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Are you proud of your blog?

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Are you proud of your blog? Well, share it!

We’ve made it easier to share your Areavoices blog on your website. We’ve tweaked and sharpened our Areavoices logo to enable you to post it on your website. You can link your blog url to the share button and in one click people will be taken to your blog.

Lisa Farnham from Trollwood Performing Arts School has done it. She writes a fantastic blog about the school in Moorhead, Minnesota. See how she posted the Areavoices button right alongside buttons for YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Good company.

www.trollwood.org
It’s easy to do. You should be able to save the image on the top left of this post to use as your share button.

Let me know if you have questions!

 

 

 

Areavoices Digest #31 – Here’s “The Dirt”

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With summer almost here, I know gardening will be a hot topic for Areavoices. That’s why I was excited to see The Dirt, one of our newest blogs. Check it out and the other recommended blogs of the week.

 

The Dirt: The real dirt on gardening from a master gardener in Moorhead, Minnesota
http://thedirt.areavoices.com As we head into summer, gardening blogs will be hot! Master gardener Sandi shares information and plenty of photos in her gardening blog. A good resource for gardeners this spring and summer.

 

DeAnn Pladson Family Law Advisor
http://familylawadvisor.areavoices.com
Pladson’s blog will be a place to share ideas and opinions on issues relating to family law and issues that affect families as well.

 

Money Matters: Increase your success
http://eraofsuccess.areavoices.com
Money Matters is dedicated to improving the success of its users by providing valuable information, techniques and strategies.

 

Reluctant Stage Mom: Featuring the theatrical adventures of two kids with a flair for the dramatic
http://reluctantstagemom.areavoices.com
Leah Baker says her blog “is a record of efforts to introduce her children to new experiences, inspire confidence, groom talents and discover passions – without going over the top!”

 

What in the World? The life of a travel agent
http://traveltravel.areavoices.com
Katie Rahr is the Director of Leisure Sales & Special Event Travel at Travel Leaders/Travel Travel in Fargo, ND.  She specializes in Destination Weddings, Honeymoons, and Group Travel and heads up the new division of Travel Leaders, “Vows in Paradise/VIP Weddings”.   She hopes to bring some insight of what a travel agent does everyday.

Areavoices Digest #24 – Hot blogs for a snowy day!

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Happy Snow Day everyone!
 
Let’s hope those of you struck by the storm today are safe, sound and warm. Nothing like a blizzard at the end of March. Crazy! For those of you not struck by the storm. I’m jealous! Can I move in with you?

So to help warm you up as Old Man Winter gets one last laugh on us, I have some hot blogs you might want to look over.
 
Running: One foot in front of the other over and again – http://running.areavoices.com
Shane Mercer of The Forum says this blog has really taken off. It’s a community blog about running. So far there are 11 people from the region who are writing posts about running. You know runners can be pretty fanatical and plugged in. We’ve found that blogs about running tend to be pretty popular. In fact, if you haven’t looked at Steven Wagner’s Addicted to Running http://runningspud.areavoices.com that’s a really good running blog too. It looks at training and nutrition.

Prairie Aire- http://prairieaire.areavoices.com
This recommendation comes from Logan Adams of The Jamestown Sun. Prairie Aire is written by Katy Kassian. She writes about small towns in North Dakota. She’s energetic and has some nice photos, too.

Bluestem Center for the Arts: Educating, entertaining, inspiring and enriching our community through the arts – http://bluestemcfa.areavoices.com
Bluestem is a brand new outdoor peforming arts center in Moorhead which hosts music festivals, community events, performance art, speakers, and a variety of other activities and exibitions.
 
And speaking of music….
 
FM’S Finest – http://fmfinest.areavoices.com 
FM’s Finest is a showcase for some of the best bands in Fargo-Moorhead who you might not know about; and a chance for you to tell us what other music should be in the conversation. As part of this partnership between Jade Presents and Inforum.com, FM’s Finest will feature nine musical acts, ranging from funk rock to bluegrass, on the site while inviting music fans to weigh in and share thoughts and photos.

Basic Business – http://basicbusiness.areavoices.com
This recommendation comes from Anna Erickson of The Park Rapids Enterprise. “Louis Schultz has been a regular columnist on our business page. I think there’s an audience out there in the business world that can find some useful information from him. He has extensive knowledge about business and finance.”

Areavoices Digest #9 – November 17, 2010

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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 blogs in this weeks’ digest. 
 
 
Valley City State University News – http://vcsunews.areavoices.com  VCSU is the latest of the colleges to join areavoices with an official school blog. Information on the happenings at VCSU not just for Valley City, but for the entire region.

 
Moorhead High Theater – http://moorheadhightheater.areavoices.com – Moorhead Theatre is known for it’s spectacular, award winning productions and the parents who are running this blog have thrown their heart into making it blog look great! You can find video from their latest production of Tommy. Check it out!

 
Bigger Small Talk – http://biggersmalltalk.areavoices.com – Jodee Bock is a business consultant and career coach. She conducts training sessions throughout the region about what she calls “riskful” not “wishful” thinking. About her new blog with us she says:   “this blog will ask some important questions, not because I have any answers, but because I think more often than not, the answers are in the questions. When we ask better questions, we will get better answers. When we challenge each other to really think and respond rather than to repeat and react, we will be creating a brand new experience with every conversation.” 

 
Northern Lights Boy Scouts – http://nlcbsa.areavoices.com – Northern Lights Boy Scouts serves all of North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota. Their blog is well done and has become a great place to share news of upcoming boy scout events in the region. 

 
I would like to make note of a couple of new health related blogs. They include:
 
Health Out Loud – http://healthoutloud.areavoices.com  – “We are excited at Douglas County Public Health to launch the blog – Health Out Loud! In this blog we want to create an active dialogue with all of you to reach out and share reliable health information. Here you’ll find health updates, links to health-related sites and various articles of interest, focusing on health topics locally and in our state. Blog post authors will primarily be Health Educators from our Public Health Department; Amy Reineke, Crystal Hoepner and Jessica Peterson. Please bookmark and visit us often.”   It was hard not to take notice of the headline of their last post, “Your appeal to the opposite sex could TRIPLE as a non-smoker!” These women know about attention-getting headlines!
 
Kandiyohi County Drug Free Communities Coalition – http://kcdrugfree.areavoices.com  – this group started blogging last October and has done a nice job giving us information about tobacco, drugs, etc while also making the blog look really nice. 

 
Also, we now have at least 5 rotary clubs blogging with us. I won’t list all of their urls, but here are a couple that you could look at if you’re looking for examples for clubs in your area: http://farmingtonrotarymn.areavoices.com and http://rosemountrotary.areavoices.com 
 
 
As always if you’re interested in starting a blog just let me know. I’m happy to help!

Areavoices Digest #1

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Welcome to the first AREAVOICES DIGEST!

Every week in the digest, I’ll be telling you about the newest additions to the Areavoices community. I’ll tell you more about their blogs and where to find them. I’ll also be giving you updates on some of our most popular blogs and uncover some hidden gems on areavoices – blogs that you might have never seen,  but warrant your attention. So in no particular order here are today’s digest features:
(New) The Area Voices Community – http://community.areavoices.com/ -  We set it up this week as a resource for bloggers about what’s new on Areavoices. I’ll be updating this blog daily offering suggestions for effective blogging and also trying to actively recruit bloggers in our suggested topic areas: food, family, health, money and travel. I envision this blog being a permanent storing house for information helpful to our bloggers. We’ll be linking to technical support as well as to online tutorials on Youtube.

(New) Artist Insight – http://artistinsight.areavoices.com/ – Scott Brusven is the theatre director for the Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre. He says, “This Areavoices blog is dedicated to bringing you information about the arts and the artists in the FM area. You will find conversations with artists from all forms of art and learn more about what they’re working on.” 

 (New) Our Students Our Future – http://ourstudentsourfuture.areavoices.com/ – Moorhead levy referendum supporters created a blog this week to raise awareness about the November 2nd operating levy referendum vote. They will use the blog to provide information about the specifics of the plan, where to donate or volunteer and where to vote.

MomStar – http://momstar.areavoices.com – Lisa Simony, aka MomStar, is a Grand Forks, North Dakota, blogger and mother of three. She says she writes “about family, health, money and travel (when we can get away with it!) … oh, and food (mmm, food.)”

AstroBob – http://astrobob.areavoices.com/ – “Celestial happenings you can see from your own backyard.” Many of you might be familiar with AstroBob. This blog originates in Duluth and is one of their most popular bloggers.