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After the week we’ve had we NEED these blogs!

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It’s always fun to welcome new bloggers to Areavoices. But in a week that’s been full of tension and conflict, (thank you Campaign 2012), it’s especially fun to welcome two FUN new blogs. Kayley Erlandson’s blog “Media Girl” is refreshing and well-written!

Dr. Melissa Baartman Mork is a psychology professor at Northwestern College in St.  Paul, Minnesota. Her blog takes a closer look at the importance of humor in life. Isn’t that nice to think about after this long week! Enjoy!
Mediagirl
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Kayley Erlandson examines pop culture and media in this fun and popular blog. This week she reviews “Wreck it Ralph!”
Live.Love.Laugh: Exploring Humor in Life’s Domains – Finding the value of humor in life.
lifelaughter.areavoices.com
Psychology professor Dr. Melissa Baartman Mork uses her blog to explore topics of humor; specifically, how humor is (or can be) used in life’s various domains — marriage, parenting, work, health and wellness, pain management and more.

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Areavoices Digest #75 – What’s life really like in the Oil Patch?

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We’ve seen the news stories and read the reports from the oil boom in Western North Dakota.  They paint a vivid picture of both the good and bad that come with an economic boom and population explosion. But what is life really like there for the people who live there now and have lived there for generations We wanted to find out. Introducing: Life in the Patch, one of the newest Areavoices blogs. It’s a community blog that allows contributors to weigh in with their stories from boomtown and beyond. If you’d like to be a contributor to this blog, just email Shane Mercer at smercer@forumcomm.com. Or if you’d like to start your own blog just let me know.

There is so much to say out in Western North Dakota. Are you the one to share it? It’s easy and we’re all waiting!

In the meantime, check out all of our recommended blogs of the week.

Life in the Patch
http://patchlife.areavoices.com
“Life in the Patch” is a Forum Communications blog documenting the good, the bad, the ugly and the pretty in oil-rich Western North Dakota.

Reel Quickies
http;//reelquickie.areavoices.com
Laurel is a popular movie blogger who not only reviews the latest movies (The Avengers) but gets her
readers involved through interactive movie quizzes.

Reggie Tales
http://reggietales.areavoices.com
Have you ever wondered about life behind the camera in a TV newsroom? Chris Regimbal, WDAZ-TV News
Director, takes you there in his blog.

Minnesota – More to Explore
http://exploreminnesota.areavoices.com
A must-see blog for anyone visiting or living in Minnesota.

Ag at Large by Mikkel Pates
http://ag-at-large.areavoices.com
Mikkel Pates is a highly respected and longtime agricultural journalist.
His blog adds depth and details to the stories he writes for Ag Week and The Grand Forks Herald.

Areavoices Digest #74 – Are you training for the marathon?

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Their numbers seem to multiply around this time every year. The snow is gone and the weather hasn’t yet turned hot. Runners are coming out of the woodwork, some to train for upcoming marathons (The Fargo Marathon is May 17-19th) and others simply to get their daily exercise.

There is no shortage of advice out there about what it takes to be a runner, but let me steer you towards one of the best. Steve Wagner, an editor at the Bemidji Pioneer, is an avid runner who started relatively late in life. But as the title of his blog suggests, he’s already hooked. In his blog, Steve offers training advice, nutrition and encouragement for runners of all levels.

He’s just the first in our recommended blogs of the week.

Addicted to Running
runningspud.areavoices.com
Running enthusiast Steve Wagner talks about training, nutrition and more.

Wag n’ Tales – Life on the Farm
wagntales.areavoices.com
Mommy of four boys, farm wife and blogger. Not in that particular order.

Father Knows Last
jimlindlauf.areavoices.com
The life of a Grand Forks husband and father.

Dakota Valley News Blog
http://dakotavalleynews.areavoices.com/
News and information from the Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative in Southeastern North Dakota.

Rummaging with Ryan
http://rummagingwithryan.areavoices.com
Enter for a chance to win a morning of rummaging with Ryan Bakken.

 

Coming soon to a TV near you…

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A few days ago, I told you about our newest testimonials from happy Areavoices bloggers. Seeing as though we can’t let words of praised heaped upon us go unnoticed, we decided to put them into a TV commercial for all to enjoy. Actually we have six commercials from bloggers Scott Brusven of the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre and MS Simplicity Melissa Schmalenberger. The commercials illustrate how blogs are featured all over the region including Fargo-Moorhead, Grand Forks-East Grand Forks and throughout North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Melissa and Scott share with us why blogging has been so sucessful for their businesses and why it’s an integral tool for anyone targeting customers under the age of 50. But the commercials also tell you more about their blogs and what kind of content they deliver. We’re hoping to produce more commercials in the coming weeks to further spread the message of Areavoices blogging. Why you should read them and why you might want to consider writing one yourself.

To access the commercials, just go to the bar at the top of this blog. Click on “Videos.” When the drop down menu appears, click on “Promos/Commercials.”

If you have any questions, you know how to reach me!

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

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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 me cringe. That’s why I’m especially excited to welcome a new blogger to Areavoices who hopes to give us a little help in becoming better users of social media. She writes just one of the blogs I’m recommending in this week’s digest:

Social Media Etiquette Tips - http://facebook101.areavoices.com
Geneva Nemzek is a college student and avid social media user. She says in her blog she’ll share “tips and tricks on how to become a member of social media that other people don’t cringe at.”

East of Weedin’ – http://eastofweedin.areavoices.com
Author Emily Zimmer says she likes to garden and cook and with this blog she hopes to share her successes and failures with both. 

The Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo Chamber – http://fmwfchamber.areavoices.com
 This blog provides news and information about the happenings of the Chamber of Commerce serving the Fargo-Moorhead- West Fargo area.

WDAY 970AM – http://wdayradio.areavoices.com
WDAY-AM is one of the oldest radio stations in the Midwest. It went on the air in 1922 and can be heard throughout eastern North Dakota, western Minnesota and northern South Dakota. This blog is currently providing updates on progress to restore transmission towers damaged in the Memorial Day storm. The blog will also provide news about ongoing station programming, contests, and more.

Ridgewater College – http://ridgewater.areavoices.com
This blog has been created to be an interesting look into happenings at the Willmar and Hutchinson campuses of Ridgewater College, as well as the higher education landscape in Minnesota.

Exciting Trend: Your blog could become a newspaper column!

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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 always knew areavoices bloggers had something to say and this is further proof!

The posts included everything from how to make gourmet baby food to “10 Ways to Avoid Winter Hibernation” to how to organize your office.

It’s all about great usable information that will help our readers. It doesn’t matter if it starts on a reporter’s notebook or on a blogger’s post.

Stay tuned for more areavoice bloggers in your paper!