Comments on: I am in need of an authority and a niche http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/03/04/i-am-in-need-of-an-authority-and-a-niche/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-am-in-need-of-an-authority-and-a-niche Humor, Crankiness, A Museum of Snack Foods and the Odd Motivational Piece Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ReareeAttaity http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/03/04/i-am-in-need-of-an-authority-and-a-niche/comment-page-1/#comment-3421 ReareeAttaity Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:21:08 +0000 http://ihatemymessageboard.com/?p=1081#comment-3421 great domain name for blog like this))) ------------------------ internet signature: http://pedeno.ru/ great domain name for blog like this)))
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]]> By: Tracy http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/03/04/i-am-in-need-of-an-authority-and-a-niche/comment-page-1/#comment-3417 Tracy Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:39:07 +0000 http://ihatemymessageboard.com/?p=1081#comment-3417 Thanks Rebecca, that really gave me a much needed boost this morning. You know what was hilarious, last night when you posted this, I was lurking around the Authority Blogger forum. BTW, if anyone is reading this, <a href="http://forum.authorityblogger.com/" rel="nofollow">Authority Blogger forum</a> is an awesome resource. You don't even really have to have any authority to participate! Thanks Rebecca, that really gave me a much needed boost this morning. You know what was hilarious, last night when you posted this, I was lurking around the Authority Blogger forum.

BTW, if anyone is reading this, Authority Blogger forum is an awesome resource. You don’t even really have to have any authority to participate!

]]> By: rjleaman http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/03/04/i-am-in-need-of-an-authority-and-a-niche/comment-page-1/#comment-3414 rjleaman Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:53:42 +0000 http://ihatemymessageboard.com/?p=1081#comment-3414 The way I see it, telling "la Tracy" to pick a niche and stick to it would be like telling, oh, wasshisname who writes those hysterically funny songs and columns - Garrison Keillor, that's who I mean - like telling him that he's done so well with that wonky album of cat songs that from now on his niche must be cats. No amusing tales from the farmyard, no musings on Life, no off-the-cuff bon mots about his travels. Just cats. Not that there's anything wrong with cats, or blogs about cats... but you get the point. Now, there are all kinds of bloggers who think that Me, Myself & I is quite niche enough, and that may well be the case -- I don't know; I don't read their blogs; who am I to judge? You, however, I can testify firsthand, are a total original -- and funny enough to pull it off. Your readers flock around because we want to know how this wacky ol' world looks today through Tracy's eyes -- and if that's not a mark of "authority," I don't know what is! The way I see it, telling “la Tracy” to pick a niche and stick to it would be like telling, oh, wasshisname who writes those hysterically funny songs and columns – Garrison Keillor, that’s who I mean – like telling him that he’s done so well with that wonky album of cat songs that from now on his niche must be cats. No amusing tales from the farmyard, no musings on Life, no off-the-cuff bon mots about his travels. Just cats. Not that there’s anything wrong with cats, or blogs about cats… but you get the point.

Now, there are all kinds of bloggers who think that Me, Myself & I is quite niche enough, and that may well be the case — I don’t know; I don’t read their blogs; who am I to judge? You, however, I can testify firsthand, are a total original — and funny enough to pull it off. Your readers flock around because we want to know how this wacky ol’ world looks today through Tracy’s eyes — and if that’s not a mark of “authority,” I don’t know what is!

]]> By: Tracy http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/03/04/i-am-in-need-of-an-authority-and-a-niche/comment-page-1/#comment-3412 Tracy Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:08:08 +0000 http://ihatemymessageboard.com/?p=1081#comment-3412 Hi Kim - so I shouldn't change the name to "The Korean Mommy Social Club and Old Timey Gospel Hour"? That was the original name of my first group. I think maybe I'll change my tagline to that for awhile. BTW, if you know of any good, reasonably priced people that can do a custom header and logo thingy please pass send me their info. Hi Barb - you know, there was a post on "Problogger" today asking if your audience was like you and I think in a way my audience is. We all have different interests, politics, religions, but what we all have in common is a great sense of curiosity and being interested in many things. I think the commentors on my blog would be an awesome supper group. Could you imagine all the laughs and great conversation? Hi Kim – so I shouldn’t change the name to “The Korean Mommy Social Club and Old Timey Gospel Hour”? That was the original name of my first group. I think maybe I’ll change my tagline to that for awhile.

BTW, if you know of any good, reasonably priced people that can do a custom header and logo thingy please pass send me their info.

Hi Barb – you know, there was a post on “Problogger” today asking if your audience was like you and I think in a way my audience is. We all have different interests, politics, religions, but what we all have in common is a great sense of curiosity and being interested in many things. I think the commentors on my blog would be an awesome supper group. Could you imagine all the laughs and great conversation?

]]> By: Tracy http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/03/04/i-am-in-need-of-an-authority-and-a-niche/comment-page-1/#comment-3411 Tracy Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:03:52 +0000 http://ihatemymessageboard.com/?p=1081#comment-3411 Hi weakonomist, I am so flattered that you'd compare me to Dooce! What a nice compliment. You will be the Master of the Economies when I become ruler of the internet. Hi Gerald! I didn't mean to skip you. I think you are the cat's meow! Hi weakonomist, I am so flattered that you’d compare me to Dooce! What a nice compliment. You will be the Master of the Economies when I become ruler of the internet.

Hi Gerald! I didn’t mean to skip you. I think you are the cat’s meow!

]]> By: Tracy http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/03/04/i-am-in-need-of-an-authority-and-a-niche/comment-page-1/#comment-3410 Tracy Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:00:41 +0000 http://ihatemymessageboard.com/?p=1081#comment-3410 Hi Carla, I think that's an excellent idea, and I look forward to seeing where that leads you. I might have already said this before on this page, but what I love about blogging is that I'm not only the writer, I'm the publisher, too and I make the assignments! Hi Christopher! I love this: <blockquote>As soon as we remove that mask and let the real person emerge, our true friends, some whom we haven’t met yet, flock to us.</blockquote> I've found that to be the case, 100%. It's a very freeing process, but there is also some pain and confusion. I think that's why sometimes people give up right as they are about to soar. Hi Carla, I think that’s an excellent idea, and I look forward to seeing where that leads you. I might have already said this before on this page, but what I love about blogging is that I’m not only the writer, I’m the publisher, too and I make the assignments!

Hi Christopher! I love this:

As soon as we remove that mask and let the real person emerge, our true friends, some whom we haven’t met yet, flock to us.

I’ve found that to be the case, 100%. It’s a very freeing process, but there is also some pain and confusion. I think that’s why sometimes people give up right as they are about to soar.

]]> By: Tracy http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/03/04/i-am-in-need-of-an-authority-and-a-niche/comment-page-1/#comment-3409 Tracy Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:57:48 +0000 http://ihatemymessageboard.com/?p=1081#comment-3409 Hi Grace! You sound a lot like my friend Madame Fabulous. That is a very good thing. I agree, being myself is the best way to be and the only way I see myself really making it! Hi Tumblemoose! Ha! The jokes on you, I looked it up and Tracy is worth an estimated $2.28 per click! Tumblemoose, otoh, has not enough data to make an estimate. Up your nose with a rubberhose, my friend! Hi Toylady! I'm so glad you get it. What really, really burns my butter is when they don't know the definition of the word and c&p from dictionary.com. Also, when I ask for a tried and true recipe and somebody gives me an allrecipes search page. So much annoyance. Hi Jay, I think it is probably true that not many people would talk about baconnaise and racism in the same week, and you know, that's a shame. I am totally picture you and I sitting on a log by a pond singing "Rainbow Connection". I mean that without a trace of irony or sarcasm. Hi Grace! You sound a lot like my friend Madame Fabulous. That is a very good thing. I agree, being myself is the best way to be and the only way I see myself really making it!

Hi Tumblemoose! Ha! The jokes on you, I looked it up and Tracy is worth an estimated $2.28 per click! Tumblemoose, otoh, has not enough data to make an estimate. Up your nose with a rubberhose, my friend!

Hi Toylady! I’m so glad you get it. What really, really burns my butter is when they don’t know the definition of the word and c&p from dictionary.com. Also, when I ask for a tried and true recipe and somebody gives me an allrecipes search page. So much annoyance.

Hi Jay, I think it is probably true that not many people would talk about baconnaise and racism in the same week, and you know, that’s a shame. I am totally picture you and I sitting on a log by a pond singing “Rainbow Connection”. I mean that without a trace of irony or sarcasm.

]]> By: Barb Hartsook @OverCoffeeBlog http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/03/04/i-am-in-need-of-an-authority-and-a-niche/comment-page-1/#comment-3391 Barb Hartsook @OverCoffeeBlog Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:55:02 +0000 http://ihatemymessageboard.com/?p=1081#comment-3391 Haha! Every time I'm asked what I write about I say <i>Stuff</i>. Or <i>Snippets</i>. Which is entirely true. It's how my mind works -- in snippets and tidbits, often dancing all over the place. Finding a "niche" has eluded me, in painting as well as writing. I don't target a particular market for either, which I know isn't all that profitable. But it fills me, for now. I'm just working to feed my passions -- writing and painting, always with family close by and in the mix. You wrote "I don't want to narrow my focus." I find that inspiring. Thank you... <abbr><em>Barb Hartsook @OverCoffeeBlog´s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OverCoffeeSharingThoughtsPaintings/~3/520004019/">How Do You Find the Time to……..?</a></abbr></em> Haha! Every time I’m asked what I write about I say Stuff. Or Snippets. Which is entirely true. It’s how my mind works — in snippets and tidbits, often dancing all over the place.

Finding a “niche” has eluded me, in painting as well as writing. I don’t target a particular market for either, which I know isn’t all that profitable. But it fills me, for now. I’m just working to feed my passions — writing and painting, always with family close by and in the mix.

You wrote “I don’t want to narrow my focus.” I find that inspiring. Thank you…

Barb Hartsook @OverCoffeeBlog´s last blog post..How Do You Find the Time to……..?

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/03/04/i-am-in-need-of-an-authority-and-a-niche/comment-page-1/#comment-3389 Kim Woodbridge Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:51:26 +0000 http://ihatemymessageboard.com/?p=1081#comment-3389 Exactly - your niche is entertainment /humor and you excel at it. Your blog title really says it all. And LMAO at George - good one :-) <abbr><em>Kim Woodbridge´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/3-wordpress-27-auto-upgrade-issues/">3 WordPress 2.7 Auto-Upgrade Issues</a></abbr></em> Exactly – your niche is entertainment /humor and you excel at it. Your blog title really says it all.

And LMAO at George – good one :-)

Kim Woodbridge´s last blog post..3 WordPress 2.7 Auto-Upgrade Issues

]]> By: the weakonomist http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/03/04/i-am-in-need-of-an-authority-and-a-niche/comment-page-1/#comment-3388 the weakonomist Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:27:31 +0000 http://ihatemymessageboard.com/?p=1081#comment-3388 You're niche is entertainment. It's like Dooce. You can talk about anything, we just like you're writing. Screw a niche. You’re niche is entertainment. It’s like Dooce. You can talk about anything, we just like you’re writing. Screw a niche.

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