Kari Jeanne - LOVE THIS POST! I first came to your blog because of your amazing images but then I kept coming back because of YOU and what you share - like I told you when we met, I got to know you through your blog posts and I just really felt that we should be friends!!!

Amy - This sounds a lot like what I'm expecting to hear tomorrow night. SO excited! I'm bringing paper to take notes!!!

Tammy - I don't remember how I stumbled upon your ste, but glad I did. I've been reading for a while and have enjoyed it. This post really hits home because I recently committed to blogging more often and on more levels. I too follow all your giudelines. But, I do display my images different than most photogs. I'm using a Flickr plugin that creates a gallery/slide show on my site. It's a little outside the box in regards to photogs blogs. ???

Michelle Feeney - Thanks for sharing this post Melissa. Your encouraging words are always helpful!

Melissa Jill :) - Thanks for your comment Michelle! I will try to do a post on that topic sometime soon, but in addition to using FB & Twitter, this is another main way I use: http://www.melissajill.com/blog.cfm?postID=1084&monthly-newsletter

michelle walker - Hello friend! Can you share with us how to drive more readers to our blog's/

Jennifer Starr - Great Post Melissa, I needed to read this today :) I'm not even sure my mom reads my blog ;) Ha!

Danielle Panettiere - Melissa, Your are ONE of my Favorite Bloggers. Best decision I made for my wedding was hiring you. My hubby says the same thing to this day :) I am always excited to check your blog on Mondays to see what has happened over the weekend . I also am checking it on Fridays to see what awesome new Wardrobe you have on :) This post couldn't have come at a better time because I have wanted to start a blog for some time but I have been trying to figure out what interest me the most and what I could write about. Thank you for posting information on blog templates. I'm sure you will be hearing from me in the future :)