Bloggers Call To Action

February 7, 2009 By 5 Comments

One of my favorite bloggers and someone that I consider a friend is Drew of BenSpark.com. From reading his blog I’ve come to see his beautiful daughter Eva growing up, his Photo-A-Day (PAD) and the charities and other social events he promotes. He is very kind and helpful and has reached out to help me on various occasions.

I recently read his blog post about being a child and teasing other children. Even though I was teased mercilessly as a child and teen, in high school, I wanted to fit in and began to tease other students. It didn’t feel right after I did it, but while I did it, I felt like I was taking out my pent-up anger. I still feel guilty about this past behavior on my part. I know how much it hurt to hear unkind words, especially when a group of people were lodging them at me.

What Drew has suggested is a Call To Action as bloggers -

  1. Don’t take part in gossiping about other bloggers
  2. Don’t be negative about other blogs and the people behind them
  3. Visit 3-5 random blogs this week
  4. Leave a genuine comment
  5. Search the blog and tweet or stumble an older post
  6. Compliment the blogger on what they are doing well

Why not pay this forward?

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  1. 1
    Lisa
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    February 7, 2009 at 9:57 pm

    I read his post. I thought it was great and that he had some great ideas that we should all implement.

    Lisas last blog post..Corey Vidal: Star Wars A Capella

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    Robyns Online World says:
    February 7, 2009 at 10:53 pm

    I love this Connie! I just posted it on my blog also: http://robynsonlineworld.blogspot.com/2009/02/bloggers-call-to-action.html and will be doing all the things on the list this week!

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    Heather in Beautiful BC says:
    February 7, 2009 at 11:52 pm

    I was teased a lot in school and it made me very insecure and angry. It also taught me a very negative way of getting attention by making fun of others. You’re so right – it seemed cool at the time, but it never felt good. And, those negative comments and times still stand out in my memory.

    I haven’t read his post, so I’m off to do that now.

    Thanks for passing this on, Connie.

    Heather in Beautiful BCs last blog post..IZEAFest 2009 – You ‘Otter’ Be There!

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  4. 4
    BenSpark says:
    February 8, 2009 at 8:17 am

    Connie,
    Thanks very much for the post about my posts. I really was surprised to see some trackbacks this morning. Also thanks for such nice words about me and my posts.

    BenSparks last blog post..Two Blogs Collide

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    Farrah from Wife and Mom of 3 says:
    February 8, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    This is great, and a very good reminder to all inside and out of the blogosphere.

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