tips on how to do effective blog reviews

Whether you are doing it for free or for a fee, the mere fact that you have agreed to do a blog review, you should do more than just describing what the blog looks like from a physical point of view. Sure, you can talk about it but your review should not be limited to that. Blog reviews are written to give other readers the idea what a particular blog is all about - something beyond the layout of the blog.

Here are my tips on how to do effective blog reviews:

1. Do not bore your readers with the physical description. If you should write about it, don't overdo it.

2. As much as possible, focus only or focus more on the positive points about the author's site. Unless you are writing to do a rant rather than a review, you should write more on interesting stuff. Go go go, positive writeups!

3. If you should write something negative about the author's site, write it in such a way that it still sounds objective. In fact, you can even offer some suggestions for improvement. If you don't know how to write a negative point objectively, then skip it.

4. You may or may not write something abut the author but it would really help to learn at least a little about the author's background. This will help you gain some insights about his or her personality.

5. Pick one to three of the author's best posts and link any of it in your review if you deem necessary.

That's it. Very easy but effective tips. Take heed of these tips and you'll surely increase your readership by a mile and will eventually encourage all other site owners to engage in your services if they find your grooming reviews of a site interesting.

pregnancy scare, anyone?

It is really hard to be a woman. Today I felt relieved my period arrived. It's been two months since I've missed my period. Somehow, it felt funny and weird that I got scared to be pregnant again. I thought how could it be when we were careful? While my friend was happily announcing that she's pregnant, I was secretly hoping I wasn't. Not that I don't want to have another baby. It's just that I feel I am not yet ready for it. I'm scared that my ordeal during my first delivery will happen again. And my doctor had made it clear that I should wait after two years if we want to have a second child especially because I was on C-section and I was experiencing postpartum hypertension on my first pregnancy. For many nights I have dreamed about getting pregnant again and I was sweating each time I awoke.

Does anybody feel the same way (scared) about getting pregnant again after having their first baby? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

writing positivity

I haven't updated this blog for so long. I wasn't quite sure if this blog is worth really worth keeping after all because I really don't want to give the impression that I am a negative thinker. So far, I've been writing negatively, right?

So, how about a quick positive writeup? Thankfully, I've already found my place in this online world writing stuffs here and there. I finally got the job I want and need. The good news is that I never have to leave home. So, this pretty much explains why I haven't updated this blog quite as often as I wanted to do.

I'll catch up!

the writing world

i've been looking to find a suitable work-at-home job for me for the past few weeks. i guess you could say that i've sent multiple applications in a day only to find that i'm not the one they're looking for because they hire someone who can compromise for a low-paying rate for a 500-word original article. how can writers get what they deserve when they outbid one another just so they can get the job assignments to themselves? employers are now smiling because some would just settle for $0.50 for an original article. i don't know but something is just not right. maybe i was looking in the wrong places. i had better look for other options.

bad apples

these are real emotions. i wrote this one some years ago..

question: bad apples, when mixed with the good ones, would you know the difference? or would the good ones rot with them, too? i do agree that one bad apple can spoil the whole basket. but would this apply to people? well, certainly it could. depends upon what kind of an apple that person is. sometimes the bad apple gets rotten so fast before it starts to pass the rot along with the good ones. the best thing to do with bad apples is to let them rot by themselves. separate them with the good ones. when it completely rots, we can bury them to the ground where they can be used as fertilizers hekhek what the heck.. i'm not really a good writer. but i know you read me like you really can.

i've posted it once, and deleted it. now, i'm posting it again. just for fillers since i can't come up with a post right now. life has been busy. today, it is still is. i have to run now.

what a blunder!

i feel so bad about what happened today. i didn't expect i could hurt my husband's ego. me and my big mouth! i couldn't bring back what words came out of my mouth but i know it was so insensitive of me to let him feel so stupid when i didn't intend to. maybe i was just too tired. don't get me wrong. i wasn't complaining about attending to the baby full-time since i get to do that only on weekends because i am a working mom. but i was probably exhausted that little things would quickly annoy me. i thought he didn't pay attention to me when he asked about the feeding bottle thrice. and so i was like irked at it which made him angry or feel bad about it because i made him feel like he's so stupid he didn't get what i was saying the first time. at least that's how it occurred to him. but God knows i didn't and i wouldn't think of him as stupid. i wouldn't marry him if i thought he is.

read my thoughts for free

This blog is dedicated to everyone who wants to express their opinions, sentiments, disappointments, frustrations, joys, happiness and what-have-you without ever having to reveal themselves.

Let this be a blog about my thoughts. And just about anything else. With a fervent hope that this may keep my sanity intact.

I don't know where this is going. But it's well worth a try. If at any time, somebody stumbles upon this blog, please feel free to read my thoughts. We might be sharing the same thoughts, too. Comments and opinions are certainly welcome. But please be nice.