Another Generous dcrBlogs Gift
January 17th 2008 01:51
The Contest
Wanted to share a gift, of sorts, given to me by Dan at dcrBlogs. Actually it's more of a consolation prize for my non-winning entry to his recent What is This Blog All About? contest. In this contest, Dan asked his writer-readers to write a description of his blog and offered a $10 prize to the blogger whose description he chose as most accurate and well-written. (Entries were left in comments and may be read at the above post.)
The Winner
In a later post, What You Think This Blog is All About, Dan reveals his choice for the winning entry: the one submitted by my blogging friend, Lillie Ammann of A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye. (Congrats, Lillie on a job well-done!)
The Consolation Prize
In the above post Dan generously offers the Good Buzzz Blog Award to the non-winners:
Good Buzzz Blog Award
This award is “for blogs that have generated a happy hum in the blogosphere. Whether it be for their blog in general, one outstanding, unusual or controversial post, or for something cool the blogger has done. Or even for recognizing some promising, brand-new blogs.” Dan received it back in November, and he's kindly decided to pass it on to us, because he considers our taking the time to submit our entries to the contest to be "cool."
Thanks, Dan!
I'd like to thank Dan for the consolation prize, as well as the lesson learned through my submission of an overly lengthy entry--despite what my intuition tried to tell me! Nevertheless, like Dan, I, too, love Lillie's description and readily concede that the best entry did indeed win! Many congratulations to Lillie Ammann on an excellent description of an excellent blog: dcrBlogs!
Till next time,
Jeanne
How much thought have you given to your blog's description? If your blog is listed on Technorati or anywhere else, that description represents your blog. Does it make people want to visit? Any thoughts to share about this topic?
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Comment by AmyHuang
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Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
Isn't it, though? Getting the Good Buzzz Blog Award is certainly worth something!
Thanks for the visit!
Jeanne
Comment by dcr
There is, no doubt, some value in going with our gut instinct.
On the other hand, there is also value in thinking it out.
In either case, there are the hazards of acting rashly or overthinking it. And, knowing that, I think we typically tend to overthink things rather than act rashly.
There's a post in there somewhere, but I'm too tired to work it out.
Thanks again for entering, and I wish I could have used all of the entries!
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
I, for one, do tend to "overthink things"--and also to jam too many details into a single thought (aka, sentence)! We left-brain types don't generally pay enough attention to our intuition, because we're too busy analyzing things; and we tend not to see the big picture often enough because we're too busy paying attention to the details.
There is definitely a post in there somewhere--no doubt about it! But, it will keep until after you've had a good night's sleep.
Thanks for dropping by to comment--and good night!
Jeanne
Comment by Lillie Ammann
Your blog is certainly a "good buzzz blog!"
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Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
You're more than welcome! And thanks for your kind words!
Jeanne
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
Thanks for your kind words, as well!
Jeanne
Comment by Anonymous
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
I may just have to revamp my blog's description, as well! It couldn't hurt to ask for reader feedback on the topic; great idea!
Thanks for stopping by!
Jeanne
Comment by Lillie Ammann
Congratulations on being an SOB! I just saw your blog's logo at Liz Strauss' blog as one of this week's SOBs. Recognition by Liz is a high honor indeed - and well-deserved!
Comment by Jeanne Dininni
Writer's Notes
Thanks so much for your congratulations! Hadn't been to Liz's blog yet today when I read your comment! My daughter is visiting, we just finished brunch, and I hadn't thought about that yet! Just decided to check my e-mails and found your comment. Thanks for the reminder to get on over to Successful Blog to collect my badge!
Jeanne