This is not the usual fare for me, but I couldn’t help it. After stumbling upon this site, I couldn’t take my eyes off the design (no, really, I’m just talking about the design). Cocoa&Creme.com is a fashion, makeup, and celebrity tips site for African American women, or any woman with a darker than pale shade of skin.

You Need An Escape

If this image doesn’t reach you at the core of your being, you don’t have a pulse. Especially if you’re a full-time blogger. Feeling a little claustrophobic? Chained to your blog? Believe it or not, you CAN get away. We all need a break from the norm. Even bloggers deserve vacations, sabbaticals, and moments of solitude. But it takes too much extra work to have posts ready to cover a vacation!

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My first impression of Media Decoder was, “What the heck? This must be one of those quasi-reporter blogs.” Because everyone knows that REAL blogs aren’t sub domains of traditional newspapers (who are typically pretty web stupid).

It’s Friday, and time to hand out a single tip for amateur bloggers. There’s plenty to glean from the daily crush, but today is my own personal case study: to see if beginner tips are still needed. We’re going to start simple and work our way up. So let’s start at the very beginning.

Name ONE blog you find so attractive that you would visit often even if the subject matter changed.

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