I’ve created a new resource for bloggers.  It’s pretty simple, but I hope it helps.

For several years I have literally kept three or four binders of printed copies of the blog posts that I have found to be helpful, useful, and inspiring to my work as a blogger and a writer.  I regularly refer back to them for ideas.  They are my most important resource.  I wanted easy Web access to them, though.

If these resources were valuable to me, they might be valuable to other people.

I thought about publishing a blog post on Broadcasting Brain with the links to this information.  That’s great as a one time project, but in order to have lasting value, this should be a dynamic resource that can be added to, changed, and reorganized as needed.   I decided to use Squidoo.  This allows me to create and maintain that list within a lens, which is a type of web page.  There are two main reasons why I choose Squidoo:

1. I’ve used the tool before and I’m comfortable with it.
2. Squidoo allows the lens creator to receive royalty payments based on traffic to the lens and activity on the page like ad clicks.    You can donate your royalties to a charity.  In my case, I like the idea of Room to Read – I think illiteracy is a horrible setback to anyone’s quality of life and this is a way to help more people learn how to read.  Disclosure:  I maintain a few lenses which make enough income to buy a bag of potato chips during a good month.

So, yes, it’s a Squidoo lens.  And… 100% of the royalties from this lens will go to Room to Read.  Why not do some good while providing information to bloggers?

Go check out The Blogging Lens.  I want it to be the best central resource out there with links to the best content about blogging.  And remember, you can help raise money for Room to Read by visiting and supporting The Blogging Lens.

If you have any links that you think should be added to The Blogging Lens, let me know and I’ll include the best, top notch content on the lens.  It should contain all of the good information about blogging that we all would want to refer to.

Thanks for your support!

The image in this post was created by John Cox & Allen Forkum. See the original: http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/000478.html