Blogsessive.com has just published a guest post written by yours truly on how to make your blog and twitter account work better at promoting each other. And the solution is simple: notice what they have in common, notice the differences, and if it’s a team you want, then create one!

I’d love to hear your thoughts and your own tips on how to create a dream team out of your blog and Twitter feed, so head over to Blogsessive to read the article and share your insight

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I can still perfectly remember the first comment on my blog. It’s not about what the commentator said, it’s not about the fact that I was a great fan of the first person commenting, it was about receiving the first comment to something I had written and sparking a conversation. I was so thrilled!

Writing was a daily habit for me at the time. Be it novels, stories, essays, articles and projects for school, I have always enjoyed putting my thoughts on (real or electronic) paper. And I have always enjoyed having people read it and give me their feedback. So the part about having an outlet for my thoughts was not what hooked me to blogging. It was the comments, the conversation and the almost instant feedback. What kept the addiction going was the great number of friendships that resulted from my casual chat with fellow bloggers. Continue reading

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Yes, after a quite bumpy two weeks ride, Words of a Broken Mirror is once again up and running! It took two weeks to get a new hosting account, backup my old files and get the answered approved, two days for my to partly import stuff on my new account and majorly screw everything up and about 2 hours for Alex to get everything sorted out and clean up my mess .

While my blog was down and I couldn’t share anything with you through posts and comments, I realized that this blog is such an important part of my life that I really wouldn’t want to live without it. I could, but why would I ever? So many friends, so many thoughts, so many moments, why waste something like that?

Again, I apologize for the down time and for all the hassle you might have encountered when trying to access my blog. Hope you quickly forgive me and get back to regular visits.

P.S. From what Twhirl shows up, Joanna Young was the first to comment after the move! Thanks so much for that!

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I’d first like to apologize to anyone who’s been trying to access my blog and got errors instead of my posts. I know it’s really frustrating, so I’ve decided to do something about it! I initially planned to move at the end of the month, but as my site is temporarily down a few times a day, I decided my current webhosting provider is no longer a wise choice. I’ll be moving to GoDaddy.

I’ll officially start working on this tonight, but the effects might last for a couple of days. I’m sorry for all the trouble you’ll experience in the meantime. Please stay tuned as I’m sure the situation will be significantly improved after the transfer!

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You might have notices my blog has run amok lately. Posts that never show up, although they’re weekly regulars, I’m not on Twitter as often, I comment less on other blogs and I’m generally keeping a low profile. And this situation will go on for the next three weeks. Why? Well, there’s a few things…

• Most of my team is on vacation and I’m practically alone in getting to important launches ready
• Some time consuming personal projects need to be taken care of before my vacation
• I’ll be on vacation for the next three weeks. And here’s a taste of how great it will all be!
• I somehow managed to accumulate so much tiredness, I can’t even think straight for more than half a day
• Getting everything ready for the vacation in the evening only, after work, has proven to be quite a challenge.

The good news is I have some interesting articles planned for all of you and some amazing bloggers will be guest posting here. Speaking of guest posting, if anyone’s interested, let’s talk! In the mean time, I’ll also cover my whole trip on Travel Spells.

Thank you all for understanding, for still being registered to my feed, for stopping by and commenting. I’ll be back with a new and improved blogging force after the vacation, promise! Oh, and don’t worry, I have an internet connection at the hotel, I’ll do my best to keep in touch!

Hugs,
Alina

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