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

These are my latest website and tool reviews on PiggyBankPie.

Here are more of my website reviews on Appvita:

Appvita has continued to give me the chance to test new sites and review them in the past few months. Here are some of my recent reviews:

• Funnela – Simple Online CRM
• Joobili – You Say When, They Say Where
• Legacy Locker – A Safe For Your Digital Assets
• Liquid Planner – Flexible Project Planning
• WhoDoes – Teamwork Made Easy And Attractive
• Mogulus – Make Your Own TV Channel
• Bulbstorm – Communicate To Innovate
• Flowzit – Streamline Document Sharing
• Lifeblob – Share Your Life On A Timeline
• Momversation – Interact with Mommy Bloggers. Become a Smarter Parent.
• EveryBlock – Get Really Local News
• A Better Office – Find The Perfect Workspace
• BookArmy – Get Good Book Recommendations
• Snooth – Find Great Wines at Affordable Prices
• WizeHive – Collaborate Online

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

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

One of my blogging gigs for last year was a site called TechGerm. Here’s a round up of my latest posts on the site. And if you’re looking for more techie goodness, you can find me blogging on PiggyBankPie.

January 2009

• 16: CommentLuv – WP Plugin Weekly
• 14: The Time Tracking Pick List
• 12: Is IE On The Way Out?
• 09: Simple Spam Filter – WP Plugin Weekly
• 07: Forum Matrix – Find That Forum
• 05: Tech News 1-5-09
• 02: Extended Categories Manager – WP Plugin Weekly

December 2008

• 31: Six Months Of TechGerm
• 29: What To Do When You’re Tired Of Blogging
• 26: WhyDoWork Adsense – WP Plugin Weekly
• 25: Merry Christmas From TechGerm
• 24: Analytics – What’s The Point? Part 2
• 22: Analytics – What’s The Point?
• 19: SRG Clean Archives – WP Plugin Weekly
• 17: The TechGerm Review List
• 15: First Look At Blogrize
• 12: Popularity Contest – WP Plugin Weekly
• 10: TwitBacks – Simple Twitter Backgrounds
• 08: Tech News 12-8-08
• 05: Better Comments Manager – WP Plugin Weekly
• 03: Eight Adobe AIR Apps
• 01: TwiTip – The Complete Twitter Resource

November 2008

• 28: In Series – WP Plugin Weekly
• 26: The Great Google Switcheroo
• 24: TweetLater- The Twitter Management Tool
• 21: WordPress.com Stats – WP Plugin Weekly
• 19: Slife Offers Analytics For Your Desktop
• 17: SingleWrench Review
• 14: All In One Seo Pack – WP Plugin Weekly
• 12: Preparing For Interruptions (0)
• 10: Tech News 11-9-08
• 07: Theme Test Drive – WP Plugin Weekly
• 05: Lifestreaming With Storytlr
• 03: A New Way To Moderate

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