Studentlinc.typepad.com Website Review

this is an update to let you know whats going on with this website and my own investment in it. many of you have been longtime readers and a great support to the tools, resources, and articles that i have put on this site. i started studentlinc in 2005 and used this site as my own sandbox in the area of leadership development, learning to blog, and designing an online its now time for the next chapter in my online world. while ive still been involved in writing and developing tools for student leaders, i havent done very much on this site. over the last few months, ive been considering a number of options and have finally started to move in some new directions. i hope this post will explain what and why im making some changes. here they are: delve into the areas of leadership, this site will have more of my personality and include many of my other interests. i plan on moving some of you may be wondering...why? my simple answer is because things always change...especially on the internet. the more personal answer is because im finding that i want to develop a more personal brand on the web. i believe a personal website does this. i think this will help me develop better relationships with my readers because they will come to the site of a person rather than an organization or topic 2. i will be archiving studentlinc. another reason for the change is because i am moving away from typepad. i started studentlinc in 2005 on blogger. i told myself that i wouldnt pay for my blog until i had proven that i would stick with it. when i reached 100 posts, i went ahead and bought a basic typepad account and moved the site over. when i reached 200 posts, i upgraded to a typepad pro account and have had but along the way, wordpress kept showing what a great blogging platform it was. so when i started timmilburn.com so in the next month, i will be moving studentlinc out from under typepad and into a self-hosted wordpress setup at studentlinc.net. this will save me the subscription cost of having a typepad account. its also important to note that moving from typepad to wordpress is an