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What's next for your blog?

A new design?
Search engine optimization and social media?
More photos?
A different content focus?
Moving to a new blogging software platform?

Come share your plans, and inspire others.

By the way, this will be my last meeting as Meetup organizer. I'll be taking classes and traveling much of the winter and spring.

Interested in organizing the group? Let me know. We have two assistant organizers to help with the transition!

Cheers,

Karen

Does your blog take a week off in the summer? Or do you take your blogging with you when you travel?

Grab an exotic iced latte at the Wayward and let's discuss these and other blogging questions. This mid-summer evening meetup is a great time to jump in and join the group, or bring along a friend.

First of all, apologies for the late notice this month.

And I want to thank Bill (you'll remember him from the Ralph's Grocery days) for stepping up to be the host for this meetup. It's at the Wayward, home of the melted cheese bagels. Please stop by and join the other Webloggers as we boast about or bemoan the state of our blogs and discuss blogging in general.

June meeting preview: I've heard from a couple of other folks who are interested in helping organize the June meeting, which will also be at the Wayward. Mark you calendars for June 17.

Cheers,

Karen

Can your blogging get you a job? Can it cost you one?

We'll be talking about ways people can use blogs to enhance their employability — plus talk about some ways to make sure your blog doesn't count against you in the business world.

The folks at Office Nomads on Capitol Hill have offered to host this meeting at their location on 1617 Boylston Avenue (just off E. Pine St.) on Capitol Hill. (Map here.)

This is a great opportunity to check out their space and office services. They currently are offering a "Pink Slip Special" — anyone who can show them a layoff pink slip gets a free full month of daily drop-in membership, worth $375.

Refreshments. There's coffee and tea on the premises, and I'll bring soft drinks and snacks. You are more than welcome to bring something more substantial along with you, as I know some folks are coming directly from the office.

How to get there: Office Nomads is near Metrol bus lines 10, 14, 43, 49 and 60. There is a parking garage across the street (entrance on Harvard Ave.) with stairs that lead to Boylston Ave. Parking is $5 for the evening. You are also likely to find parking on E. Pike St. or E. Pine St.

Do you blog like Seth Godin? Guy Kawasaki? Mistress Matisse?

What is your blog saying about you? Interestingly, your blog can have a different personality type than you do. If you have one or more blogs, they are likely to reveal different facets of your personality.

Use Typealyzer to determine your blog's personality type (and check out other people's blogs as well); then let us know what you've found.

I've been analyzing quite a few of the major blogs, and will reveal the results at the Dec. 17 meeting!

BTW, our new venue, the Wayward Coffee House at 8570 Greenwood, turns out to be quite wonderful. They make some pretty exotic lattes, and delicious bagels tops with melted cheese, pesto, etc.

NOTE: I'll treat the first Weblogger who shows up wearing a Santa hat(or antlers) to a tall latte of your choice!