13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
13 Blogs I’ve Learned From
Every now and then someone asks “How do you find this internet stuff?” I read some really informative blogs to learn from and I wanted to share them with you for your 2013 reading list. These blogs to learn from are guides to better understand social media, blogging or other website tidbits. Things change rapidly in this arena and you must keep up to stay abreast of the latest happenings.
13 Blogs to Learn From:
1. Basic Blog Tips – Ms. Ilene has done an outstanding job on her blog. She has many contributors that write for her now. There is always something fresh on her blog and she is accessible as well. One time I had a question and she replied via a short video. I was stunned. She did that for me? She is the queen of podcasts. Have you listened to one of her podcasts yet?
2. Sly Marketing – Jens keeps it interesting. He writes about marketing and writing. He has a unique style and writes from his experiences. Jens is a sole entrepreneur so he can surely understand the things you go through for your blog or website. He sometimes also writes personal pieces that will help you get to know and really like him.
3. Adrienne Smith - Adrienne has been an affiliate marketer and is a network marketer that doesn’t push her own stuff. She also teaches us something in a very personal and distinct way that you come to love her. She is the master of relationships. Once you get to know her, you’ll never stop reading her latest posts.
4. Mayura4Ever – Mayura is a technical genius who shares his tips and tricks on blogger style blogs. He sometimes shares other online tips for all of us – no matter what type of blog you may run. He is a phenomenal commenter as well.
5. Hot Blog Tips - This blog is run by Brian with the helps of Mitch and Cheryl on their “Google Hangouts” and videos. Always informative and debatable too. (I think they love debates) This is another not to miss blog. I was amazed to learn Brian has another full time job. I thought his blog was his full time job. Some people really amaze me.
6. I’m Just Sharing - This one is from Mitch, who you see on the Google hangings with Brian from Hot Blog Tips. Mitch has several businesses and blogs to learn from and he blogs about them as he shares his stories and tidbits.
7. Just Ask Kim - Kim really impressed me with one of her videos on Facebook recently. I hadn’t visited her often as the others but that video was so impressive and informative I had to share. I must visit her more in 2013. She really is an expert on Facebook.
8. Cirqued de Mot - Susan Silver is a master of SEO and copywriting and has some wonderful tips and tricks up her sleeve that she shares on her blog. She is a refreshing writer and you’ll be glad you visited her blog to learn something new.
9. SEOMoz – This blog is naturally all about SEO. It can be overwhelming at times and sometimes over my head but isn’t that how we learn? If we knew it all before reading what’s the point? They really have an outstanding group of people teaching SEO on their blog. The best of the SEO geeks.
10. ProBlogger – Darren Rowse has been blogging since 2002 and professionally (making money from blogging) since around 2004. He has guest bloggers on his blog to teach us a lot of stuff to be able to on the the right road to success online. Did you know he has a degree in degree in Theology?
11. Matt Cutts Blog - Matt is SEO, he is the master behind Google. He has been with Google since 2000 and is now the head of Google’s Webspam team. Who else better to learn from? After watching some of his video’s you will see he is quite personable too. Truly one of the best blogs to learn from on Google. Matt has a Ph.D. from Chapel Hill. (I wish my niece was there then, maybe we would have had Matt over for dinner).
12. HubSpot Blog - One of my first reading blogs to learn from on the internet as I began my online journey. You will always learn a little something there and the images they use will make you smile. They can be so darn creative.
13. Mashable - Probably the king of social media and internet news, another must read blog. They recently redesigned their blog if you haven’t been in a while, check it out. They update continuously with any breaking news related to the internet.
Have you been reading these informative blogs to learn from in 2012?
Coming Next: The Fun Blogs for 2013 and the Up and Coming Blogs for 2013
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Helping Others to Thrive Online Through Social Media, Blogging and SEO. What good is knowledge if you cannot share it with others?
20+ years experience in marketing/advertising with 3 years experience blogging, social media and SEO.
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Hello Lisa
Great sound for Blogs ! I was wondering to know how to achieved Success for Website’s & finally I got this article to know Website’s Success. I have been Reader of “Just Ask Kim” I appreciate this blog of kim, She always share valuable article on her blog & I always connect with Kim’s Blog.
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Thanks Disha, I have to read her’s more myself. I found her extraordinary with Facebook. Thanks for your input.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
Hi Lisa,
Now it’s December 13, 13 blogs and for 2013 ~ 13 – 13 – 13
Now you need to add your blog to this list too dear
I have already been visiting 6 of blogs here and I need to step into others too
Few times I’ve visited blogs of Ilene, Kim and Jens as I see some posts circulated on the social networks, but I haven’t been a regular visitor there. Actually I wasn’t onto many blogs until lately, and now it’s time for me to stop by on more. I can always count on your recommendations as your interests quite similar to mine. Don’t you think? 
Look at the list you have just recommended…
You know, though how much we love Tech kinda content, still there are bloggers don’t care ‘em but love other aspects. Recently I’ve read another post with recommendations and they were all personal blogs. It’s really nice to find vivid aspects and it makes our readership more adventurous and broad too. It’s such a nice to be a blogger in first place
I feel glad as I’m in the right circle to find interesting blogs that matters to me
It was always been wonderful to find really nice people too.
Thank you so much for including mine in your list with a nicey description dear
Catch you on the blogs you have recommended.
Have a Wonderful Week.
Cheers…
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Mayura recently posted..How to Add Alternative Text and Title Text for Images in Blogger
Hi Mayura, yes, I think the interests are similar and you would enjoy them too. I tried to keep it simple with 13 but I’m sure I’ve missed some too. You are welcome as you always have something to teach over at your place Mayura and are helpful to all too.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
Fabulous list there Lisa! I follow a few of them, but will definitely check the others out. Now I know where you find all these goodies!
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Thanks Brenda, yes, you do ask all time so I figured I’d share some of them here.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
Too bad I didn’t make it, but great list, Lisa!
Ana Hoffman recently posted..EmpowerNetwork Review
Ana, that’s the danger in picking a number isn’t it? There are several I know I’ve missed in this list – your blog rocks right up there with them too.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
Hi Lisa,
That’s a powerful list. I visit most of these blogs and can tell you, they rock
One more thing … I think Ana Hoffman’s blog should be on the list don’t you think?
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Hi Enstine, Yes, I would agree Ana would be a good addition to the list, her blog rocks too. It’s hard when you pick a number like 13. There are so many great ones to choose from. Thanks for coming by.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
Wow Lisa, what a pleasant and unexpected surprise. I made your list!
I’m among some awesome bloggers here as well. I do believe I know and visit a few of them as well so I definitely agree with you here. I hope that if some of your readers are looking for new blogs to visit and learn from that they’ll be sure to stop by all these blogs and just take a look at what they have to share. I have a feeling they’re going to end up loving them as much as you do.
Thank you so very much Lisa, again I’m so honored. Girl, you just made my day. Okay, my whole week!!! Yay!!!
~Adrienne
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I’m glad Adrienne as your blog has taught so many so much at least in the past year that I’ve been visiting it. You really have a way about you with your readers – really making them feel welcome. You also are not pushy with your “network” marketing. It is much appreciated!
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
Hi Lisa,
Great list, thanks!
Nice to see you included people like Adrienne and Jens. Awesome peeps!
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Thanks Craig for coming by and commenting. I love your title, will have to check that one out.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
Thanks for this post! I will be checking these out. I am a subscriber of the Hub and sometimes visit Mashable, but the others are new to me.
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Hi Misty, yes, please do check them all out. Always informative. Have a great day.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
awesome site, thanks for posting, although experience counts a lot in transposing what you see, having sites like these as inspiration is always a plus, keep em coming
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Thanks Santosh, I really appreciate that. Experience sure is a wonderful teacher, isn’t it?
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Lisa recently posted..13 Fun Blogs to Make You Smile, Laugh and Sometimes Cry
Wow! This is a nice surprise to see when I wake up.
Thanks so much for this and I’m really glad you mentioned my podcast. I know people can easily find my blog but it’s great to know that my podcast is well received too.
Thanks for the list Lisa, and thanks for including me.
Hi Ileane and you are up early too
You are welcome, you really are a wealth of knowledge! And your podcasts and video’s are just awesome. I think you were born to teach. Have a great day and a wonderful weekend.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
HI Lisa
Great List of blogs and the great bloggers as well, I follow some but will surely look other blogs as well.
Thanks for sharing this.
Sapna
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You are welcome Sapna, thanks for coming by today and have a wonderful day.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
Hi Lisa,
Thank you for the awesome list. I have learned so much from your blog as well as Adrienne. I am so grateful that I have all the great information you all provide to guide me along my path.
Cynthia
Thanks Cynthia, I really appreciate that. Have a wonderful weekend.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
Wonderful list Lisa!
I couldn’t agree more with all the wonderful bloggers and their informative blogs you have mentioned here. Yes indeed, they have taught us a lot by sharing great content. Most of them I know and the few I don’t, I shall be heading right over and checking them out now.
Thanks for sharing them with all of us.
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You are welcome Harleena. I’m sure there are many more I could add like Ana Hoffman’s. I was keeping the 13 for the new year. I hope you enjoy the ones you haven’t visited yet. Thanks for coming by and commenting.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
Well I’d be overwhelmed with 13 of them! But maybe I’ll rotate them a day at a time giving my self a chance to see a different perspective once a day for about 2 weeks. I already subscribe to 3 of them so I’ll need to plan my approach out more.
Thanks for the comprehensive list!
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You are welcome Patricia. Not bad since you already subscribe to 3. They don’t all publish daily so that helps too
Thanks for coming by and commenting on this one today.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
Hi Lisa
What a great list!
I know quite a few of them but some of the others are new to me. I must get around to looking at the biggies like Mashable and Problogger. I tend to leave those alone as I’m so involved in everything else!
Have a great weekend and thanks for introducing me to a few new blogs.
Tim
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You are welcome Tim. These were the tip of the iceberg, there are so many awesome ones out there to read but it’s hard to get to all of them all the time. Thanks for coming by and commenting, have a nice weekend too.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
That’s quite the list you have compiled there. I know some and the others I will visit in the near future. Bottom line is: “Keep reading – learning – and being inspired!”
Hi Jan, yes, that’s what it’s all about, keep learning! So much to learn every day. Stay tuned for the fun ones coming soon. Sometimes you need a break from all the learning, right? Have a wonderful weekend.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
Hi Lisa, Awesome list! I agree with your list, I really do. I know most of them and they have been incredibly helpful with my blogging journey. Jens, Adrienne, Kim and Mayura are fantastic. If you have a chance, check out Kim’s monthly webinars where she has a helpful Q&A session.
I also recommend Thomas from Techworks.dk. His tech knowledge is impressive and he is always helpful.
Thanks so much for sharing this awesome list, Lisa!
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Thanks Carolyn for your input, I think I just started to read Thomas’s blog, another really good one. I’d love to do the webinar, I’ll have to check out the time to see if it’s something I can do. Thanks again for your input – love it!
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
Yeah Ileane, Jens, Adrianne, and Kim are blogs I usually read once or twice a week. You should add my blogsetupguide dot com site to the list when I get more and more content on there
. For SEO SEOmoz is really the only one I read. I have a pro account there and love it. Let me know if you ever need any backlink reports ran on your comp 
Thanks Garen, I think I have just came across yours recently. I will be doing a up and coming list for 2013
Do you like the pro account there at SEOMoz? What does it do for you? Thanks for your comment and input.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
With a pro account it lets you set up five campaigns per account. These will track your rankings and crawl reports on your site every week. You have unlimited access to opensite explorer. Track your social accounts. See how hard it will be for your site to rank (for the keywords). So much more. There is a 30 day trial, so you can kind of poke around if you want and just cancel if you don’t want to pay $99 per month.
Thanks for the info Garen, appreciate that. Do I really want to see how hard it will be? (LOL) I didn’t realize they had the 30 day trial. Thanks for getting back to me on this one.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Fun Blogs to Make You Smile, Laugh and Sometimes Cry
Thank you so much Lisa for including my blog. It’s an honor to be included in such great company. I haven’t read all the blogs you listed, but I am sure going to take a closer look at the ones I am not already reading.
Thanks again for all your support.
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Well deserved Jens, I really have learned some things from your marketing blog and it amazes me that you are a one-man show too
I hope you will like the ones you haven’t read yet and that they too will be helpful. Have a great weekend.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Blogs To Learn From in 2013 for Your Website’s Success
The most important two things about this post is engagement and consistancy. Without the two there’s no drive to keep the blog going. Taking a step back it’s important to set the blogs objectives, goals & KPI’s so that it can be easier to assign your content target audience.
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Hi Cameron, you are correct those 2 things are extremely important. One would get bored if they did not have engagement and thus would probably not be consistent. Thanks for coming by and commenting, much appreciated.
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Hi Lisa, thanks for sharing these great tips. Regards
You are welcome Marcel. Glad you came by and commented. Have a wonderful day.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Fun Blogs to Make You Smile, Laugh and Sometimes Cry
Thanks for the warm welcome Lisa. Regards
Marcel Spitz recently posted..In search of a better life
Great list Lisa. We use SEOmoz (as you said, primarily SEO) and HubSpot (Internet marketing) tools which are central to our Internet marketing agency. Mashable (All things Social) and Matt Cutts (Google Search) are great too. The 4 mentioned are super high quality blogs so I can only assume the other 9 resources are going to be my reward for reading you post.Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Rick. I’ve really been self taught since starting a retail site with Stores Online (almost 3 years now) and these websites really have helped me along the way. There is always something new to learn every day, sometimes hourly. I hope you find the other sites resourceful as well. I appreciate your commenting on this piece.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Fun Blogs to Make You Smile, Laugh and Sometimes Cry
Except 2-3 blogs from the list I am following every blog regularly. Will follow others too. Adrienne’s blog is my favorite blog.
Atish Ranjan recently posted..SEO Competitor Analysis – How to Do?
Isn’t she wonderful Atish? I never miss a post either. I hope you’ll like some of the others too.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Fun Blogs to Make You Smile, Laugh and Sometimes Cry
yes she is amazing!
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Another great curated article, Lisa! Sorry, I realize I’m working my way backwards through your posts, only just spotted this one.
What a great list – I’m familiar with quite a few of them but there are some here I hadn’t come across and now look forward to exploring – many thanks for putting all these recommendations together – very helpful indeed,
Sue
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Hi Sue, you are welcome – glad you liked it the list. Hope you find them helpful too. Have a great new week!
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Lisa recently posted..13 Fun Blogs to Make You Smile, Laugh and Sometimes Cry
Hi Lisa,
I’m glad I landed on your Blog. I always enjoy reading blogs that offer real value and your’s hits the mark. You added a personal friend of mine Adrienne Smith to your list of blogs to read, and your readers would do well to listen to what Adrienne has to say. Adrienne is one of the rare ones out there that loves to help people and the information she offers is of high vallue. Great post.
Best,
Bart Nash
The IM Journal
Thanks Bart, yes I really love Adrienne’s blog and she is real. She doesn’t try to push anything on you either when you visit her blog. You can tell she really enjoys people. Thanks for coming by Bart and welcome to Inspire to Thrive.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Fun Blogs to Make You Smile, Laugh and Sometimes Cry
Hey Lisa,
One question I wanted to ask you is how you became a fan of Adrienne Smith. I agree with your assessment about reading her blog.
Best,
Bart Nash
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I must have stumbled upon her on Twitter. One of her titles enticed me to click and I never stopped visiting since.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Fun Blogs to Make You Smile, Laugh and Sometimes Cry
Hello Lisa,
I\’m already connected with few bloggers which is comes in 9 to 13 and visiting on daily basis. But honestly speaking I never heard of others. Thanks for sharing such a great list. I’ll follow others bloggers too for sure.
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Hi Amol, you are welcome. Hope you will like the others as well. Have a wonderful day.
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Some very nice blogs in your list, Lisa.
I do visit a number of these blogs, along with a few hundred other blogs that I drop in on from time to time….
I had a smile reading Ana\’s comment and your response, as I am sure you could have had no trouble putting together a \”100 blogs to follow in 2013\” and still felt you had not included enough sites….
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Hi Danny, yes, I felt so bad. It’s hard to pick out just 13! And her blog is awesome too. It’s amazing how many we can visit, isn’t it? Thanks for coming by and commenting Danny. Have a great weekend and holiday.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Up and Coming New Blogs To Read In The New Year
This is a great list. I know 14 blogs given in this list. Cirqued de Mot is the only one I haven\’t heard before. And I like to add DailyBlogTips blog to this list.
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Thanks Raplus for coming by. I will check that one out too. Thanks for the input.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Up and Coming New Blogs To Read In The New Year
Lisa,
Shwew! I had to scroll for a while to get to comment! That is awesome! That means this post is awesome and people trust your ability to pick some blogs that will help all of us.
I love your list. I bet it was hard to just narrow down 13. That is why I try to never make lists of favorites, I have way too many.
There are a couple here I don’t read so i need to get them into my RSS.
~Allie
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I know Allie it was not easy and I know I left some really good ones out. I just wanted to keep the theme to 13 in a series of 3 I did like this. Thanks Allie for your comment and input. I just updated to the new WordPress version so you lucked out that my plug-ins were all back together
Felt like putting Humpty Dumpty together again.
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Lisa recently posted..13 Up and Coming New Blogs To Read In The New Year
Alright, I finally made a list, and I like the company I’m keeping!
There’s 3 people on your list I don’t know; I’ll have to rectify that as well. Thanks for the inclusion Lisa; I’ll keep working on trying to be informative, entertaining, and humble… nah, I think I’m gonna lose on humble. 
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Yes, you did Mitch. You are very informative and yes entertaining and humble – I would agree. Glad you finally saw the list
Have a wonderful holiday Mitch.
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Fantastic list, Lisa! I already knew about and follow most of them. A couple of them I knew about, but never got around to following. This post changed all that. I’m following ALL now.
One of the things I’m doing this new year is I set up a separate account for all new blogs and websites I subscribe to. I set up the account to send a notification to me (via my awesome new iMac) with a bundle of reading each day. It’s so cool!
Thanks Samantha, that sounds like a great way to stay organized and on top of it. I bet you love that new iMac
Thanks for coming by and commenting today.
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How blind am I that I didn’t see that I had made the list! Thank you Thank you so much Lisa
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LOL Susan, you’ve been busy. Glad you got to check it out.