We have a great guest post today, from a kindred spirit whom I recently had the good fortune of meeting. Garret, is from my birthplace, in the cold frozen wilderness of Northern Ontario, Canada. (No it's not always frozen and we don't live in igloos - much). He has an awesome blog - Need to Get Some.net. We're becoming fast friends and today he shares his story with us - it's as refreshing as an early morning breeze, as inspiring as a good pep-talk and full of real down-to-earth advice on creating a successful blog.

Recently I had the pleasure of meeting Joella Molson. Joella runs this wonderful blog and dare I say it? It is a very popular blog. Any hoo, we emailed each other a time or two and she asked me if I would like to be a guest author on her blog. I couldn't resist for two reason's:

1. I love her blog
2. She is Canadian eh ;)

I have been blogging for the better part of 6 years now (blogging, not running websites or other online things)....I guess this is the part where I tell you I am filthy rich and make oodles and oodles of cash online.

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Though I don't personally use Wordpress, I can't help but be enchanted by the large number of quality themes available for bloggers who do. So let me share this collection of 20 Wordpress love themes. And after all, we could all use a touch of romance and that's just what these beautiful Wordpress romantic themes provide. Just in time for Valentine's Day no less! Enjoy...

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So far in this article series, we've been discussing ways of personalizing your blog, most notably by the use of a profile picture and an about page. We've also touched on how a profile page, provided by an online service can be used to great effect in lieu of a self-hosted about section. And I briefly mentioned Gravatar's avatar hosting, Intense Debate's and Disqus' commenting systems as ways to get your face online and have them be associated with your blog. (You'll find the full list of the articles at the end of this post.)

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All the techniques we've explored so far, are excellent ways to personalize your blog, to humanize it, and give your blog a recognizable face. But now that you've done that, it's time to take your face online and make some meaningful connections. It's like dating, your choice of potential mates only grows if you get out there and mingle.

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Put A Face On The Comments You Leave Around The Web

We've been discussing the importance of personalizing your blog. We've explored doing this with the use of a profile picture, adding an about page and some offsite options for creating and linking to a profile page offline that helps increase your social reach.

If you missed the first 4 post in the series, here's the list:
1. Putting A Face On Your Blog - Don't Be A Mystery Blogger
2. Choosing & Using A Blog Profile Picture - Putting Your Best Blog Face Forward
3. Your Blog Profile Page - Blog Authors Should Be Knowable
4. Online Hosted Profile Pages - Alternatives For A Blog About Page

Today we're going to extend the topic to not only putting a face on your blog, but getting your face out there for more people to see. Maybe this seems like self-promotion to you and that's because it is. Your blog is an extension of you. So putting your face on your blog, getting your face along with your blog's name and location out there for all to see, all go together. One of the easiest ways to do this is to leave comments on other people's blogs and take steps to ensure that your profile image is posted along with your blog url.

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Well, it's time to get back to the real chore of blogging. And to that end, here is the fourth installment in a series of articles on personalizing your blog and extending your personal reach online.

If you missed the first 3 post in the series, here's the list:
1. Putting A Face On Your Blog - Don't Be A Mystery Blogger
2. Choosing & Using A Blog Profile Picture - Putting Your Best Blog Face Forward
3. Your Blog Profile Page - Blog Authors Should Be Knowable

Wouldn't it be great if you could have an awesome about page that didn't require you to do much of anything at all? Something that helped others know more about you and gave them easy access to finding and connecting with you online? Well it is possible to have a profile page that is just that easy.

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I am so touched by your support and want to explain a little of what has transpired. I and a few of my friends tried to reason with this guy, but it did not work. He ultimately accused me of taking monetary kickbacks from people who were getting traffic from my drop list. Seriously, any of you who are sending money - I didn't get it. Gee I wonder why?

To get rid of us and shut us up, he removed "his list" to another undisclosed location. No he didn't take it down, just hid it from us. He also removed all the comments associated with our conversations. Good thing because he was getting completely out of line and I think he knew it.

After much debate it was decided that we would not publish his name or blog address for a couple of reasons:

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First of all, I thank Joella allowing me to come on her blog and guest post. I wrote the below post during the day yesterday, because I was somewhat involved with the fact that Joella must now redo her blog. In order to protect her work and her intellectual property. Because someone decided to copy her entire drop list. She must re do it so that this does not happen again. Thus leaving her with a lot of new work she must do and keeping her away from adding her daily post.

99% of all us bloggers are good people who trust each other and also look out for one another.

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