Sharon Hurley Hall

I’m still posting on travel on the Taking Off Travel Blog. Here are more of my recent posts:

November 2009

• 26: Traveling The Blogosphere – November 2009
• 25: PRF Mentioned In CBS Thanksgiving Travel Spot
• 24: The View From The Wing – Photo Post
• 19: Reflections On A Year Of Travel Blogging
• 17: Sharing Travel Experiences – A Review
• 12: Easy Ways To Guard Against Airport Luggage Theft
• 10: More Airport Security On The Horizon
• 05: Three Travel Trends That Tick Me Off
• 03: The Best Free Blackberry Apps For Travelers

October 2009

• 29: Seven More Travel Bloggers You Should Follow On Twitter
• 27: Inside Fort Lauderdale (FLL) Airport
• 22: New Jersey Images
• 20: Top Tools For Staying Connected
• 15: PRF Offers Savings As New AARP Travel Provider
• 13: My Favorite Florida Eatery
• 08: Boo! Spooky Halloween Vacations 2009
• 06: Save Time And Money With Offsite Airport Parking
• 01: New Jersey In Pictures

September 2009

• 29: Traveling The Blogosphere – September 2009
• 24: One More Time, With Feeling
• 22: Ovi Maps – A Great Tool For Business Travel
• 17: Location Independent – Run Your Business From Anywhere
• 15: Coasting And Karting In Florida
• 10: On The Water In Florida
• 08: A Vacation In Hollywood
• 03: Working On The Road
• 01: Facebook For Travelers – Part 2

August 2009

• 27: What Kind Of Packer Are You?
• 25: Time Lapse Travel Moments
• 20: Travel Planning With GoPlanit
• 18: Traveling To The Hurricane Belt?
• 13: Traveling The Blogosphere – August 2009
• 11: Exploring Anchorage, Alaska Airport (ANC)
• 06: Couchsurfing Revisited
• 04: Carnival Celebrations Around The World

July 2009

• 30: How To Choose Offsite Airport Parking
• 28: Build Travel Packs With Planet Eye
• 23: Taking The Guesswork Out Of Trip Planning
• 21: Business Travel – Do You Dare To Unplug?
• 16: July Business Travel Gadget Roundup
• 14: Taking Off Travel Blog – Six Of The Best
• 09: Seven Long Haul Travel Tips
• 07: Best Job In The World – Where Would You Choose?
• 02: Exploring Birmingham, Alabama

These are my latest website and tool reviews on PiggyBankPie.

One of the projects I’ve been working on behind the scenes is a new site called Location Independent Parents. Lea Woodward, Amy Palko and I share our experience of being location independent parents. We’re all very different, so the site has something for everyone.  Here are my first three posts (but be sure to check out the rest):

I’m now writing for Blogging Tips.  I’ll be posting once a week and my first post has just gone live. It’s called: Two Weeks With Echo.

Simple Social Media Strategies For Location Independent Professionals is my first guest post on the Location Independent blog. A few weeks ago, Cath Duncan suggested that writing about how location independent professionals can manage social media without getting overwhelmed might be a good idea. This guest post is the result. (Thanks, Cath.) Here’s an excerpt:

I belong to dozens of networks but of late my interaction has been limited to just three. Here’s what I’ve chosen, why I’ve chosen them and what I get out of each

Hope you enjoy it.

It’s always nice when someone features your blog, interviews you or otherwise helps boost your online presence. Here are some places where I, SharonHurleyHall.com and Get Paid To Write Online have been featured over the past couple of months.

• Inspired By Water – guest post on Andy Hayes’ blog
• How To Get A Big Job From A Small Country – guest post on Freelance Writing Gigs
• Inspirational Destinations: Barbados – interview on Location Independent
• 155 Ways To Work From Home Without Distraction - my tip is no. 106

Get Paid To Write Online has appeared on

• Websites for writers
• 100 Women Bloggers To Watch Out For In 2009
• Cited incorrectly as a place to find job listings, but thanks for the mention
• Listed in the top ten on Top Of Blogs
• Doing quite well on the Invesp list of writing blogs

One of the highlights of my recent posts on PiggyBankPie was a series on getting started in blogging. I’ve also reviewed several interesting sites.

• Tweeting For Two – What I Have Learned
• Getting To Grips With Your Online Contacts
• Tools To Manage Your Online Reading List
• Searching Your Desktop: What Are The Options?
• How Do Your Posts Rank?
• Seven Multiple Social Bookmarking Tools
• Getting Started in Blogging: Blogging As A Business
• Getting Started in Blogging: Monetization
• Getting Started In Blogging: Advertising And Promotion
• Getting Started In Blogging: Linkbuilding
• Getting Started In Blogging: How To Improve Your Blog
• Getting Started In Blogging: Stats
• Filtering Out The Twitter Noise
• Getting Started In Blogging: Planning And Management
• Getting Started In Blogging: Getting Ideas
• Manage Twitter Better With Hootsuite
• Getting Started In Blogging: Customization
• Getting Started In Blogging: Free Themes
• Track Your Blog Conversations With BackType
• WordPress Spam Protection: Aksimet Vs Defensio
• Getting Started In Blogging: Platform Choices
• Getting Started In Blogging: Hosting
• Syncplicity – Simple Online Backup For Your Blog

Well, recent is a relative term. The posts I’m going to list cover the period from November 2008 to June 2009. I enjoy writing about travel and these posts give a flavour of the topics I can cover:

June 2009

• 30: Traveling The Blogosphere – June 2009
• 25: Indy PRF Launches Reward Program
• 23: More Strange Festivals From Around The World
• 18: Would You Work For Free To Save Your Company?
• 16: Visiting Nottingham Castle
• 11: Pack It Up! – Online Packing List Tools
• 09: How To Cut The Cost Of Your Next Business Trip
• 04: Tips For Enjoying A Great Staycation
• 02: Using The New Indy Airport

May 2009

• 28: Ten Tips For Hotel Safety
• 26: A Whistle Stop Tour Of Chicago
• 21: Travel Tips For A Great Summer
• 19: How To Save On Your Summer Vacation
• 14: Explore The World With GoNomad.com
• 12: Inside Chicago O’Hare (ORD) Airport
• 07: I Want One Of Those – Must Have Business Travel Gadgets
• 05: Business Travel News

April 2009

• 30: Four Ways To Get The Best Offsite Airport Parking
• 28: Layover In HOU Hobby Airport
• 23: Fast Facts About Indiana
• 21: Top Tips For Healthy International Travel
• 16: Honeymoons And The Face Of Travel – Travel News
• 14: Make Timely Travel Plans With Joobili
• 09: How To Get Out Of Miami Airport In An Hour
• 07: Six Travel Bloggers You Should Follow On Twitter
• 02: Wine And Wildlife – A Trip To Cancun

March 2009

• 31: The Roaring Sea – A Trip To Cancun
• 26: Do You Really Need Travel Insurance?
• 24: Ten Things To Do Before Your Next Business Trip
• 19: Be Safe In The Airport Parking Lot
• 17: The ABCs Of International Business Etiquette
• 12: Layover In Albany Airport (ALB)
• 10: Interview With The Voluntourism Gal
• 05: Stress Free Business Travel
• 03: Exploring The Top Travel Blogs

February 2009

• 26: Responsible Travel Can Still Be Fun
• 24: Nine Places To Plan Your Next Trip
• 19: The Gadget Traveler – Interview
• 17: Popular Airport Parking Locations
• 12: The Best iPhone Apps For Travelers
• 10: Romance And Free Travel
• 05: Great Meals Every Time – Where The Locals Eat
• 03: Don’t Get Stuck At The Airport!

January 2009

• 29: How To Get First Class Travel At Coach Prices
• 27: Retreats And Room Rates – Travel News
• 22: The World’s Best And Worst Airports
• 20: Cowgirls And Log Cabins – Layover In DFW Part 2
• 15: Layover In Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)
• 13: ESTA Is Live – Travel News 1/13/09
• 08: Layover In Miami International Airport (MIA)
• 06: Facebook Applications For Travelers
• 01: So You Wanna Have A Green Vacation?

December 2008

• 30: Taking Off Travel Blog – This Year’s Popular Posts
• 26: The Skinny On Frequent Flyer Programs – Part 2
• 25: Merry Christmas From ParkRideFlyUSA
• 23: The Skinny On Frequent Flyer Programs – Part 1
• 18: Business Travel Freebies – R.I.P?
• 16: Five Tips To Cut The Cost Of Holiday Travel
• 11: Feeling Festive? – Christmas Travel Videos
• 09: Christmas Gifts For The Business Traveler
• 04: Ten Things To Know About The New Indy Airport
• 02: Build Your Own Travel Guide

November 2008

• 27: Queen Of The Road
• 25: Offsite Airport Parking Tips
• 21: New Indy Park Ride & Fly Opens – Travel News
• 19: Stress Free Vacation Travel
• 13: Track Business Travel With Dopplr
• 11: Layover In Detroit (DTW)
• 06: A Mini Florida Eco-Tour
• 04: Layover In LaGuardia Airport (LGA)

Here’s a list of everything I’ve published on PiggyBankPie to date. These are mainly about blogging, but also include website and tool reviews.

2009

• Five Plugins To Give Your Blog Content A Boost
• Who Are Your Twitterfriends?
• Three Twitter Tools I Can’t Live Without
• Lessons From Choosing A Premium WordPress Theme
• Put Your Life Online With Storytlr
• RSS Mixers: The Options At A Glance
• Four Ways To Beat Blogger’s Block
• Short Guide To Lifestreaming
• The No-Frills Guide To Web Analytics
• Three Abandoned WordPress Plugins
• Twitter Backgrounds Made Easy
• Promote Your Blog With Blogrize
• Time Tracking For Professional Bloggers … And Others
• Five Free Keyword Research Tools For Bloggers

2008

• Feedly: A New Face For Google Reader
• Two Tools For Tracking Research
• How To Run A Group Writing Project
• How To Save Your Blog From Extinction
• Making Your Content Work Harder: Eco-Friendly Blog Promotion
• Getting Into Iminta?
• Profilactic: Lifestreaming Made Simple
• Twitter in the AIR
• Exploring The Plurkiverse: Microblogging Gets Conversational
• Tuning In To Twitter
• Coming Out As A Blogger
• The Joy Of Blogging

2007

• Want To Drop One On Me?
• Are You Being Kind To Your Readers?
• Ten Paid To Blog Programs At A Glance
• Five Ways To Kill Your Blog
• How To Make Your Blog Work For You
• How To Find Blogging Success

Shortly after I published the list of my latest posts for the What’s New Online kiosk, the site author contacted me to say that the post were doing double duty and could also be found on the Appvita blog.  Those are the links I’ll be publishing in future. Here’s a full list of what I’ve done to date:

2009

• Producteev – Work Collaboratively Online
• Setster – Book Client Appointments Online
• ManyMoon – Collaborative Online Task Management
• Floorplanner – You Are The Designer
• BackType – Keep Track Of Your Comments
• Seat Karma – Finding The Best Ticket Prices
• Dashboard – The Online Lead Converter
• Contxts – Create SMS Business Cards
• ccBetty: Smarter Email Management
• AskItOnline – The Easy Survey Builder
• Vet Help Direct – Online Help For Your Pet
• Syncplicity – Online Backup Made Simple
• Plinky – Microblogging With Purpose
• Dial My Calls – Make Group Calls In Seconds
• Storytlr – Tell Your Story With A Lifestream
• Wufoo – The Easy Form Creator
• Zilok – Make Money By Renting Your Stuff
• Rypple – Get Constructive Feedback Fast
• MailChimp – Easy Email Marketing
• FastDue – The Invoicing Tool Suite
• Story Of My Life – Share Your Story Forever
• Lifetick – Manage Your Tasks and Life Goals
• I Vote For Art – Rate And Buy Artwork
• Do My Stuff – Get Help With Your Dirty Work
• Cookstr – Find Great Recipes From Top Chefs

2008

• Bitstrips – Create Your Own Comic Strip
• Etsy – Buy And Sell Handmade Items Online
• Tripit – Your Personal Travel Assistant
• YouTube – View And Share Videos Online
• PageOnce – Your Online Personal Assistant
• Profilactic – Aggregating Your Online Identity
• Remember The Milk – Never Forget Another Task
• RescueTime – What Do You Do All Day?
• Squidoo – Show Off Your Expertise
• aNobii – The Site For Bookworms
• GoodReads – Read With Friends
• HubPages – Easy And Rewarding Online Publishing
• Iminta – Connect Your Online Life
• LibraryThing – Your Online Book Catalog
• Friendster – Social Networking For Adults
• Second Brain – The Online Content Collector
• Plurk – The Conversational Microblogging Site
• Ustream – Produce Your Own TV Show