Armchair BEA: Ask The Experts

Today is the last day of BEA, and let me say I'll miss it! Really, it was a blast and I'm so glad I participated in the many events from this past week. I met and found some great bloggers, had a blast at the tweetparties, and won some great prizes. Hopefully, I'll still be here blogging away for next years events, because I'm in.

The last days events have to do with asking the experts questions that you may have about blogging.
So today, I'm asking all my visitors a few questions that I have about blogging. Everyone can answer and you DO NOT have to be a memeber of BEA to participate.

Thank you for your answers!!


Question Time: Answer 1 question or all, whatever you have time for.


1) When visiting blogs, what makes you come back to a particular site and revisit?

2) How do you keep your blog fresh and exciting?

3) How many meme's do you participate in, and which one's do you feel are the best?

4) What advice would you give me about my blog ie: layout, coloring, header, etc.... is there something that needs updating or changing?

5) What would you like to see more of from a blog, in general ie:
reviews, freebies, news about books/authors, helpful hints, memes, etc....

6) When writing reviews, If you really disliked a book and DNF would you still put up a review on your blog w/ a DNF, and an explanation as to why?



Thanks again, for visiting and have a great day!!  ~Lisa -Silverlight :)

Armchair BEA: My thoughts on Beyond Your Blog

Armchairbea post today is all about going beyond your blog.
Has blogging opened up opportunities for you beyond getting free, advance copies of new books? Has it helped you get offers to write or review elsewhere (maybe even for pay)? Have you gotten invites to special events or places you might not have been to otherwise? Today, we'd like you to talk about those opportunities in you own posts. Don't forget to check out more great post on this subject here


Now, I didn't participate in the "Networking In Real Life" post yesterday, because I honestly never thought of networking in real life! I visited a bunch of sites and learned quite a bit about networking outside my blog. Today's topic is another one that I really have no experience with. Being, that I've only been blogging for almost six months I really can't contribute on this subject from an experienced bloggers stand point. So I'll be sharing a little about the subject and my thoughts, from a newbie. 
Thanks for stopping by and letting me share.



Since day one of blogging, I've always had one thing in mind and that is, blogging for me needs to be fun and all about enjoying what I'm doing. I never got into blogging to make money, or win popularity contests. I got into blogging for the books and sharing my thoughts with a larger audience. I wanted to interact with authors and share my praise for their books. I wanted to share my love for the great books that I've read, or sometimes not so great books.

I'll be honest and say that I also got into blogging for the perks. I wanted to get free books and arcs because I wanted to to share the buzz over these new upcoming books. But, let me tell you it has meant more to me than all of that. Its been about meeting great people, fellow bloggers, and authors, all around the world. 
Being able to help authors share their books is something I love doing, letting them have a voice on my blog, and getting the word out about their books. I am honored to feature authors on my blog and I do it all for free. I do participate in the Amazon Associate program but I only got into that program to be able to advertise the authors books, and advertise freebie books. I don't make any money from advertising free books.
It's a great program, and the little money I do make from the program is put back into my blog, as giveaways for Amazon products.

Since, I'm still fairly new to the blogging community and haven't really thought about "beyond my blog", I'll just say I'm thankful for all the great opportunities that have come my way.
 Maybe someday I'll go "beyond my blog", but for right now I'm just happy setting the little goals I have for my blog and being able to achieve those goals in a short amount of time, has been great, so far.
 Maybe, by next year's Bea, I will be sharing even more "beyond my blog" ideas with you.
Thanks again, for letting me be a part of Armchairbea 2012 and sharing my thoughts with all of you!

                                                                                                                                         

Armchair BEA Giveaway: Book Of Choice

Welcome here!

Another fun day of activities are planned for today and as part of the giveaways going on today here. I'll be having a giveaway, enter to win a $10 Book of your choice from The Book Depository Or Amazon. This giveaway is open to all(INTR) as long as either of the above retailers ship to your address.

Don't forget to visit the other participants and enter their giveaways, here

Giveaway 

1 Winner
Open to all,  as long as The Book Depository or Amazon ships to your address.Enter to win Book of Choice from The Book Depository OR Amazon UP TO $10.

Must fill Rafflecopter form below to enter.
Giveaway open from June 5 to June 12, 2012
Winners will have 48hrs to respond to e-mail or another winner will be choosen
 Thanks and Good Luck!!

Congratulations, Shelley R. Your The winner of the Book Of Choice. E-mail sent 6/12/12

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