Tomato Garden Party

One of the great joys of blogging is meeting people across the world or right in your own backyard who share your interests.

Foodbuzz, one of the blogging communities that I am part of hosted an event called 24 meals in 24 hours on 24 blogs. Deb of Jersey Bites and founder of the Jersey Biters blog community was one of the featured bloggers in the Foodbuzz event. She hosted a Tomato Garden Party that featured an all tomato menu. We were joined by neighborhood friends and fellow blogger John of John and Lisa Are Eating in South Jersey. By the way, please help promote Deb's post on the event by clicking the little "buzz" icon on the upper right hand corner of the page.

Enjoy!

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Grow Your Blog by Learning From Successful Bloggers

I have two goals in blogging. One is to have fun and find an outlet for my creative expressions. House Hubbie's Home Cookin' is a great way to do this. I have another blog that is connected to the small church in Toms River, NJ that I pastor that serves a similar purpose. As a stay at home Dad with two kids in college, the second purpose is to generate additional streams of income by writing and blogging. I have been trying to figure out how to "monetize" my blog and there are all kinds of helps on the web.

I recently found a blog entitled called "Free Advertising Suggestions". It is written by a guys who offers all kinds of suggestions freely from the lessons he has learned in life. This guy mantains a couple of blogs in addition to this one and has learned some lessons about how to grow his blog. I found this post entitled, "Blog Presentation Tips" particularly helpful. If you are interested in growing you blog readership, I would suggest that you it out.