People ask all the time how to get involved in product reviews and giveaways on their blogs. Below I made a brief list of some basic steps you can take to get started. 1. Make a contact page and/or about page that indicates that you are PR friendly. Companies and PR reps will often find you. 2. Review stuff you have around the house and put it up on your blog. Show a history and a pattern of thorough, quality reviews. 3. Don't be afraid to email companies directly and ask if they are interested in having their product spotlighted…

Have you ever wanted to create a fun and fancy header for your blog but didn't know where to start?  Or maybe you don't feel like learning how to use photo editing software or downloading anything to your computer?  I'm here to tell you that it's not actually that difficult to make a new header for your blog and that you can do it yourself for free.  Nothing to download.  Nothing to buy. Step 1: Figure out the size of your header. I'm going to use Pepper's blog as an example because she made me happy today when I woke…

I have spent the last week visiting blogs. Returning the favor of some great bloggers who bothered to stop by MY blog and leave a comment. I generally don't find the time to go blog hopping, but this week I felt like paying it forward. Now I have a headache. And now is where I offend some of you. I don't care. This has to be said. If you are using Blogger as a blog platform, in many cases you are making it PROHIBITIVE to leave a comment. Prohibitive: adjective So high or burdensome as to discourage purchase or use.…