A Family that Blogs Together Stays Together

February 16th 2010

Facebook friends: Please read this whole post at DanielDessinger.com and leave your comments there. My wife (Heather), my mother-in-law (Barbara, aka “Gigi”), and want to do something new. We want to blog. Together. On one site. That’s right. A family blog. Wait! Don’t click away! It’s not as boring as it sounds. We are an [...]

Shamed into Blogging

February 11th 2010

I’m watching Motherhood (starring Uma Thurman and Minnie Driver) with Heather. We’re holed up in my mother-in-law’s room while Gigi does her very best to keep Katie entertained for two solid hours.

Celebrating Four Years of Blogging

December 29th 2009

I missed a significant date in my history, and I can’t move on until I’ve given it 20 seconds of fame. Just over four years ago, I became a blogger. Though I can find a few instances of “blogging” I did years before, I consider my official beginning as a blogger to be November 1, [...]

Looking for Awesome Blogs to Read

October 31st 2009

As I mentioned on Twitter recently, I’ve been reevaluating twitter follows, RSS feeds, and even my very own blog strategy. For too long, I wandered through my adult life, looking for the inside track to success. Whether it was a super secret method of building blog traffic or just noticing trends before they were trends [...]

How Many of the Top 100 Blogs Have You ACTUALLY Read?

October 17th 2009

I haven’t read past the Top 20 in months, so I’m guessing it’s safe to say I have no idea who the Top 100 blogs are. So here’s the list from Technorati, and I’ll but an X beside it if I’ve ever read a post from it.

Top 100 blogs
1. Huffington Post x
2. TechCrunch x
3. Mashable [...]

Blogging Question #1: What IS My Passion?

October 16th 2009

If you have to ask yourself this question, you might already be screwed. OR, you might be just like me. I don’t automatically know what I “love”. I don’t know what my passions are. There are things I love, but I don’t want to talk about them all the time. There are things I am [...]

My Blogs Have All But Failed

October 14th 2009

This is one of the saddest and simultaneously most exciting times of my life. I’ve been pumped all week after watching some video clips on Gary Vaynerchuk’s website. For a secular web-based entrepreneur, he’s my hero. He’s passionate, articulate, unique, and he works REALLY hard. Gary has convinced me that my blogs are a failure.
(On [...]

Gary Vaynerchuck Just Might Change Your Life

October 13th 2009

After watching this CNN interview with Gary V, I’m inspired all over again to go out and make it happen. Are you still contemplating what to do with your life? Watch this video and let the endless possibilities wash over you like a nice, warm wave of caffeine infused adrenaline.
Embedded video from CNN Video

Is a Blog Worth Blogging?

October 7th 2009

Many times I have debated myself on this question. You see, I am a writer at heart. But I have too many channels and too many projects. I am spread thin. Some might argue that I’ve cheapened my words by how “frivolously” I share them. After all, a guy who runs seven blogs must not [...]

Woopra Analytics Announces Changes

September 21st 2009

Here at MarketNet, we love Woopra. It’s far and away our favorite web analytics tool for live stats and streaming data. Some of it’s features really shine on a blog format, but we’ve found its live streaming data to be useful for any site.
You can watch the video of John’s presentation here, or you can [...]