Sharon Hurley Hall

One of my occasional gigs is writing reviews of new sites for the What’s New Onine kiosk run by Appvita and CenturyTel.  Since I love trying new things, it’s a match made in heaven. Here are my latest reviews on that site:

Story Of My Life – Share Your Story Forever

Lifetick – Manage Your Tasks and Life Goals

Cookstr – Find Great Recipes From Top Chefs

Do My Stuff – Get Help With Your Dirty Work

I Vote For Art – Rate And Buy Artwork

I enjoy writing reviews of the products and services I use. Here’s a list of the reviews published (mostly) on consumer reviews sites.

Time To Get Clicky

Dooyoo profile

• Lush Slammer – a holiday in a bottle
• Still in cable chaos
• Beauty, brains and bumps: the Palmone Lifedrive
• Vistaprint does the business
• Think thin
• Layers within layers
• ‘Merchant’ shows Will power
• Once upon a time I fell asleep
• Time travelling with Leonard
• Quiet but solid technology
• Walking with the Gruffalo
• Why we love caterpillars
• Hiding out at the Hotel Rwanda
• Things can only get better
• All that glitters is not gold
• Good things come in small packages
• Still a good second hand buy – Samsung ML1210
• Samsung CLP-500 – just what a printer should be
• Philips DVDR80 – a useful replacement for your VCR
• Good performance from Dimage X50
• Dimage X50 – a compact winner

Ciao profile

• A pig’s ear of a film

Epinions profile

ReviewCentre profile

Articles on Dooyoo

• DIY house move: does it have to be a hassle?
• Kids and restaurants: avoiding mealtime mayhem
• The loves of my life
• Ten sites for sore eyes
• Dooyoo member interview

What I Learned From Writing Reviews

Here’s a round up of my work published in October 2008.

Appvita (September and October reviews)

• Bitstrips – Create Your Own Comic Strip
• Tripit – Your Personal Travel Assistant
• Squidoo – Show Off Your Expertise
• RescueTime – What Do You Do All Day?
• Remember The Milk – Never Forget Another Task
• Profilactic – Aggregating Your Online Identity
• PageOnce – Your Online Personal Assistant
• LibraryThing – Your Online Book Catalog
• Iminta – Connect Your Online Life
• HubPages – Easy And Rewarding Online Publishing
• GoodReads – Read With Friends
• aNobii – The Site For Bookworms
• Etsy – Handmade Items Online

Daily Writing Tips

• An Article Marketing Guide
• The -escent Suffix
• Book Review: Save The Cat
• Punctuation Game

TechGerm

• Vote For Your Favorite Firefox Add-On
• Tech News 10-29-08 – It’s All About Gmail
• Making Sense Of Your Online Social Life
• Add-On Of The Week – Better Gmail 2
• Hello Twellow
• Tech News 10-20-08
• Add-On Of The Week – CustomizeGoogle
• Exploring Gmail Labs – Part 2
• Exploring Gmail Labs – Part 1
• Add On Of The Week: StumbleUpon Toolbar
• Tech News 10-8-08
• Social Sites For Book Lovers
• Add-On Of The Week: AdBlock Plus
• Speech Recognition Software

ParkRideFlyUSA Blog

• Planning Your Halloween Vacation
• Halloween Vacation Ideas
• Layover In Tampa Airport (TPA)
• Three Layover Videos
• Layover In Orlando International Airport (MCO)
• Park, Ride And Fly Quotations
• WTA Grand Tour – Travel News
• Layover In Indianapolis (IND)
• Five Reasons To Book Offsite Airport Parking

Momma Helpers

• Childs Eye View
• Wakey Wakey – Childs Eye View
• Girl Power – Childs Eye View
• Planning Ahead – Childs Eye View

Here’s some of the work that was published in September 2008

Daily Writing Tips

• The Question Mark
• I Have A Theory…

Eclectic Rebel Travel Blog

• Three Tips For Planning Your Weekend Getaway
• Layover In JFK – Things To Do
• Four Ways To Save Time When You Travel
• Layover In Boston Logan International Airport
• Discounted Parking For Travel Writers
• Hey Big Spenders – Travel News
• Layover In Chicago Midway Airport (MDW)
• Three Essential Gadgets For The Business Traveler
• Layover In LAX – Things To Do

• Three Tips For Planning Your Weekend Getaway
• 25: Layover In JFK – Things To Do
• 23: Four Ways To Save Time When You Travel
• 18: Layover In Boston Logan International Airport
• 16: Discounted Parking For Travel Writers
• 11: Hey Big Spenders – Travel News
• 09: Layover In Chicago Midway Airport (MDW)
• 04: Three Essential Gadgets For The Business Traveler
• 02: Layover In LAX – Things To Do

• Three Tips For Planning Your Weekend Getaway
• 25: Layover In JFK – Things To Do
• 23: Four Ways To Save Time When You Travel
• 18: Layover In Boston Logan International Airport
• 16: Discounted Parking For Travel Writers
• 11: Hey Big Spenders – Travel News
• 09: Layover In Chicago Midway Airport (MDW)
• 04: Three Essential Gadgets For The Business Traveler
• 02: Layover In LAX – Things To Do

TechGerm

• Do Try These At Home
• Add-On Of The Week: WOT
• Disposable Email Addresses
• Twitter Gets A Facelift And Other News
• Add-On Of The Week: Xoopit For Gmail
• Testing Google Chrome
• Tech News 9-15-08
• Add-On Of The Week: RTM For Gmail
• Four RSS Feed Mixing Tools
• Profilactic: The Ultimate Lifestreaming Tool?
• Add-On Of The Week: GTDInbox
• Google Chrome Launches
• I’m Into Iminta

Here’s a round up of the work I’ve had published in the last month or so.

Appvita

• Plurk review
• Friendster review
• SecondBrain review

Daily Writing Tips

• Obsessed With Ob- Words
• Cockney Rhyming Slang
• The Scandinavian Connection
• Complacent, Complaisant

Eclectic Rebel Travel Blog

• Three Essential Gadgets For The Business Traveler
• Layover In Chicago Midway Airport (MDW)
• Hey Big Spenders – Travel News

Ezine Articles

• How to Choose a Flooring Tile

Hubpages

• Choosing A Jogging Stroller

MommaHelpers

• Parenting: Should You Sweat The Small Stuff?

TechGerm

• Add-On Of The Week: GMail Manager
• Managing Your Passwords
• Android On The Horizon
• Add-On Of The Week: FoxClocks
• Delicious – A Firefox Bookmarks Replacement?
• Feedly Gets A Facelift
• Add-On Of The Week – Shareaholic
• LoJack Saves Your Laptop
• Making Friends On Friendster
• Add-On Of The Week – Aksimet Auntie Spam
• Evernote – Never Lose Your Online Stuff
• Lifestreaming With Swurl
• Add-On Of The Week – Greasemonkey

I’ve been busy for the last couple of weeks, publishing lots of posts on the blogs where I contribute. Here are some of the recent ones on PiggyBankPie:

• Getting Into Iminta
• Making Your Content Work Harder
• How To Save Your Blog From Extinction

I’ve also been working hard on TechGerm:

• Written A Knol Yet?
• Lifestreaming With Swurl
• Evernote review

One of my gigs in the early part of this year was for Pureblogging, where I published 20 posts. Here’s the full index:

I’m always browsing around, looking for new things to try, so it’s nice for me to get paid for my obsession. My latest gig is reviewing sites for CenturyTel. For this gig, I need to use the site, research power user tips and fit the review into a specified format. Here’s my first review, of Ustream.TV.  I’m writing the second one now. Stay tuned for updates.

Well, I couldn’t resist adding my name to another site, especially when it comes from Google. I’ve just published my first Knol using a sample article on off plan property that I had lying around.  It was very easy to publish and I think I’ll put more of my work there in the future. To go along with it, I’ve also published Written A Knol Yet? – my review of the process on TechGerm.

It’s been a good week for me this week. In addition to getting repeat work from old clients and landing a couple of new gigs, I’ve had posts published on several blogs. These are professional blogging gigs, which means that people pay me to blog. Here are some of my posts from the past week:

• Feeding Myself With Feedly
• Profilactic: Lifestreaming Made Simple
• Why Article Marketing Still Rocks
• Lifestreaming: First Look

I really love blogging and am interested in a wide range of topics. Contact me if you want me to contribute a paid post to your blog.