SGFblogs.com » Blogger News http://www.sgfblogs.com The unofficial blog of the Springfield Bloggers Association. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:18:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Blogroll Update http://www.sgfblogs.com/blogroll-update/ http://www.sgfblogs.com/blogroll-update/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:25:58 +0000 sgfblogs http://www.sgfblogs.com/?p=58217 We overhauled the Submit Your Blog page yesterday with a new form! The new form allows you, our bloggers, to submit or update your blog’s information, create an I’m a Blogger profile, and sign up for our newsletters all in one place. With all of this information in one place, we’ll be better able to communicate with you about the Blogaronis, upcoming meetups, and Springfield Bloggers Association news.

Previously, we used Google Docs and email to collect all of this information from you, but we now have multiple people helping with the Springfield Bloggers Association, and we need to keep the info all in one place. Likewise, there are certain legalities we have to stick to when it comes to sending emails, and this new system will help keep everything on the up-and-up. We’re asking each blogger to resubmit their blog’s information; many of you submitted your blogs a long time ago, so you probably need to update your info anyway. If you have more than one blog to submit, ideally, you should have a separate email address for each blog; that would keep everything the tidiest.

One of our new features is meetup reminders from Nigel Holderby. When you sign up to receive meetup reminders, you’ll receive periodic emails with information about our upcoming meetups. We’re also gauging interest in a monthly newsletter; if you are interested in possibly receiving an email with updates about the Springfield Bloggers Association, please check the box indicating so, and we might get that puppy rolling. In addition, if you are a blogroll member, you’ll receive nominating and voting information about the Blogaronis via email when that time rolls around each year.

Thanks everyone for helping us with this spring, er, summer cleaning. We really appreciate it!

]]> http://www.sgfblogs.com/blogroll-update/feed/ 0 Blogaroni Winners Announced! (Recap) http://www.sgfblogs.com/blogaroni-winners-announced-recap/ http://www.sgfblogs.com/blogaroni-winners-announced-recap/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:16:56 +0000 sgfblogs http://www.sgfblogs.com/?p=58179 We had a great time at Patton Alley Pub on Monday, April 12, celebrating the Blogaronis and the best blogs in Springfield! If you weren’t there, you missed some expert emceeing from Uli and Chad, an opportunity to win the blogging book Problogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income, and the trophies of the evening: movie-sized boxes of Nerds. A huge thanks to Chad and Uli, Nathan Maulorico (for filming), Nigel Holderby (for photographing), Linden Mueller (for administrating), and Patton Alley Pub for helping us make this evening a success!

Here is your list of winners:

Comedy Blog of the Year

News or Current Events Blog of the Year

Entertainment Blog of the Year

Photography Blog of the Year

Personal or Family Blog of the Year

Local Coverage Blog of the Year

Sports or Fitness Blog of the Year

Political or Government Blog of the Year

Rookie Blog of the Year

Best Use of Social Media

Best Blog Design

Best Business Blog

Best Craft or DIY Blog

Blog Photo of the Year

Blog Post of the Year

Blog of the Year

If you were a winner and weren’t able to come, we have a certificate for you and a badge for your blog. Just send an email to sgfblogs@gmail.com and we’ll be in touch about making the exchange.

Our next meetup is scheduled for Monday, May 10. We hope you can make it!

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You can find us in the back room of Patton Alley Pub at 7 PM. We will be using the bar’s sound system for the evening. The suggested cover for the evening is $5; this money will pay for the use of the sound system, cover some other Blogaroni costs, and pay for some promotion of our group. Everyone who contributes cover will be entered into a door prize drawing!

Dress is casual (of course), and you’re more than welcome to eat dinner and have some drinks throughout the night. Other details that might interest you: we will have a few local bloggers photographing and videographing the evening, and we’ll have a business card exchange, for those of you who are interested in that sort of thing.

Hope you can make it!

]]> http://www.sgfblogs.com/blogaronis-slated-for-monday-april-12/feed/ 2 Blogaroni Nominations Are In and Voting Begins! http://www.sgfblogs.com/blogaroni-nominations-are-in-and-voting-begins/ http://www.sgfblogs.com/blogaroni-nominations-are-in-and-voting-begins/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:04:29 +0000 sgfblogs http://www.sgfblogs.com/?p=58164 The nominations are in! And these are the 2010 Blogaroni Nominees! Congrats to all of these fine bloggers! Winners will be announced on Monday, April 12, at Patton Alley Pub, at 7 PM. We hope you can make it!

Comedy Blog of the Year

News or Current Events Blog of the Year

Entertainment Blog of the Year

Photography Blog of the Year

Personal or Family Blog of the Year

Local Coverage Blog of the Year

Sports or Fitness Blog of the Year

Political or Government Blog of the Year

Rookie Blog of the Year

Best Use of Social Media

Best Blog Design

Best Business Blog

Best Craft or DIY Blog

Blog Photo of the Year

Blog Post of the Year

Blog of the Year

We are working on blog badges for each of our nominees and winners. We hope to have them ready in the next few days!

(Voting is reserved for members of our blogroll. Shortly after this post goes live, if you are a member, you’ll receive an email with voting instructions.)

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(If you were there and we forgot to include you in this list, please let us know. Sarah has lost her black Moleskine with her list of notes. If you know what she did with it, please let her know.)

Next month is the Blogaronis! Mark your calendars for April 12!

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This year’s Blogaroni categories are:

  • Best Comedy Blog
  • Best News or Current Events Blog
  • Best Entertainment Blog
  • Best Photography Blog
  • Best Personal or Family Blog
  • Best Local Coverage Blog
  • Best Sports or Fitness Blog
  • Best Political or Government Blog
  • Rookie Blog of the Year
  • Best Use of Social Media
  • Best Blog Design
  • Best Business Blog
  • Best Craft or DIY Blog
  • Blog Post of the Year
  • Blog Photo of the Year
  • Blog of the Year

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“Official” “Rules” (Subject to change whenever we see fit.)

  • Bloggers may nominate themselves. (It’s a little tacky, but they can.)
  • Bloggers may nominate blogs not listed on our blogroll as long as they are in or around Springfield.
  • Bloggers may nominate a blog for multiple categories.
  • Bloggers should submit their nominees only once. (We’re not fancy enough to track that, so be cool, and follow the rules.)
  • Only bloggers listed on our blogroll are allowed to participate in the nomination and voting process.
  • (3/9/2010 Update) Bloggers found in violation of these rules will be disqualified.
]]> http://www.sgfblogs.com/blogaroni-nominations-begin/feed/ 0 Who Doesn’t Love New Blogroll Members? http://www.sgfblogs.com/who-doesnt-love-new-blogroll-members/ http://www.sgfblogs.com/who-doesnt-love-new-blogroll-members/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:10:22 +0000 sgfblogs http://www.sgfblogs.com/?p=58154 Whoa! Another week has passed, and we have some more additions to our blogroll! Don’t you just love reading blogs from other locals? So many ideas. So many perspectives. So many people. Here they are:

  • The Geek Source, Everything related to tech, comics, science fiction, science fact, toys, games, etc. will be discussed.
  • DoodleySquat, The New Blog about DoodleSquat in Springfield
  • Eclectic-Me, A Place of Randomness

Show some love to our new members by stopping by their blogs, subscribing, and leaving a comment. They’ll love you for it!

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]]> http://www.sgfblogs.com/sponsorship-price-updates/feed/ 0 March Blogger Meetup http://www.sgfblogs.com/march-blogger-meetup/ http://www.sgfblogs.com/march-blogger-meetup/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:19:51 +0000 sgfblogs http://www.sgfblogs.com/?p=53422 If you’re a blogger or social media enthusiast, join the Springfield Bloggers Association for a meetup on Monday, March 8, at 7 PM, at Patton Alley Pub. We’ll eat some waffle fries, throw back a few cold ones, and talk shop. Our theme of discussion will be statistics and analytics, though the conversation will probably chase a variety of rabbits in all shapes and sizes. Please join us! We’d love to meet you!

RSVPs certainly are not required, but we’d like to know how many to expect, so we can grab an appropriately-sized table. You can RSVP by

]]> http://www.sgfblogs.com/march-blogger-meetup/feed/ 1 New Blogroll Additions!! http://www.sgfblogs.com/new-blogroll-additions/ http://www.sgfblogs.com/new-blogroll-additions/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:59:58 +0000 sgfblogs http://www.sgfblogs.com/?p=53418 We’ve added these blogs to our blogroll this week:

Please welcome them to our little group by checking them out, leaving a comment, or linking to them! If you know a Springfield blogger who should be on our blogroll, let them know that we want their blogroll submission!

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