Greetings: I am promoting Scott Berkun as I am a huge fan of his. The book is really wonderful.

This is a special email for two reasons. First, I’d like to welcome
the 5000+ new subscribers who joined recently as part of the Mindfire
promotion.

Welcome. I hope you like what you find and that you’ll stick around.
These emails are always short and to the point. It’s an easy way
to follow what I’m up to.

Second, it’s only so often I can say this phrase: The new book is out.

The best of an entire decade of my work is now available in one
tightly edited, entertainingly curated and provocatively organized
volume called Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds. Please give it a
spin and let me know what you think.

1. Mindfire for free: 8 hours left

If you follow me on twitter you know I did something crazy. Mindfire
is currently available for free in all digital formats. All you have
to do is go over here:

http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2011/mindfire-download-free-for-48-hours/

Since you’re already on the list, just put in the same email address
you use for this list, so you don’t end up being subscribed twice.

If paper is your thing, amazon.com can ship the book to your door
today. Go here: http://amzn.to/mindfires

2. The best of October and beyond

Last month was quiet. Finishing the book absorbed most of my
writing time. But there were a few gems:

How to give a perfect demo
http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2011/how-to-give-a-perfect-demo/

Is Philosophy the most practical major?
http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2011/is-philosophy-the-most-practical-major/

Will the E-book kill the footnote?
http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2011/will-the-e-book-kill-the-footnote/

The fallacy of quick answers
http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2010/the-fallacy-of-quick-answers/

Why it’s ok to be obvious
http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2011/how-to-give-a-perfect-demo/

3. Join the street team / Fan club

Since Mindfire is self-published, I need help to promote
the book. If you’re a fan, or a friend, or a marketing goddess
who is just plain bored, and would be willing to post a thing
or two to facebook or twitter, or help generate PR in your
network, please join.

http://groups.google.com/group/berkunfan?hl=en

There were be special prizes and thank yous for folks who help out,
including free copies of the book.

4. Please spread the word

If you enjoy something above, leave a comment, share on facebook or
forward to your friends. If you hate something I wrote, forward to your enemies.

-Scott Berkun / @berkun (twitter)
www.scottberkun.com

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How to Get More Traffic

If you are reading this than most likely you have a wordpress.com blog. Is it important to you to get people to your blog? Or are you blogging just for fun and does not care if anyone reads or comments on your blog? WordPress.com really does have a great blogging platform your bloggers to write whether it is personal or about any niche. WordPress.com is the only blogger area to get more traffic because of the Post A Day or Post A Week Challenge that Scott Berkun decided to start in January of 2011! Check out this week’s challenge topics at INSTANT INSPIRATION:

See all the posts generated by each challenge:

• Post A Day 2011
• Post A Week 2011

Check out today’s featured posts on WordPress.com:

• Freshly Pressed

While you are there, if you are new do this: WELCOME TO THE DAILY POST

This is an experiment in blogging motivation from the folks at WordPress.com. We will post every day here with ideas, suggestions and inspiration, hoping it will help you get the most out of your blog.

More background is here in the welcome post.

Go here to officially sign up for PostADay or PostAWeek.

(It’s never too late!) Even if it is ~October 2011~

You can follow on twitter at @postaday

Have a topic suggestion? Post it here.

Get a badge for your blog!

I know that before I joined in this challenge I did not get much traffic or comments on my blogs. I did a tutorial provided by wordpress and learned my way around the blogging platform. If I wanted to get traffic and comments than I learned that I had to do it too! With that said, Please let me know if you are a “newbie” and this article helped you or if you are “a friend” blogger just stopping by.

Comments Welcome!

Post a Day/Week Challenge: 8 Months Down, 4 To Go!

I am happy to be apart of the Post A Day 2011 Challenge! It has been a fun experiment and fun to get to know others in the challenge. Thank You WordPress.com for doing such a wonderful job with this challenge!

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Erica Johnson| 50 Comments

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So, Post a Day and Post a Week participants

how are you and your blog doing?

Regardless of whether or not you started the challenge at the beginning of the year, we’re stoked to see that you guys are blogging regularly, creating awesome content, and making new friends in the blogosphere.

Tell us, when did you start doing Post a Day/Week, and what have you enjoyed most about it so far?

Months and Years In 2011 Jackie Paulson has had the busiest month in JUNE.

I also registered my own Domain called postadaychallenge2011.com to keep me in check to post a day! I have added this below so that others can click on the links in order to do the same and see how 5.00 gives you the glory of your own Domain Name by WordPress.com.

I have learned how to use all of the features here on WordPress by watching their own video tutorials. I have enjoyed the interaction that Scott Berkun has had with all of us commentors. I am in hope that in 2012 that we continue to build our friendships and a new challenge is added.

The only question I have is What in the world are Webhooks? Does anyone know? I just don’t understand that?!!

Thank you to all of my loyal commentors and followers. I have learned so much from reading each of your posts. I also started to like the Photo of the week challenge. I am learning how to use my camera and how to do video’s. I did my first video yesterday here: http://postadaychallenge2011.com/2011/08/29/my-first-video-book-review/

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Showcase: 10 Prolific Post a Day/Week Participants

Six months ago, we kicked off the Post a Day/Post a Week challenge to provide creative inspiration, connect you with others in the WordPress.com community, and most importantly, to help you to meet your blogging goals.

Curious about who’s been going strong since the very beginning? Here are some of the most active challenge participants (click the images to visit the sites):

Less is More

The Laughing Housewife

Older Eyes

Twist365

Andrew Skelton

Doodlemum

Analyfe

Mirth and Motivation

Writers’ Resource LLC

Solarpowered Kate

How’s your blog coming along? I love to blog and just decided to change it to just the challenge of post a day 2011. I was going to add book reviews and such but my comments went down. I am now back to just this challenge and moved my book blogs to another blog if you are interested: http://getreadingnow.wordpress.com/

 

 

What’s been your favorite part of the challenge? My favorite part of the challenge is learning from other bloggers and making new friends who I plan to keep for a lifetime.

Is there anything you want to see more (or less) of here at The Daily Post? I am really happy with the challenge and wouldn’t change a thing.

 

May you all be blessed each day as it is God’s will for each of you.

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In response to eid2323 on March 29, 2011 at 10:46 am:

isn’t this topic #85? i looked through the posts and it seems as though there were two topic #83s. am i right, wrong, stupid, what?

I’m still learning how to count. Fortunately I’m not your banker or accountant.

Okay, I just had a news awaken flash, to “become a public speaker, like Scott Berkun”

If you have not seen his utube video’s head on over to them, you won’t regret it.

What post is this guys? LOL

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Topic #83: On fire for the Lord

Brought to you by Plinky.com:

What’s the most on fire you’ve ever been? Figuratively, literally, whatever.

What’s the most on fire you’ve ever been?

Scott Berkun | March 27, 2011 at 10:33 am | Categories: Plinky, Topic Ideas | URL:http://wp.me/p23sd-eL

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Good afternoon or evening; I will not take up much of your time as I just got off work (yes on Sundays I work).

I am beyond tired. I did want to share with you that when I accepted The Lord into my heart and life back

in 1990 was the most “on fire” I have ever been. I went out and bought a NIV bible I could udnerstand. I took

my bible with me everywhere, I taught what I was learning. I went to bible study groups sevearal times a week.

Here it is 2011 and I can say I am still on fire for the Lord, but I remember being a newbie christian and it was the

best time of my life learning.

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Tag You are It

March 2, 2011 Tags

This is a peek into what people on WordPress.com are talking about this very instant. It only includes recent activity, so it should change quite a bit over time. Click on any word to see the most recent posts under each tag or category.

News Music Life Politics Photography Travel Fashion Art FoodEvents Calcio Poetry Family Entertainment Videos Movies Local Video Personal Sports FilmRandom Books Writing Love Culture Reviews Education Blog Health Recipes Thoughts Photos TechnologyPeople History Home Media Inspiration Religion Business Design Articles Documentation Humor Misc RelationshipsWatch & listen Television Review Friends Quotes Social Media Musings Nature TV Lifestyle Philosophy Photo 2011 Functions FilesFiction Faith Pictures] All Miscellaneous Opinion Other Current Events Work Games Science Parenting Oscars Environment BloggingEconomy India Spirituality Beauty Comedy Economics English Featured Journal Christianity School Poems Announcements Random ThoughtsFun Cooking Children Libya Leadership Internet Research Interviews House USA Félix Mourinho Updates Stories Drama Architecture AfricaFootball Society Community Shopping Audio Reflections Formula 1 Women Celebrities God Romance Marketing Funny Diary Biten KampanyaBook Reviews Status My Life Kids Rants Variety Event Middle east Posts Blogs Gaming Ramblings China Editorial Haberler Tech WelcomeAlışveriş Awards Vegetarian Sex Commentary Me Europe Hollywood Literature

The news seems to be the most popular tag out into the world of wordpress.com tags.

Music brings words to life and tags with music create a rolling ball.

Life has it’s ups and downs and trying to stay positive is everyone’s challenge~

Politics are just that politics.

Photography is pictures in words, expressions without words.

Travel seems popular but not something I enjoy doing but tag it for travel lovers.

Art is wonderful as we seek out new “Picasso” like-artists.

Food and Events go together as the television praises all the new things being made at home mothers and father.

This is as far as I can go, mentioning all those tags. :)

This is an experiment I think I failed.

Read more…

Take this simple quiz: Find the meaning of your name, then go to comments and post it!

Here is mine: Jacqueline

http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyournameshiddenmeaningquiz/

You Are Level-Headed and Trustworthy

You are fair, honest, and logical. You are a natural leader, and people respect you.

You never give up, and you will succeed… even if it takes you a hundred tries.

You are rational enough to see every part of a problem. You are great at giving other people advice.

You are usually the best at everything … you strive for perfection.

You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.

You have the classic “Type A” personality.

You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily.

You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind.

A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable.

People see you as a complete enigma, and only you truly understand who you are.

You spend most of your time introspecting and seeking truth.

You’re a very interesting person… but not many people know you enough to realize it.

You are a very lucky person. Things just always seem to go your way.

And because you’re so lucky, you don’t really have a lot of worries. You just hope for the best in life.

You’re sometimes a little guilty of being greedy. Spread your luck around a little to people who need it.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.

You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.

At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow.

You are light hearted and accepting. You don’t get worked up easily.

Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It’s easy to get you excited… which can be a good or bad thing.

You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don’t stick with any one thing for very long.

You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.

You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.

You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

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This is really a great post of summing it all up.

In today’s Topic #56 brought to you by Plinky (http://www.plinky.com); “What keeps you up at night?”

1. The loud Stormy Weather causes me to have sleeping problems as an adult.

2. My mind races about what happened during the day.

3. I have to finish a book I want to read before work the next day.

5. I am addicted to the internet; and it’s quiet at night; which keeps me awake.

6. Sleeping problems in aduts are very common especially as we get older and I am and adult.

7. Worring about this or that keeps me up at night, I get out a notebook and record my thoughts but find I still have sleeping problems.

8. When I am sick, sleeping is useless unless I am on some type of over the counter drug.

9. When my teenager is up all night on the weekends, talking, texting, or on the internet; the noise level keeps me awake where sleep problems happen.

10. Sleeping Problems in adults can be caused by so many different things; I choose to pray away the stress.

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classyrose | February 25, 2011 at 9:54 am | Reply

Has anyone else noticed that the blogs for the tag for postaday2011 aren’t advancing through all the pages?

Some of them seem to get stuck around page 5 and never show up again and some of the blogs listed on page 5 get repeated for several pages after that.

For what it’s worth this page with the vodka bottle is appearing on several pages at this time.

http://en.wordpress.com/tag/postaday2011/8/

This isn’t the first time I’ve noticed this.

<a href=”http://en.wordpress.com/tag/postaday2011/8/“>ROSE</a>

I have noticed this too

Valentine’s Day Clearance Sale.