The Official ActiveRain Guide

Hi Kristal.  Can we use the pictures it gives us?  I am confused about what pictures I can use.

Thanks,

Ken

Cool. Thanks for sharing.  I'm going to go check it out.

Pretty cool. Almost bedtime and I'm warring with server issues but I will check it tomorrow. Thanks for the pointer!

Thanks so much for this great program - I just downloaded it and can't wait to try it out!

If I have anyone looking in your area, I will absolutely send them your way!

Diana - www.DianasNeighborhood.com

My question is how/where do you get all the cool graphics? All your sites have the "cool stuff." Please do share.

It looks like a very interesting site. Do you have one that can think of blog posts while i am asleep?

Ken ~ You are wise to be concerned about which photos you can use.  I take most of my own, but before I had a large gallery I used Stockexpert.  They have a small cost associated with them, but in my mind it's worth the price to jazz up your blog.  Flickr also has stock photos you can use.  You do need to be careful you are using the ones with Creative Commons license and you do need to credit the source/maker.

Fran ~ Thanks and good luck with that.

Ken ~ A fresh mind and a happy server will make the visit more pleasant.

Diana ~ Good luck with that, let me know how it goes for you.

Steven ~ Why thank you local competition!  I do most of my own graphics and photos. The rest I purchase the rights too. See my answer to Ken above.

Michael ~ I bet someone somewhere is inventing a dream blog machine for us to use! Never soon enough!

Kristal!  What a gold mine!  Thank you~ Stellar site - will look more tomorrow!

Cheers!

Teri

Teri ~ I knew it would be a hit with a serious blogger or two..

KK - how cool is that. You always come up with such great tips and tools.  Thanks for clueing the clueless in.

Jeff

wow I do ow you - this is wonderful - thanks you rock

Hey Jeff ~ I learned about this at BlogWorld! You were there, but then you left early.  You need to hang out with us longer next time!

Thesa ~ Thank you!

Hi Kristal.  I'll check it out, thanks for the link.  If it's quick, easy, and helpful, I'll use it.

It is only a matter of time before some gets it to go from my thoughts to the screen.

Thanks, Kristal. Great blog and a great tip. Thoughts straight to the screen would be nice sometimes but maybe scary at other times.

Love it Kristal!  Muchas Gracias! 

Interesting tool -- gotta go and check this out and give it a try.

Kristal this is awesome!  ((MUH!)) Thank you, thank you, thank you!  I have exactly the same problem when I get in front of the computer screen I go totally blank.  I have tons of thoughts all day.  I am sure some of them could even be featured posts but by the time I get in front of a screen I am like a noodle brain.  Great tool! 

Interesting tool.  Wonder if we can just copy paste someone else material in there and have it suggest enough....nah, that would be wrong. *teehee*

just used demo to write an entry for ColumbusBestBlog.com a review of a restaurant with a mini review of Zemanta at the end. 

Soon we will be able to use the Vulcan mind meld and just think and it will type by itself.

Thanks for the site, I just checked it out and it is pretty cool, I need all of the help I can get.  Your name is becoming synonymous with Denver not just from this post but from following your posts over time.  I guess that is the point, isn't it.

Pretty neat!  Just goes to show you it also doesn't matter what weird site name you pick these days...Zemanta?  Ohhhhkay.

Thanks for sharing the link! I will try it out on my next post.

Kristal thanks for sharing this tool.  I am going to check it out now.  Best wishes.

Awesome is all I can say, besides THANK YOU for sharing!

Kristal - This will make my "a post a day" plan for 09 a bit easier to accomplish.  Thanks for the tip!

Cool! I have been looking for something like this for quite a while. Thanks for the tip.

thanks Kristal. I had not heard of this. Do you ever use ScribeFire to post?  I'll go check it out? Is the source code OK when you paste it in. I know word messes up the code, so I have been saving to clip board and then submitting it.

Interesting link you provided.  Will definitely have to give it a try.

Thanks....I'm going to have to check it out and see how it all works!

This is AWESOME, Krystal.  Thank you so much!!! This is wayyyyy cool. 

I used the site, very cool....now if it could only magically write good content for me I'd be all set, lol!

I shall bookmark this post and read it in depth later.  Thanks for the great info.

Seems a little like "Cliff notes for blogging."  surely none of us used those in college?!

Thanks Kristal, what a great site to bring to our attention. I am glad that you cued us in on this and for also sharing "in the wealth" of knowledge.  

I love this place!    I do enjoy taking my own pics as my most recent blog will show.  The Keyword suggestions and related articles will be a big help.  This a great tool.  Thanks Kristal.

Kristal,

YOU ROCK!

This is just what I need in my blogging, it take a lot of the thinking out.  Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.

Thanks, you've piqued my curiousity!  There are days I need all the help I can get!

Cheron Lange

Don't normally need additional content but it's nice to have a variety of options and to even know places like Zemanta exist. I didn't know. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Helps if I log in i guess...

Ken, this, from Zemant's Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: Do you care about copyright at all?

A: Yes, very much. All content that we are recommending is copyright cleared - either clearly licenced as Creative Commons or approved by stock providers.

You are awesome for sharing this!!!!  Thank you!!!

Thanks for sharing. Great info.

Krystal - Sounds awesome...I am going to check it out. I need a few ideas every now and then:)

Very nice blog post about how to make our blogging lifes just a bit easier on the brain.  Who ever thought computer software would become this advanced.

Kristal - What an interesting tool.  I will try it out later today.  Thanks for the tip!

Hi Kristal,  Wow, this is pretty cool stuff.  I played around with it a little and was amazed.  Thanks and hope to send you any referrals for your area.

Kristal, new innovative ideas just keep right on being developed. Zemanta sounds worth checking out...thank you for helping to make writing all that much simpler.  Now, if someone can develop a site that reads my mind.

I will try this out when I get the chance. I noticed you hadn't been blogging much (at least on this particular AR blog) in the past year. (I looked at your archive role.) You probably have other blogs you're managing I'll bet. Thanks again for the tip. MLM

Thanks for sharing! This looks like a great site and a great program.

Chris

wow, that is one cool idea. brain overload is always a big problem of mine.

thanks forthe info, I will try anything once.

Very cool - you always have the best ideas!  Thanks again!

Hi Kristal, very cool tool, thanks for sharing it:)

Kristal: Thank you for the blogging help. I will give it a try. I purchase stock photos from www.istockphoto.com . They are usually about $1/pic . I like the idea of paying (however small an amount) for the use of their materials.  Thanks again.

Kristal, great ideas, we recently checked it out and it did a pretty decent job with the selection of keyword examples it brought back but google analytics is still a bit more involved.

Thanks Kristal heading over to check it out...Cheers!

Wow, an online blog assistant - gotta go check it out, thanks.

Kristal -

Thanks for sharing another great tool. I am very new to blogging, and this will be very helpful.

Thanks Kristal for this I am going to try it out on my blog post I am going to do in a few minutes:)  BTW I so much enjoyed meeting you last month maybe next time we can spend more time together:)

This is great! Thank you so much for sharing it with the rest of us!!

Holly Gray

Rising Moon Interiors

Home Staging & Redesign

Bigfork. Montana

This is terrific! I recently began blogging, and put a lot of time and thought into the content, but thought that the format was just boring. I figured it would be another 3 months before I got around to finding ways to improve the look of the blog itself. Thank you so much for sharing your find!

Excellent! This is just what I needed when my brain just packs it in! By the time I get some decent blogging time in it's usually time for my brain to shut down. This will help! - Thanks

Hi KK - I am loving this little tip, which is actually a huge tip!  I could use all the help I can get, and this looks to be something that will make my favorites list to keep going back to.  "Blog helper" to the rescue!!

Thanks for sharing!
Ann

Wow I only played with it for a few minutes and cut and paste my blog from this morning and it gave me some great information. Thanks for sharing. 

Just went and checked zemanta out - took the tour, etc.  AWESOME tool!  Can't wait to give it a real whirl.  Thanks again Kristal!

Ann

KK, this is great! Thanks for sharing. Am checking out zemata now.

Kristal, This is so great, especially for us beginners.  I need all the help I can get. 

That tool is nothing short of a miracle -- a BIG thanks for sharing!  :-)  -- Kerry Lucasse, Atlanta

You have once again brought value into the world by sharing some of the vast wealth of knowledge in the effort to assist others to be all they can be. Thank You! 

Hello All, I'm not even going to try to keep up with all the responses here. I'm delighted to be able to share something of value, hopefully you will pass it on and post something of value also.

Have a great weekend all!

kk

kristal,

Thanks for the post and the introduction to another useful blogging tool. I just tried it and I like it.

Great idea. I was wondering if there was a program like that. It sure would be helpful. Thanks for the info.

I am still trying to figure out who to get a nice signature like Kristals....

Thanks for sharing - will check it out!

This will be an excellent tool for spicing up our blogs quickly and more important - easily. I'll pass it on to others. Thanks,

What a great tool!

Krystal,

Thanks, looks like a great tool.  For us newbie bloggers we need all the help we can get. thanks

Wow, I can't wait to try this! Thanks so much for sharing your secret!!

This is just amazing, especially if  youhave word retrieval problems like myself

Great post Kristal,

Thanks for sharing....I'll have to look into it more, thanks again

Cool. I am going to check it out. I can use all the help I can get!!!

Wow, cool little toy to keep in mind for those burnout days.  Thanks for sharing!     

This is awesome.  Thanks for sharing!  Might be the bump that helps me get back to blogging!  Cheers, Harley

I missed thi when it was first possted and featured, but I'm susre glad I found it now.  My to-do list just got a little longer...

Kristal, This sounds great. Thanks so much for sharing, I will give this a try. There is so much out there to learn and keep up with, so it's great that you have shared this find. Thanks, again.

Kristal, Thank you for the good tip!  I checked out the website and they have some pretty good tools on it.  I am looking forward to using these on my blogs:)

It's a Good Life!

Fran

Great tip. Thanks for sharing. No doubt, it takes effort to blog, but this tool makes it a bit easier. thanks.

Sounds pretty cool, Kristal! I also use Jott.com so that when I'm thinking of a great topic and not near a computer, I can just phone it in, and the wonderful idea appears on my e-mail.

Hi Krystal - Thanks for your great posts on Bright Ideas. Enjoy being one of our featured members!

Awesome!  I am going there right now.  Thanks Krystal!