Just a quick heads up for everyone that I am live blogging all day today and taking your questions in real time right here on answers.today.com. Whether you are brand new to blogging or just new to Today.com, I’m here to discuss whatever you need help with and to help you make your Today.com blog the best it can be.
Join me for the Live Bloggers Q&A Session today all day. I’d be happy to answer any questions you might have about your Today.com blog or the network in general!
You can also get there by clicking the “Live Q and A” tab at the top of this page.
I know it feels as though I’ve been away forever but it just ain’t so! The Answerman lives! In an effort to shame myself into posting more questions and answers here though, I have committed myself to National Blog Posting Month for November. This pledge commits me to posting every day for the entire month right here on the Answerman!
In fact, I am currently working on a brand new series of how-to videos that will cover all the great questions I’ve been receiving over the past few weeks but that doesn’t mean you can stop sending them in! I want your questions; after all, what good is an Answerman if there are no questions left to answer?
Have you been to the forum yet? A lot of your questions have already been asked, debated and answered there!
A Personal Note from Michael: I hope you will excuse the departure from my normal content but I am taking 9/11 off from work as I do every year, and I wanted my readers to understand why.September 11, 2008 is not just another day to me.
It is an annual reminder of the worst day in my life, a day that no one who was alive then will ever forget.
I lived in New York City on 9/11/01 and watched in numb horror as the tragedy took place before my eyes. When I grabbed my scrubs (I have emergency medical training) and what equipment I did have, I began the trek into hell - the site that the world now knows as Ground Zero.
Before that day I knew it as the World Trade Center where I would stop daily for doughnuts on my way to work.
I lost one of my dearest friends that day, along with more people than I care to think about who were also close acquaintances. The photo in this post shows what I have to remind me of that day. It includes newspapers, my stethoscope, a face mask and the glove of a fireman who gave his life to save others that day.
On that day, the world proclaimed that “We are ALL Americans Now”. I can find no better example of this than when Celine Dion - a Canadian - performed “God Bless America” in the aftermath of that day.
According to Dell, the laptop from hell should be back in my hands at some point today, at which time I will resume making those fun and helpful little videos for all of you to enjoy and learn from. This does not remove the period of time during which I have been forced to use a secondary machine for all of my work (and all of your answers), nor does it make up for the time that will no doubt need to be spent reinstalling software that are required to do what it is that I do.
In other words, if you have questions please bear with me while I get things in order on this end. The answers are coming and the Answerman will soon fly again! Fear not!
My name is Michael Nolan, otherwise known as the Blog Answerman.
Quite a few of you may recognize me as the guy behind Frugal Living Today (my first Today.com blog), but I have created this blog with the able-bodied cooperation of the folks here at Today.com to help bloggers both new and old…er, used…I mean online blog writers one and all to make the most of their online writing experience both personally and financially.
I will periodically be creating and posting videos here on a variety of topics. Most of them are basic how-to instructional videos intended for the beginner, but from time-to-time I will be sharing other tips, tricks and great ideas to keep your blog minty fresh and keep you raking in the dough.
Like I said, I’m the Blog Answerman so if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask! Just send an email to bloganswerman@gmail.com. If I answer your question here, you will be the recipient of a free, shiny new link to your blog!
September 11, 2008 is not just another day to me.
Allow myself to introduce…myself. 