Site Update - April 2008

By Ron | May 1, 2008

Want a FREE book? Sign up for my RSS feed and then email the free book code to thewisdomjournal [at] gmail [dot] com. You’ll be entered in the bi-weekly drawing and you’ll stay up to date with The Wisdom Journal. If you aren’t sure how to use an RSS feed, read this post.
There have been [...]

Follow Me On Twitter

By Ron | Apr 10, 2008

Twitter has become a popular way to stay in touch with people on a continual basis. It limits you to 140 characters so anything you write on Twitter is short and sweet. You can have updates (tweets!) sent via the web to your home page or to your mobile phone via text message.
If you [...]

Happy Something Or Other

By Ron | Mar 27, 2008

As of today, March 27th, I have completed three months as a blogger. Is that a birthday or an anniversary? Maybe it’s a monthiversary…Here are a few stats:
Total feed readers as of March 26th:
545
Total page views:
174,502
Best day ever:
44,005
Number of posts:
90
Number of comments and trackbacks:
823
Most popular post
12 Things I Learned By 42 That I Wish I [...]

My Review of Entrecard

By Ron | Mar 24, 2008

This is a <a href=”http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/heres-my-new-blogging-schedule/”>Monday Morning Quarterback</a> Review of Entrecard.
Overview
Entrecard is a social network that takes a different slant than most. You have an online business card, an Entrecard, that you “drop” on the sites of other member bloggers. You place this Entrecard on your blog as a 125×125 ad box with a “Drop Yours” [...]

The Andy Griffith Show: Lessons on Blogging

By Ron | Mar 13, 2008

Ben Cook, whose site Blogging Experiment, is using different television shows to highlight some important lessons on blogging. So far he has posted lessons learned from shows such as:
House
The Simpsons
M*A*S*H
24
South Park
Prison Break
The Office
The Sopranos
Heroes
If I’ve left any of them out, just let me know.
I’m going to reach way back and pull out some lessons on [...]

10 Weeks as a Blogger with Over 400 Feed Readers: What I’ve Learned

By Ron | Mar 10, 2008

I’ve been hard at it for just over 10 weeks, writing post after post. I’ve seen some article become successes based on the number of hits they received. A few of these are:
12 Things I Learned By 42 That I Wish I Knew At 22
Things I DIDN’T Learn in College: Part 3 - How I [...]

Here’s My New Blogging Schedule

By Ron | Mar 4, 2008

Blogging takes time. More than I realized, but it sure is fun. I’ve decided to establish a loose schedule of what topics I plan to cover on certain days of the week. Here’s my list, tell me what you think:
Monday Morning Quarterback
I will review things on Monday. It could be a book, a restaurant, an [...]

Favorite Funny Financial Phrases

By Ron | Feb 23, 2008

Some of these really aren’t so much funny as thought provoking. Enjoy!
A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.–Anonymous
If you would like to know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. –Benjamin Franklin
The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax. –Albert [...]

How Do You Define Success? Six Factors to Consider

By Ron | Feb 2, 2008

To many people think that success is wrapped up in things, but the truth is, success is wrapped up in how you see yourself and how you are able to enjoy your life. To have a completely successful life along these lines, you’ll need to consider these six components:

Weekend Roundup - 42nd Birthday Edition

By Ron | Jan 26, 2008

Weekend Roundup - 42nd Birthday Edition. Notice the post time - that’s what time I was born!
I cannot believe I’m 42. FOURTY TWO years old. The way I figure it, I have 25 years to make it to full retirement age for Social Security. So what can I accomplish in the next 25 years? Fully [...]

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