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Becoming Shareable

by Yvonne DiVita

David Armano of Logic + Emotion, a blog about 'insights, ideas and interactions,' created a post Thursday about sharing - actually, shareability. We all hope for high shareability when we write our blogs and post on twitter, but do any of us really know how to create shareable posts?

Armano's post aims to help you with that. He begins by saying, "If content were king, then great posts wouldn't go undiscovered every single day." I don't agree with him there - truth is, a lot of greatness gets passed by or ignored on a daily basis. Greatness is not dependent upon crowd-sourcing. If it were, we'd have a No Kill Nation by now, wouldn't we?

However, Armano makes a good point - that bad content gets shared almost as much as good content, depending on your definition of 'good' and 'bad'.

Keeping Fido And Fluffy Safe on Halloween

Guest post by Blog Manager Robbi Hess

I don't know about your pets but Henrietta is hyperactive when anyone walks near the door let alone having a parade of tiny people in costumes that are looking for candy.

Halloween, while fun for the kids, can be a stressful time for your pets, here are some tips to make the day as enjoyable -- and safe -- for your pets as possible while allowing you to enjoy the smiling faces of the little trick-or-treaters: 

• Candy is not good for your pet. Chocolate can be deadly for dogs any time of the year and at Halloween when there is more candy than usual lying around, make certain that your pet can’t get to the stash.
• Candy wrappers can be as deadly for your pets as the chocolate. If you have a cat, you know that it will be drawn to the crinkly, bright candy wrappers and while he or she may just bat it around for a few hours, there is a chance it will swallow some and it can get stuck in the digestive track.

FAQs for BlogHer Publishing Network Invites

Many of our bloggers have been invited to join the BlogPaws | BlogHer publishing network and many are in the que to be invited. If you are a recent member of the community and have expressed a desire to monetize your blog, you, too, will be invited, over time.

Because this is a big undertaking, and a big decision for our bloggers, we asked the Director of the BlogHer Publishing Network, Jenny Lauck, to share some answers to questions people have about becoming a member of the publishing network. Here's her response:

Hi everyone,

My name is Jenny Lauck, and I'm the director of the BlogHer Publishing Network.  I am so excited to be working with the amazing bloggers in the BlogPaws community on our joint publishing network! Through our partnership, BlogHer and BlogPaws are working together to bring members of the BlogPaws community opportunities to monetize blogs through high-quality display advertising, fun, paid reviews and sampling programs.

I’d like to take a minute and answer some of the most common questions we hear from bloggers about how the BlogPaws | BlogHer Publishing Network partnership works.  For example…

Being As Great As You Think You Are

by Yvonne DiVita

Are you holding back? Are you making excuses for not creating the success you planned on, this year? Is the world against you? Are you mired in the down economy and worried about how to move forward in 2012?

Ok... if you are... stop. Stop allowing yourself to worry or whine (yes, it's a choice - choose to stop it now). Stop making excuses for not moving yourself and/or your business forward. I know that's often easier said than done, but your first effort in overcoming this is to acknowledge it and be proactive in overcoming the issues that are holding you back.

On Facebook today, I saw a "like" that intrigued me. I clicked over to Chris Brogan's blog and found this truly outstanding post titled: "106 Excuses that prevent you from ever becoming great" and as I scrolled through it, I thought of all the people I know who would benefit from reading it. Including myself. Don't think for a minute that I don't have bad days, or sometimes wonder if I'm on the right track. I do. Just like you.

Wordless Wednesday - Share Your Pets

Submitted by Vivian Napp

 

Submitted by The Wag Tails

 

Submitted by Veronica Robertson

 

Community Announcement:

Come join the Pet Blogging Community for the first ever  Regressive Holiday Dinner for Pets beginning October 30th.  

 

We would LOVE more pictures posted to the community to give us lots to choose from for Wordless Wednesday. We hear from everyone who has been chosen that they love waking up to the Wednesday morning surprise of having their baby front and center for everyone to look at!

Love Wordless Wednesday because you get to post pictures of your pets? Well it is now 100 times better! Each week BlogPaws is going to create a link up for the community for you to add a link directly to your Wordless Wednesday Post. That way we can all share and enjoy each others pets. The rules are super simple: Show us your pets! Leave a link directly to your Wordless Wednesday Post Visit other blogs and say hello (don't forget! This is the part that is the most fun!)

Remember to leave a comment to let everyone know you stopped by for a visit. Share the link up with your readers so they can join the community and link up as well. You can grab the code and place it on your blog or you can refer your readers right back to the Wordless Wednesday post of the week.

If you would like your pet’s picture featured as our Wordless Wednesday picture of the week, please join the BlogPaws Community Center. Pictures you post there have a chance of making it to our Wordless Wednesday. You can post as many pictures as you want in our community - we encourage it! We never get tired of looking at all your pet pictures!

PS. Please make sure to upload full size pictures that are good quality so they can be used for the Wordless Wednesday post.