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Areavoices “A Team” newsletter: Will your blog traffic go up if you do what this record-breaker did?

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

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Areavoices Digest #51 – Something for WWII buffs and more

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

I’ve always been intrigued by the World War II era, the photos, the music, and the people. Maybe that’s why I’m so excited about the first of this week’s recommended blogs. Check it out and the rest of this weeks’ … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #47 – Do you eat dinner with your family?

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

It’s something we used to see on “Leave it to Beaver.” June Cleaver clad in heels and pearls serving a meat and potatoes dinner around the table. Wally and Beaver shared details from their day. (I don’t remember what Beave … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #45 – Skol Vikings!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

You can almost hear all of those Minnesota Vikings fans out there gearing up for the season. They might not being singing the Vikings fight song, but many of them are choosing to blog. In the past few weeks, we’ve … Continue reading →

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2 Easy Steps to Posting from your Phone

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

A couple of days ago, a veteran reporter stopped by my desk. “I just got this phone and now I wanted to write my blog from it.” I realize that sounds like a declarative sentence, but it was really a … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #34 – How to keep Facebook friends from cringing

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

You know those Facebook posts – the ones that make you scream “Ewwww! TMI!” Too much information. They share intimate details of their lives, whether it’s potty habits of their children or a fight they’re having with their ex-husband. Makes … Continue reading →

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A “silver bullet” worth thousands!

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

Often times when I’m visiting with two of my favorite Areavoices bloggers; Scott Brusven of the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre and Melissa Schmalenberger of MS Simplicity I find myself thinking I wish I could just bottle them both up and take … Continue reading →

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Is This Just a Big ‘Ole Waste of Time?

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

So it’s a new week. I want to try something new in my blog. I’ve spent a good deal of time talking to you in this blog, recommending the latest and greatest blogs on Areavoices, offering blogging tips, etc. I … Continue reading →

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Looking for a few good Bob Vilas (or even Tim “The Toolman” Taylors)

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

So you’ve spent all winter sitting in your house, staring at your four walls thinking, “Man, once summer comes I need to fix that, or build that, or paint that!” It’s time to start thinking about those home improvement projects. … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #26 – A whole lot of hockey and more!

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

Most weeks in this look at recommended areavoices blogs I suggest 5 or 6, but this week (as Regis Philbin might say) “I’M OUTTA CONTROL!” Much of that has to do with the topics around the water cooler this week. For some it’s spring … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #25 – A great new to keep all those product recalls straight!

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

This is our 25th areavoices digest. Shouldn’t we have a party or something? I’ll get right on that.     EXPLORE MINNESOTA – http://exploreminnesota.areavoices.com   I’m really excited about this one. As you’ve heard, we’ve really been focusing lately on getting more … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #17 – Feb 2, 2011 – New way to find our blogs

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

Did you see it? There, right above my blog, to the right? Right next to ”start a blog.”  It’s the new areavoices “directory” link. Over the past week or so, we’ve been refining and revising a list of the featured blogs … Continue reading →

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Exciting Trend: Your blog could become a newspaper column!

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

It’s something called “Reverse Publishing,” taking content from areavoices blogging and rerunning it in the print edition of the newspaper. In the past two weeks The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead has selected 7 featured blogs to appear in the newspaper. We … Continue reading →

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Black Friday Shoppers? Smart Bargain Hunters or Just Plain Nuts?

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Tracy Briggs

Whatever you feel about Black Friday, whether you spend most of Thanksgiving combing through newspaper ads plotting your shopping strategy or you spend Friday morning snuggled in a warm bed puzzled as to why anyone would rise at 3:00am to battle the crowds, … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #9 – November 17, 2010

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Tracy Briggs

Areavoices Digest #9 – November 17, 2010 Another week and more schools are jumping on board with areavoices blogs. Areavoices is a fantastic place to share school news. In additon to our newest school blogs, check out some of our other recommended … Continue reading →

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