Here is an update for my readers who normally read via RSS. I have removed a bunch of ads and banners from the sidebar, in order to aid in navigation and finding the things that you need. I moved the banners to their own page, where they will shortly be getting their own mini-reviews.

I’d love to hear what you think.

SpaceAgeSage has a guest-post at Liz Strauss’ Successful Blog about finding ways of reaching customers that do not blog, or perhaps do not read blogs. I have been thinking about those of you in my own community of readers that are not bloggers…

In Search of the Elusive Non-blogging Customer

Liz is on a quest to bring blogging enlightenment to non-bloggers who are a vast and mainly untapped population of potential readers and customers. She recently asked in a post, “How would you help a new blogging business connect to customers in the offline world?”

Getting Started with Blogging

What I have been pondering is this:
How many of you that read these posts and articles on a daily or weekly basis are not bloggers yourselves? And out of that group, how many of you are kinda interested in finding out more about blogging but do not want to spend a lot of money or time to do it?

Would you be interested in learning about how to get started sharing your thoughts or promoting your business or starting an on-line business? This is not a sales pitch, and it isn’t leading to an affiliate link. I am all about providing value to my readers (that’s you) and helping you expand your productivity and improve your life. If getting started with blogging is a topic that you are interested in learning about I’d love to know.

Lessons About Blogging

Over the past year-and-a-half since I started doing this I have learned a lot about the subject, most of it the hard way. I have purchased dubious products, tried marketing programs, experimented with affiliate links, and the most important thing that I have learned is to be authentic and to provide value first and foremost.

If you are interested in learning these blogging lessons for yourself please let me know in the comments or by e-mail.
What is the number one thing about blogging that you are most interested in learning, and how might it help you?

I have added a new badge in the sidebar that allows you to print or save these posts in PDF format.

The ECO-SAFE Foundation

Let’s Change the World

We can change the world by using each of our own unique voices. By placing the ECO-SAFE Merit Badge on your website or blog, you are using your voice and empowering others to participate in environmentally friendly behaviors on the web. The ECO-SAFE Merit Badge is a symbol of hope and love for the world we all live in.

Websites displaying the “ECO-SAFE Merit Badge” are providing environmentally friendly printing alternatives for their website visitors. As a collective group of people who use the Merit Badge, we are actively reducing the staggering number of web pages printed daily.

What do you think? Will it save paper? Will it help you collect useful information?

Over the next couple of weeks I will be working very hard at making some improvements to this site and to the “In Context” family of products and services.

Some of this will include things that I will be doing myself, and other improvements will be from some cool new service providers. One new thing that I added Monday night is a “5-star” rating system for you all to use to let me know what you think of individual posts. Since I have just added it, the data is sketchy, so please click on one of the stars and let me know what you think of the content of each post.

I really appreciate your help in making Productivity in Context the best resource that it can be.