Become A Blogger: Domain Names

August 18, 2009

Welcome to Step 3 of how to become an outdoor blogger!
So far I’ve completed the first two steps on my way to becoming an outdoor blogger.
Step 1
The first step was to confirm that I have a passion for the outdoors. Pretty simple.
Step 2
The second step was to determine whether or not I had a [...]

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Become A Blogger: Viability

August 9, 2009

Welcome to Step 2 of how to become an outdoor blogger!
So, I’ve already decided that I am going to create an outdoor blog that I would like to monetize and make a little gear change with. My idea is to write about my geographical region, the pacific northwest or northwest region of the United [...]

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Welcome Daisy Mae

June 18, 2009

We’ve been thinking about getting a pooch for quite a while. Before the kids arrived on the scene, our excuse was that we already had four cats. Then cat heaven got two more residents. Then it was that our house was too small for the kind of dog we wanted. Only [...]

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Review: Belkin CushTop Notebook Stand

February 27, 2009

If you’re like me, upon returning from a cold winter excursion into the hinter lands, there is nothing better than to get home and stretch out on your cozy Lazboy with a nice toddy of sorts and blog about your adventure by the fire. Ok, I don’t have a fireplace but you get the [...]

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Cheap Outdoor Gear Rentals

February 27, 2009

Would you like to rent a kayak for $20 a day? Maybe a backpack for a measly $13 for an entire weekend? How about a 2-person tent for $17 a week? That’s right, a week. Read on and find out how to get cheap outdoor gear rentals!
Maybe, I’ve been hiding under a rock [...]

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Become A Blogger: The Beginning

February 26, 2009

Over the course of the last few months on OutdoorBlogger, many people have asked just how to create and market an effective outdoor blog. I’ve figured that the best way to answer this question is to create another blog that I’ve always wanted. What better way to learn than to follow along, step by [...]

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How To Make Money By Writing Web Content

February 21, 2009

If you can write about anything under the moon and would like to earn a good income from the comfort of your own home, writing web content may be for you. In the March 2009 issue of Reader’s Digest, I ran across a small article that discussed work-at-home jobs and found that there are [...]

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Four Mental Essentials For Blogging Success

February 20, 2009

What does it take to be a successful blogger? From my experience I’ve found that regardless of how you define it for yourself, there are four consistent and essential mental keys to blogging success.
Be Passionate
If you don’t have a sincere passion for what you have tasked yourself to write about, the well will run [...]

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GIMP Your Way To Better Photos: Sharpening

February 20, 2009

Following up on my tutorial on using auto levels in GIMP, I wanted to write a tutorial on how to sharpen images. GIMP can do quite a bit to give those photos a cleaner, sharper look without a lot of hassle following these simple steps.
Step 1 – Preparation

Make sure you have sized and applied [...]

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GIMP Your Way To Better Photos: Auto Levels

February 20, 2009

Following my brief introduction of GIMP to you last week, I wanted to take a few minutes and describe a quick and dirty method of improving the look of your photos using the levels feature in the latest version of GIMP (currently version 2.6.4). My experience has been that adjusting levels greatly improves the [...]

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