Sharon Hurley Hall

It’s time for my quarterly (or thereabouts) update on what I’ve been doing online. As usual a lot of my work has been blogging for clients.  Here are the posts.

It’s time for my quarterly (or thereabouts) update on what I’ve been doing online. As usual a lot of my work has been blogging for clients.  Here are the posts.

Location Independent Parents

• Inspiration & Social Proof: An Interview With Suzanne James
• Social Media For Location Independent Parents – Which Networks Should I Use?
• Social Media For Location Independent Parents – Automation
• CBeebies – Educational Fun For Location Independent Children
• Preparing Your Kids To Become Location Independent

PiggyBankPie

• TwitHive Fails To Excite
• Three Key Places To Promote Your Blog
• My Essentials For Blogging On The Move
• TwitTangle Tries To Declutter Twitter
• Does Your Blog Pass The ‘So What’ Test?
• LifeIO, A Dashboard For Your Online Life

Taking Off Travel Blog

February 2010
• 25: Traveling The Blogosphere – February 2010
• 23: Safe Travel Tips
• 18: The Sea – Travel Photos
• 16: What Do You Really Need To Know In A Foreign Language?
• 11: Luggage Trends – Interview With John Ebb Of Suitcase.com
• 09: Hunting For Treasure
• 04: TOTB Welcomes Guest Posts
• 02: Five Cool Ways To Travel

January 2010

• 28: Money Saving Vacation Tips
• 26: My Travel Tuesday Twitter List
• 21: January 2010 Travel News
• 19: Try Something New; I Dare You
• 14: My 2010 Travel Plans
• 12: When To Book Travel Online
• 07: A Month In Venezuela
• 06: Taking Off Travel Blog Makes Site Of The Day
• 05: Five Ways To Get More From Travel In 2010

December 2009

• 31: Taking Off Travel Blog – Best Of 2009
• 29: Exploring Las Vegas (LAS) Airport
• 24: Traveling The Blogosphere December 2009
• 22: Duffel Makes Trip Planning Easy
• 17: Save On Off Airport Parking With Coupons
• 15: Going Home For Christmas? Here’s How To Save
• 10: Why I Always Buy Travel Insurance
• 08: Will There Be Airport Parking Problems In Space?
• 03: A Near Miss
• 01: Five Things To Do When Your Plane Is Delayed

BloggingTips

• Did The Frugal Theme Solve My Throttling Problem?
• Is Your Web Host Throttling Your Blog?
• Should You Really Unlink Your Feeds?
• How To Get Your Blogging Mojo Back
• Riding The Google Buzz Bandwagon
• Theme Frameworks – They’re Not That Simple
• You Can’t Kill Blog Spam With Aksimet Alone
• Cut Twitter Clutter With Feedera
• Analyze Your Blogging Business
• Broadcast Your Blog With Chum.ly
• Dragon Naturally Speaking — A Great Tool For Bloggers
• Get Paid To Blog By Guest Blogging
• Why I Went Back To Basics With WordPress Comments
• What Makes The Perfect Theme?
• In Search Of A Storytlr Replacement

Suite 101

• How to Get Clips for an Online Writing Portfolio: Markets for Freelance Writers
• Dragon Naturally Speaking Standard 10 Review
• Top Tools for Location Independent Professionals
• Put a Writing Portfolio Online With Google Docs
• Avoiding Toddler Tantrums When Eating Out
• How to Add Value to Your Writing Business
• Five Ways to Improve Your Writing Career
• Blog Carnivals – A Great Promotion Tool

I started a new blogging gig at BloggingTips in September. Here are the posts I’ve published so far:

• Confessions Of A Theme-A-Holic, 03 Dec 2009
• Four More Twitter Account Cleaners, 26 Nov 2009
• 4 Twitter Account Cleaners, 19 Nov 2009
• Is Tweetvisor A Brizzly Beater?, 12 Nov 2009
• Blogging For Revenue Share – Pros And Cons, 05 Nov 2009
• The Case Of The Disappearing Blog, 29 Oct 2009
• Five More Great Sites For Writers, 22 Oct 2009
• Four Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Blogging, 15 Oct 2009
• Three Challenges When Managing A Twitter Alter Ego, 08 Oct 2009
• Why IntenseDebate Beats Echo, 01 Oct 2009
• 3 Easy Ways To Deal With RSS Overload, 24 Sep 2009
• Rebadge Your Blog Content With Zinepal, 17 Sep 2009
• Two Weeks With Echo, 10 Sep 2009

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)