Inspired by my post “How do you explain blogging to your Mom?“ and Derrick’s We’re All Pizza Makers post, Liz Strauss at Successful Blog decided to have a Group Writing Project called What’s your blogging metaphor. In all there were about 50 participants - each sharing their own unique comparison of blogging to something else others can relate to. Here is the final list of entries:

• What metaphor do you use to explain blogging?
  at Ian’s Messy Desk
• Blogging Metaphor–The Salad Bar Blog
  at Word Sell
• My blog is a smorgasbord, come and eat…
  at Juggling Frogs
• Feeding on Plankton
  at krooz
• My Preferred Metaphor for Business Blogging
  at Business and Blogging
• 10 reasons why blogging is like dating”
  at Romance Tracker
• Equestrian Ecstasy - Portal to another Reality
  at INNside Innkeeping in Montana
• Blogging Metaphors: Bridge-Building
  at Middle Zone Musings
• Blogging Metaphor: Blogging is like Exercise
  at Virtual Impax
• My Blogging Metaphor: BNI
  at Kiss2
• Why Conversational Blogging Is Like A Conga Line
  at dawudmiracle
• Blog 101 and the New Cocktail Party
  at What Would Dad Say
• Bloggers, Brains and Metaphors
  at BrainBasedBusiness
• Blogging is like a box of chocolates…
  at Small Business Marketing Ideas
• Blogging Metaphors, or, What I am doing here
  at A Politically Incorrect Entrepreneur
• Blogging Metaphor: Why blogging is like a Mommy
  at Moments of Clarity
• My Blogging Metaphor
  at Carpe Factum
• What’s Your Blogging Metaphor? Teaching by Bits (and Bytes) at ModernMagellans -
  Maps to Improve Your Business, Leadership, and Life
• A Blog is Your Bullhorn to the World
  at Blawg IT
• An Image Is Worth A Thousand Words! Huh?
  at Smart Wealthy Rich
• Blogging Metaphor - The “Party Line”
  at Insight Advertising-Marketing Communications
• Singing the “blogging song” around the campfire
  at Live the GREAT life you desire
• Blogging is Like Baseball
  at Rush Nigut: Rush on Business
• Raise your sails and blog on!
  at dsmBUZZ
• One BIG small town
  at Runners Lounge
• Metaphorically speaking, this is what I do
  at Passing It On
• Kayaking as a Metaphor for Blogging
  at Loosely Speaking
• A hug, metaphorically speaking
  at MamaBlogga
• Blogging is like dancing on top of an iceberg, and other Metaphors
  at J.T’s Productivity Blog
• 20 Blogging Metaphors - Rock Throwing and the Universal Monkey
  at marketing neophyte
• Blogging metaphors
  at Roberta Ferguson
• Blogging Metaphors
  at Lena M Holmberg
• Blogging Metaphor (s)
  at Transition Capital Management
• The Blogosphere is a Virtual Time Capsule : Another Viral Meme
  at Orbit Now!
• Dexter’s Memetic Laboratory
  at Spooky Action ·
• Really? Why? What’s a blog?
  at Art Dinkin’s Moment on Money
• 10 Basic Tips for Starting a Blog Using Gardening as Metaphor
  at Circular Communication
• Behold, A Blogging Sower Went Forth To Sow Links
  at The Frugal Law Student
• For Whom the Blog Tolls
  at Idea Dude
• All the Blog’s a Stage
  at Just Thinkin’
• Blogging Metaphor: Blogging Is a Large City with Hundreds of Small Neighborhoods
  at A Writer’s Word, An Editor’s Eye
• What’s your blogging metaphor?
  at The Junky’s Wife
• Blogging is a Tapestry
  at Grow Your Writing Business
• Blogging Metaphors
  at The Gift Idea Help Blog
• 7 Ways That Blogging is Like Opera
  at Randa Clay Design
• Blogging Metaphor: Blogging Is Like Catching Dreams and Setting Them Free
  at Online Public Relations
• Blogging Metaphor
  at Better Business Blogging
• I’m Baking a Blogging Cake …
  at Writing Thoughts
• Why Blogging is Like Fishing
  at Freelancing Journey
• The Metaphor Project
  at The Marketing Whore
• and my own A Blogger’s Sunset

Additionally, ten contributors were selected randomly to receive an autographed copy of Lorelle’s book “Blogging Tips — What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging.”

• 10 reasons why blogging is like dating”
  at Romance Tracker
• Bloggers, Brains and Metaphors
  at BrainBasedBusiness
• Blogging Metaphor: Why blogging is like a Mommy
  at Moments of Clarity
• What’s Your Blogging Metaphor? Teaching by Bits (and Bytes)
  at ModernMagellans
• Singing the “blogging song” around the campfire
  at Live the GREAT life you desire
• One BIG small town
  at Runners Lounge
• Blogging Metaphors
  at Lena M Holmberg
• 10 Basic Tips for Starting a Blog Using Gardening as Metaphor
  at Circular Communication
• 7 Ways That Blogging is Like Opera
  at Randa Clay Design
• Blogging Metaphor
  at Better Business Blogging

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all who participated - you all painted creative comparisons!

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4. Project File: Score One For The Blogosphere
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