Showing posts with label Google Alerts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google Alerts. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Versatile Blogger Award.

Rosi Hollinbeck, at The Write Stuff , just awarded me the Versatile Blogger Award.

She said she learns a lot from my blog about blogging and writing. 

This is such a compliment, because that's one of my main purposes here at Enter the Between, to share what I've learned so far about blogging and in my ten-plus years of writing fiction.

So much of what I know about both blogging and writing came from other writers, who so generously shared what they knew.

We need to stick together as a community, forge alliances, and promote and mentor one another.  What goes around, comes around.  A good deed is never wasted. 

Thank you so much, Rosi, for doing your part in promoting a fellow writer.

Rosi is a pre-published writer and works almost entirely on children's books, stories, poems, and articles.  She spent many years teaching high school English and is in love with words, books, theatre, and related subjects.

Her children's short story, Helen's Home Run, just won first place in The Foster City Writer's Contest children’s division.

Congratulations, Rosi.

Now, as part of my commitment to sharing what I know and as a thank you for stopping by, I want to share some writing/media resources put together by Janet Conner, author of Writing Down Your Soul and presenter of the Plug In Telecourse.

Facebook

Google

Tools for key word research 

Fun Blogs for Writers
List of Blogs by Writers
As always, thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Google Alerts

Would you like to get regular updates, via email, about something that interests you whenever it appears in the top 20 web or top 10 news results?

Would you like to get news about you and your blog?

If so, Google Alerts is for you.

It's simple and it's free.

It only takes about six seconds to set up an alert, and you can create up to 1000--one for your name, one for your blog's name, or to track links to your site (using blog's URL).

First you must get a Google login.

Next, specify the terms you're interested in at Google Alerts, and it will do the rest.

To learn more about Google Alerts and how it works go to Goggle Alerts Getting Started Guide--Alert Help.

To set up your Google Alert go to, Google Alerts--Monitor the Web for interesting new content.

For additional information on how to use Google Alerts, go to How to Use Google Alerts--5 Quick Ways to Get News About You and Your Blog.

Enjoy!