Should have done enough on stay online now, while not certain, it’s timing and everything as you know.
Anyway, taking a look at things as they have happened and looking at the plans I had made to follow up on, I thought about things I have learned from it all.
What can I take forward with me and what can I lose in order to streamline?
Well I can’t share all that obviously but what I do know is certain thing have opened my eyes, you learn alot when you have your back against the wall in any degree.
But I also learn of new opportunities I hadn’t seen…
Missing the woods from the trees springs to mind here. ;o)
Interesting to realise I can improve this blog and the focus of it without ruining it in any way. 
)
The blog shouldn’t and isn’t the centre of things…
I can make it the centre of what I want it to be though. )
As for other things I now have an idea or two to capitalise on…see where it goes. ;o)
One bit of advice I can pass on that has got me thinking is the sheer activity in the web.2.0 side of things, social networks etc.
It works, and if you have a newish blog or need to widen your reach then you should become active within web 2.0 networking style sites.
Like bloglog, blogcatalogue and seen in the sidebar… ;o)
Nice people with great blogs, go look at them.
Take an active role with stumbleupon, it works well and return the favour on other blogs you like, add friends etc.
Be active and others are active.
Get involved with discussions etc, use forums.
One thing some may have noticed on blogcatalogue, alot will have missed it but one thing I have done is to change the “top neighbourhoods” say once a week, give everyone a chance for a bit of exposure. ;o)
Members rush to check my profile…. ;o)
It works…look at the “home” page and refresh, as peoples faces change in the widget it makes a difference to the “welcome feel” to it.
Neighbourhood owners will appreciate what I did.
Communicate, be active, touch people and it’s returned. )
Any thoughts?
P.s I hope I get the connection sorted in time… )
Grab the button.
Rob…
Sorry to see you got kicked out
of the WF!
It has gotten rather, ahem, “political” over there…
Others have gotten the boot, too,
such as renee and Chris Lockwood, and a few others who’d been there
awhile!
Wow!
(Bet ya still lurk there tho!)
Hoya,
No I don’t bother with it all at really, had a look once the other day…full of misinformation and fakers…ideal for the “old boys club” members. ;o)
They won’t have heard the last of me though. ;o)
I don’t need to be there to be seen. ;o)