posts on the same topic and create a common conversation. Better still it allows us to link to him effectively which helps him build his Google ranking.

BTW: Tom is going to SobCon08

Keep up the great work, Tom!

Happy Birthday to Successful-Blog

The Dudes — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:26:08 -0400

To say that Liz Strauss has one of the most influential blogs in town would be an understatement. Today marks the 2nd anniversary of the meteoric rise of successful-blog and Liz Strauss in the blogosphere.

To celebrate this event, TheGoodBlogs has created a special version of our widget that holds all of Liz's 600+ successful blogs.

Click here to get the SOB widget for you blog.

Go visit Liz today and wish her a happy birthday!

Happy Birthyday, Liz/Successful-Blog

The Dudes at TheGoodBlogs

TheGoodBlogs takes member blogs mobile

The Dudes — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:00:31 -0400

We're thrilled to announce a strategic alliance with Wattpad to use their FeedM8 service to promote our member blogs on mobile devices.

FeedM8 is an exciting new service from Wattpad helping website publishers and bloggers get their content onto mobile phones. FeedM8 is already using TheGoodBlogs recommendation technology to showcase TheGoodBlog members through their Random Picks feature.

Beyond the random picks feature at FeedM8, you can do more to make your blog more accessible to mobile users.

By joining FeedM8, you give your readers the ability to get your blog on their mobile devices and earn revenue from ads that are served with your blog on your personal FeedM8 mobile site.

Click here for more details how you can turn your blog into a mobile site.

Click here to read our joint press release.

Blog meet Phones

blogadmin — Tue, 7 Aug 2007 12:49:10 -0400

Good News. You can now read our blog on your mobile phone. Try it here http://feedm8.com/web/feed_send?feedid=261

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Private messages at TheGoodBlogs

The Dudes — Thu, 17 May 2007 12:22:00 -0400

So we wanted to create a vibrant community of bloggers, but we didn't give anyone a way to reach each other. Duh! Unless you logged in every day, you didn't know someone wanted to join your community. Ok, so we're geeks with bad social skills, at least we're geeks with the power to change things!

We're pleased to announceTheGoodBlogs private messages.

What is it?

A private message is a message that is stored in our system
you must log in to view the message.
If you have private messages, we send you an email once a day to let you know and only if you have new messages.

WE DO NOT PUBLISH OR GIVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO ANYONE WHETHER THEY ARE MEMBERS OR NOT.

This is what the private message feature does.

It allows you to send a private messages to other members. (Still a little tough to find members to send messages to, but we're working it)
It sends you a a private message if someone wants to join your community or has added you to their community.

What if I don't want to receive private messages?

Simply log on and go to 'my account' and uncheck the 'Allow private messages setting'. Note that if you elect to not receive private message, you will not receive messages letting you someone wants to join your community or has added you to theirs. The default for all members is to receive private messages.

What if I want private messages but don't want to receive an email from TheGoodBlogs when I have private messages waiting to be read?

There are settings under 'my account' to a) never receive the email, b) receive one email a day if I have private messages, or c) receive an email every time you get a private message. The default is b) we think to receive one email a day IF you have private messages is not intrusive.

What is the notification of new messages setting.

If you are logged in and on TheGoodBlogs website, there will be a message box on every page letting you know until you have read the new messages.

How do you control spam?

Members who use this for the sole purpose of selling a service or a product will risk the immediate termination of their account. Let us know if this is being abused.

TheGoodBlogs announces the 2007 Mother's Day Awards

The Dudes — Tue, 15 May 2007 22:11:47 -0400

We're thrilled to announce the winner of the

2007 Best Mom Blog Post for Mother's Day

Jenny at Absolutely Bananas

Yes, I believe that I am a good mom. And one of the top reasons that I say that is because I know I could be better; I want to be better; And I try to be better.

We also gave away a random draw that went to...

Lura at Views by Lu...

It's been nearly 18 years now and I still ache, hurt & cry rivers of tears wishing for and needing my Mama. No . . .she was No Angel . . . .but Oh how she loved me . . . .And Oh How I Love Her Still!!

Finally, we want to give a surprise award to...

Christina at A Mommy Story

It's not just my love of cute clothing for toddlers that keeps me from buying more for myself - it's all part of being a mom.

To read all the terrific entries, Click Here

Stay tuned for the next TheGoodBlogs Best Blog Post competition! Check back on our site soon!

Blog meets world

The Dudes — Fri, 11 May 2007 06:40:03 -0400

We're packed and about to leave for an 8 hour drive to Chicago. Sobcon'07, the conference where successful bloggers go to connect. I'll be posting updates, in the meantime, check back here tonight to see pictures of the event.

sobcon07

Celebrate Mother's Day with TheGoodBlogs

The Dudes — Fri, 4 May 2007 09:42:53 -0400

Mother's Day is fast approaching. TheGoodBlogs Mother's Day Challenge invites you to write a post about your best thoughts about your mother or being a mother.

If you're a member of TheGoodBlogs, write a blog post and add the following tag at the bottom. Clicking on the tag on any of the blogs will show all the other great posts including yours.

We'll be giving prizes for the best posts and lucky draws.

Go ahead and make her day! Tell the world you have the best mom or are the best mom.

Click here to get the tag and add to your blog post.

best_mom

The SOBCon07 challenge

The Dudes — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:54:43 -0400

SOBCon'07 is fast approaching. Chris Cree has a great post about why he thinks SOBCon'07 is going to be a different conference experience. We thought we'd start a conversation amongst all the speakers and attendees.

In the next few days, clicking on the following tag will hopefully bring all the conversations of all our bloggers together as to why they think the conference is important.

sobcon07

To participate in the conversation is very simple.

Step 1: Sign up with TheGoodBlogs if you haven't done so. Takes less than 60 seconds and all we ask for is your blog url, your feed url and your email (which is not shared with anyone without your permission). The good news is the majority of speakers at this year's SOB conference and the attendees are already members.
Step 2: Write about SOBCon07 on your blog. We want to know about what you're expecting to walk away from the conference and what you think you'll bring to the table. i.e. why you took the time to make this commitment to a great group of people.
Step 3: Add the following tag to your post. (click on the tag and follow the instructions at the top of the page, it's a simple cut and paste).

We don't need to know your blogentry url or the title. We will grab this automatically when we get your feed (usually within 1-2 hours). Post more than once, no problem, each blog entry will be included in the conversation as long as the tag is somewhere in each blog entry.
Step 4: Wherever you see the tag, click on it and it will take you to one page on our site with your collective thoughts and ideas.

Ergo... the SOBCon07 conversation.

Are you up to it?

Here's the tag:
sobcon07

The Dudes at TheGoodBlogs

New color for the widget

The Dudes — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:24:52 -0400

We added an additional color to the widget style today. Several things are in the works. One of them being a new improved widget probably based on flash. If there are any budding flash designers out there who are willing to submit a cool design, we're open to suggestions. We can't pay much but beyond our undying gratitude, your design will be seen by millions of blog readers and we'll give you all the credit. Give us a shout if you're interested.

Beyond that we're adding another feature that will definitely help you find the good blogs out there. More in a short while.