Posts by Tom Collins Archives - BlogPaws https://blogpaws.com/category/executive-blog/authors-team/posts-by-tom-collins/ Collaboration • Education • Community Tue, 06 Sep 2016 14:20:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://blogpaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Posts by Tom Collins Archives - BlogPaws https://blogpaws.com/category/executive-blog/authors-team/posts-by-tom-collins/ 32 32 Are You Playing Fair with Copyrights? https://blogpaws.com/are-you-playing-fair-with-copyrights/ https://blogpaws.com/are-you-playing-fair-with-copyrights/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2015 21:00:34 +0000 http://blogpaws.com/?p=23670 Post By BlogPaws Co-Founder Tom Collins The subjects of copyright infringement and fair use in blogging have been discussed in our community and I’ve participated in several of those threads, most recently in the Cat Bloggers Group — hence the image I chose to use here (from the free stock images in Canva, btw). As I...

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]]> https://blogpaws.com/are-you-playing-fair-with-copyrights/feed/ 1 Lessons Learned From First BlogPaws Live 365 via Google+ Hangouts On Air https://blogpaws.com/blogger-education-month-lessons-learned-from-first-blogpaws-live-365-via-google-hangouts-on-air/ https://blogpaws.com/blogger-education-month-lessons-learned-from-first-blogpaws-live-365-via-google-hangouts-on-air/#respond Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:30:26 +0000 http://blogpaws.com/?p=15838 Blog Post by Tom Collins The BlogPaws team recently hosted its first BlogPaws Live 365 hangout with three of the speakers who will be in attendance at BlogPws 2014 in Vegas. Here is what we learned from that hangout: Lesson 1. When you do a Hangouts On Air, you get more than a real-time interactive...

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]]> https://blogpaws.com/blogger-education-month-lessons-learned-from-first-blogpaws-live-365-via-google-hangouts-on-air/feed/ 0 What’s Wrong With This Guest Blogging Pitch? https://blogpaws.com/whats-wrong-guest-blogging-pitch/ https://blogpaws.com/whats-wrong-guest-blogging-pitch/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2014 12:30:40 +0000 http://blogpaws.com/?p=15074 By Tom Collins We got a doozy of a guest post pitch recently! I’m not going to identify who sent it, but I thought we could make a game out of finding the mistakes. Spelling, grammar, social, strategic — how many mistakes can we find? But before we dive in, I don’t want to give...

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]]> https://blogpaws.com/whats-wrong-guest-blogging-pitch/feed/ 0 Should pet bloggers work for free? It depends on … https://blogpaws.com/should-pet-bloggers-work-for-free-it-depends/ https://blogpaws.com/should-pet-bloggers-work-for-free-it-depends/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:01:44 +0000 http://blogpaws.com/?p=8858 By Tom Collins I don't know about your pets, but Chester, Emily, Olive, and Molly like to eat. Heck, Yvonne and I like to eat. And a few free servings of dog or cat food, or a new bag of litter, or some kind of pet-focused book or video just don't provide enough nutritional value...

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]]> https://blogpaws.com/are-you-flying-to-blogpaws-2013/feed/ 11 Can procrastination (and your blog) help you get your book written? https://blogpaws.com/can-procrastination-and-your-blog-help-you-get-your-book-written/ Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:00:00 +0000 http://blogpaws.com/?p=9081 By Tom Collins Blog writing and book publishing have always scored at the top of our surveys for topics pet bloggers want to learn about. So here are some quick thoughts on those themes, inspired by two blog posts that hit my inbox this morning. Confessions of a Reluctant Business Author came from friend and...

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]]> Get Live-Streaming & Recorded Sessions from BlogPaws 2012! https://blogpaws.com/get-live-streaming-recorded-sessions-from-blogpaws-2012/ https://blogpaws.com/get-live-streaming-recorded-sessions-from-blogpaws-2012/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:42:44 +0000 http://blogpaws.com/?p=9276 The BlogPaws 2012 Live-Streaming Registration page is OPEN! Two full tracks of the breakout sessions at BlogPaws 2012 will be live-streamed and recorded for later viewing. And the live-streaming will include the ability to participate in real time via chat and social media! Check out the video for more info.  You can see which sessions...

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]]> https://blogpaws.com/get-live-streaming-recorded-sessions-from-blogpaws-2012/feed/ 4 Friday Freebies for Bloggers: DogTipper’s Free Dog and Cat Photos https://blogpaws.com/friday-freebies-for-bloggers-dogtippers-free-dog-and-cat-photos/ https://blogpaws.com/friday-freebies-for-bloggers-dogtippers-free-dog-and-cat-photos/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:43:11 +0000 http://blogpaws.com/?p=9281 By Tom Collins This one belongs under: How did I not know this before??? But in case you didn't either … I was over visiting Paris and John's DogTipper blog and noticed the "For Bloggers" link in the nav bar, scrolled over it, and bingo! Down dropped a link to their Free Dog & Cat...

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]]> https://blogpaws.com/friday-freebies-for-bloggers-fun-infographic-tool-from-intel/feed/ 1 Friday Freebies for Bloggers: Information is Free, but What’s it Worth? – Part 1 https://blogpaws.com/friday-freebies-for-bloggers-information-is-free-but-whats-it-worth-part-1/ Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:57:06 +0000 http://blogpaws.com/?p=9297 By Tom Collins I know myself well enough to know I won't always find the time to try out a new tool, or put together a tutorial each week for the Friday Freebiesseries. So I've been planning to include occasional "curation" posts, linking you to stuff I've come across and find interesting, with a short...

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