Time for one of the biggest days of the year here at eduClaytion, and it’s all about you! I’ve been excited for this day for months now. Today kicks off the Summer 2011 Repost Yourself!
Every year since today I host a chance at midyear to bring back a favorite post of yours that maybe went under the radar or just something you want more people to see. We did this at the end of last year with great results, and I hope to triple the responses from then.
What post from the past 6 months would you like more people to see? Here’s your chance to meet some new folks while introducing them to one of your favorite creations.
Here are the simple rules:
- In the comments section put the link to a post that you especially liked and want more people to see.
- The post must be from January-June 2011.
- You can only pick one!
- If you don’t have a site of your own please leave a link to a post that you especially liked from the past year.
- Share the love. Read other posts in the comments section and let them know.
I hope to meet some new people through this so tweet this baby up and tell your blogging buds to stop by and show off their best work! Humans only. Spammers will be sacrificed to the Akismet gods, and bots will get a magnet to their face.
Okay friends, give me what you got!
Thanks Clay. My most-read post so far this year was:
http://shawnsmucker.com/2011/05/16/how-i-know-my-world-will-end-on-may-21st/
dang clay, you’re so hot right now. fine, but only cause you said so.
http://www.tylertarver.com/2011/06/01/how-to-pick-up-all-the-ladies/
Funny post, Tylerta. You are one of the funniest guys I know. I tried to comment but the blog gods got all pissy and sent me an error message. Any who, my comment was rockin’ awesome. Too awesome to repeat.
Tyler: It was just as good the second time, #IYKWIM.
Hilarious! My husband employed none of your advice when we met and it is truly a wonder we are together at all. The comment button on your blog is broken so I’m commenting here. Good stuff.
This is the most viewed post my blog has had (so far):
http://catierhodes.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/crippled-criminals/
It’s about Bonnie and Clyde.
There are a few I like, but this one I think went under the radar a bit after a bit. Oh the dangers of taking children on vacation…
http://danceswithchaos.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/part-3-of-the-murphy%E2%80%99s-law-of-vacations-a-special-addition-of-%E2%80%9Cwhat-the-frak%E2%80%9D-friday/
Thank you! Happy to participate in the reposting! Now, maybe I’ll feel a little less like an impostor?
http://www.wordsxo.com/2011/06/do-you-suffer-from-imposter-syndrome.html
It’s so hard to pick just one, but I am going to go with this one because it’s got at least a little bit of pop culture in it.
http://mikenmitch.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/magnum-pie/
If we are allowed to put two let me know. I’ve got another in my back pocket.
You’re so nice! Giving us all a chance to resurrect a post from the archive grave and let it shamble around blogland in search of fresh brains to infect, er, I mean, entertain.
If you couldn’t tell, the post that I didn’t think got it’s fair share of love was one of my zombie-a-month stories: http://fixitordeal.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/underdog-2/
Thanks, Clay!
Thank you for the chance to post this piece where I had to make a difficult decision.
http://rasjacobson.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/lessons-on-karma/
Great idea. I’m going to select one from “my other blog”, WordBitches. It’s a post called “Why Writers Need To Take Themselves Out On Dates.” What it’s really about, however, is an amazing man, Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish. It’s also about forgiveness. Here’s the link: http://wordbitches.com/2011/04/25/writer-dates/
But, Clay, what’s *your* post you’d like to call attention to?
Yeah Clay. Where’s *your* post?
Okay, since you asked about my post I’ll give it to you.
Imma go with How to Create Opportunities, a fairly popular piece that’s part story & part strategy. http://educlaytion.com/2011/04/13/create-opportunities/
If you haven’t read it go crazy and follow the link at the bottom to a nifty follow up on How to Successfully Network.
Thanks for giving us this opportunity again, Clay. Here’s a link to a 3-part series I did in January about a famous visitor coming to visit Saint John…it’s got laughs, romance, and tourist information about the city!
http://writerwoman61.wordpress.com/the-jolie-pez-project/
Wendy
This was indeed a great post Wendy! The Jolie is unstoppable.
Cool, Clay. Mine is sort of a two-for (two-fer?). A post from my blog about how watching Olivian Newton John’s video for “Let’s Get Physical” is still giving me nightmares months later, and at the bottom it links to a post on StuffKidsWrite.com, the little bastard Leanne and I created, about my son cutting off his arm hair during math instruction.
http://somespecieseattheiryoung.com/2011/05/18/my-thing-for-olivia-newton-john-gets-sausage-whipped/
Thanks, Clay.
Here’s mine:
http://collegereadywriting.blogspot.com/2011/02/pump-up-volume-lessons-about-social.html
It combines two of your favorite things – Gen X pop culture and education!
What a great idea, Clay. I look forward to checking out these “best of’s.”
Mine’s about an incredible God-experience I had on New Year’s Day called “More Love, More Power.” http://www.newlifecalu.com/?p=343
Clay, two words – YOU ROCK! Great idea and thanks for the opportunity to share! The post to my blog that’s been most viewed recently is an animated short I made about bathroom habits of a married couple. It’s #3 in a series I’ve affectionately titled “Wedded BlissTors”
http://tinyurl.com/3v78gwt
Thanks for the opportunity! My blog is just over 6 months old, so it was nice to run back through and see what might be worth sharing.
Here’s one from March that got some traffic, but whose title I absolutely loved.
A Velvet Crumb: http://www.alise-write.com/2011/03/velvet-crumb.html
Thanks for hosting!
Clay, this is why I say “You Da Man.” You have the best ideas. I can’t wait to meet some new people!
Like Alise, my blog is barely over six months old. All my posts to me seem mediocre at best, but here is one that several people enjoyed:
http://sixringcircus.com/2011/06/13/a-glimpse-into-my-future/
Prophetic Thursday is an ongoing series on my blog where I take a humorous look at things that we will surely see in the church in the future. This one wasn’t as popular as others so I thought I would share it here: http://seekingpastor.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/prophetic-thursday-vacation-bible-school/
My most popular blog post (out of the five that I’ve published so far) is:
http://bit.ly/mnPQQS
It’s about Bullies vs. Nemesis’.
Most difficult decision ever…Do I go with bullriding, zombie babies, or a rapture post with a picture of my butt?
I really think you and everyone else should check out my butt, but since you like movies, I’ll go with zombie babies.
http://thoughtsappear.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/your-mother-ate-my-dog/
Oh, I love these – a chance to meet others when they are offering up their best work. My favorite post of the first half of this year is a reverie of a perfect day: http://keeniebeanie.blogspot.com/2011/02/mountain-she-calls-to-me.html.
Off to meet new blog peeps now… happy weekend all!
Hi, Clay, thanks for doing this again! This is how I first met you, when you did it last December (?). The post I’d love to share with more people is one I did on 19th century spiritualism in America, including the Fox sisters, and Mary Todd Lincoln’s preoccupation with the spirit world. The link is the first post in what became a short series:
http://kbowenmysteries.com/?p=107
I’m looking forward to checking into the other posts!
Kathy
Well on Literating, outside of my home page it was Kvothe’s Sex Life Part 2: Felurian and the Adem
On The Gig, my most viewed was To Blot Out A Storm: An Open Letter To Joplin
Thanks, bro.
What a fabulous idea! Am very excited to post one of my most recent most-read: “Matthew, Mark, Luke and…” in which I discuss how my ovaries want another baby, but the rest of me knows better.
http://lifewithbellymonster.blogspot.com/2011/05/matthew-mark-luke-and.html
Looking forward to reading everyone’s pieces!
I love this idea, Clay. My post is all about how employers can prepare for the impending brain drain from Boomer retirement. I ask my audience for their ideas and input – so I would love to get some more people to stop by and share.
http://wp.me/p1kAA3-8n
Great idea Clay, unique. But then you are unique. So it fits like a glove.
This is my most recent and most popular post. I’m still fairly new to blogging so I didn’t have a large number to choose from. The post is about mythical creatures and how we can use them in our writing.
http://genelempp.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/designing-from-bones-zoo-arcane/
Great stuff everyone. I’m working hard on my book this weekend but will use breaks to dig into the links you’ve left here. I am enjoying all your comments! Feel free to tell your friends about this great guy named Clay who they’ve just GOT to meet
This weekend is about sharing and caring. Tree of trust here. Or something. Or at least we can all practice our blatant self-promotion skills.
Thanks Clay! What a cool way to get acquainted with some good blogs. As a shiny-new beginning blogger, I would pick this post, it combines three interests of mine into one strange little post: pop culture, historical research and writing.
http://kristinnador.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/glee-and-getting-your-historical-research-groove-on/
Tough choice…jeeze, but this is the one I would like more people to see, just because I feel strongly about the theme. Five Things I hope to Teach my Teenager. http://bit.ly/iSMaLX Thanks for the opportunity Gene!
Always welcome. Clay is one of my favorites, always funny and entertaining. Happy to be able to share him with you!
Well, seeing as my Emergency Room bill has now shown up, I’d appreciate another round or two of comments on my all too exciting day spent at Circus World! $600 is a lot to pay for stupidity, so at least I’m going to laugh about it.
http://jesswords10.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/jess-takes-on-circus-world/
Thanks for doing this, Clay! Looking forward to meeting some new bloggers!
“One-Line Songs,” http://afterfb.blogspot.com/2011/03/one-line-songs.html
I realized one night that the line “See the young man sittin’ in the old man’s bar/Waitin’ for his turn to die” from Goo Goo Dolls’ “Broadway” could be a song all by itself.
Everyone’s already reading her stuff, but this was the first post of hers that made me come back for more. It resonated with me because I’m superglue close to my two sisters:
http://www.juliecgardner.com/featured/today-call-me-julienancy/
And here’s one of mine – my philosophical posts are few and far between, but I like to remind people that I’m not just a pretty face. Minus the pretty face.
http://meetthebuttrams.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/sewing-with-camels/
February’s “Life is good.” http://www.beckyspen.blogspot.com
Thanks Clay!
Thanks for the opportunity, Clay! My most popular post in the past 6 months was, “Using What I’ve Learned”. http://marcia-richards.com/2011/03/09/using-what-ive-learned/
This is awesome, Clay! Still working out some of the design kinks but it’s time to start pointing people to my new blog. Here’s something I wrote a couple of weeks ago that I’m especially proud of: http://www.leighkramer.com/blog/2011/06/my-someday-something-blue-four-years.html
What a lovely post! Brought tears to my eyes.
Japan is safe- unless you come across a gang of fanny pack toting, bike riding, moms patrolling the apartment complex…http://amblerangel.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/upheaval-in-the-hood-are-you-safe-in-japan/
LOVE reading all these posts! Great idea!
Thanks for the opportunity Clay. I’ve enjoyed reading these posts.
Here is mine: One morning on my subway commute into Manhattan I ran into this couple, and they gave me my quintessential subway story – the one that surpasses all others.
http://jacquelincangro.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/crazy-in-love-2/
Another of your great community-building ideas. I add my thanks as well for the opportunity to share some of my work.
While away on vacation for the past two weeks, I had the chance to visit the beaches in Normandy that were the sites of the D-Day invasion of June 6th, 1944. In honor of that, I choose to repost a piece I wrote about military slang back in March:
http://asalinguist.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/its-perfectly-ordinary-banter-squiffy/
And now, before the jetlag-induced narcolepsy sets in again, I’ll go check out the other reposts people have shared here!
Yet again Clay, you’ve brought sharing and encouragement to us all. Thanks for this; I’ve seen some excellent posts and will no doubt start a few new subscriptions as a result!
My contribution is a recent post, some of my others don’t really make sense unless we’re having some kind of March Movie Madness…
http://opentoadventure.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/the-a-to-z-approach-to-zombocalypse/
Thanks again mate.
Thanks for the opportunity. My blog is relatively new and I have not been real active lately. Appreciate the exposure.
This post has had most views lately.
http://christcreds.com/2011/03/16/a-fathers-love/
WOW! Look at all these links to explore…
My favorite post this year was the one about my doggie Hoshi – she was the best!
https://jennyhansenauthor.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/10-life-lessons-from-my-dog/
Thanks for the Open Linky Love Day, Clay. (I’m suuuure that’s how you thought of it, right?)
Thanks for the opportunity Clay. This is such a great idea and there are definitely some blog posts I missed the first time around that I can’t wait to get to. My pick isn’t very old, but it made me laugh during the writing of it while remembering my grandmother. She was definitely one of a kind and a hoot! http://rhondahopkins.com/2011/06/10/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-a-garage-sale/
This one was posted earlier in the “I guess maybe I should tell people I blog” period that people responded well to. Also, maybe one of your readers can tell me what it means (anyone want to analyze my dreams?)
http://wosushi.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/the-dangers-of-the-internet/
Hi Clay. What a great idea! Sorry I’m so late to the party. Been out of town.
My repost is in response to a comment from Katie Couric suggesting that all we need in America to resolve issues with Muslims in the West is a Muslim Cosby Show. http://piperbayard.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/katie-courics-cosby-show/ Thanks for the opportunity.
What a fantastic idea, Clay! There are so many great discoveries (and re-reads!) here.
http://robinlythgoe.blogspot.com/2011/06/does-your-writing-work.html
Clay, you never cease to amaze me with your originality!
I’d like to repost my first ever Boo Factor Since posting this blog, the response prompted me to begin a series. I write a new installment per month.
http://tiffanyawhite.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/friday-fabooolousness-the-boo-factor/
I’m looking forward to checking out the others!
Thanks Clay!
I’m a Comedian and a Writer and this is a non-fiction piece about how I was stupid when I was a kid.
http://writingwithshelly.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-i-hate-its-small-world.html
(now to check others posts…)
I’m a writer and a comedian and this is a nonfiction piece about how stupid I was when I was a kid.
http://writingwithshelly.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-i-hate-its-small-world.html
(now to check out the other posts…)
Creating a Facebook page: Any idiot can do it right? Apparently not this idiot.
http://4theluvofwriting.blogspot.com/2011/02/this-was-bad-idea.html
What an excellent idea!
http://bloodskies.com/?p=694
Hit the button too soon! That post is called “Social Marketing Makes Me Manic Depressive”. It’s my most read blog post ever regarding some ugly realizations regarding social marketing.
Thanks for the opportunity. I appreciate it! I did a couple of posts about the hilarious gems you can find in the old, cellophaned, family photo albums.
http://girlparker.typepad.com/the-ole-master-plan/2011/06/family-album-greats-pt-1.html