"Not quite there"
Still waiting to be connected up...nevertheless the wait will be worth it I know.Not alot of good news to share with blogrush then?...Oh well.
My dashboard is not quite up to usable for me yet!
I do miss the communities I have been into, and wonder what you are all up to online and hoping the blogs and sites are still picking up for you. ;o)
Whats happening out there then? Anything I missed?
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Rob Sellen @ 2:10 PM, , links to this post
"Stumbleupon stats"
Stumbleupon DOES work and works very well. Here is a snapshot I have done of this blogs traffic when it is stumbled. :o)I have not worked out how to cut the the white space from the bottom of this using the paint program which I did this in, so if anyone can advise me there I would be grateful. :o)
As you can see over 600 hits to one post in one day, thank you stumblers, but each post that is stumbled gives an average of well over 200 hits in a day, JUST from stumbleupon that is.
I am very happy using stumbleupon, there it is, I USE it, not just join and hope!
Maki...of dosh dosh makes a great post on stumbleupon which you should check out, it's explained better than I could do it. :o)
Another great bonus to being a stumbler is you get to find some great blogs and sites you would otherwise never see.
Stumbleupon is much better than people assume it to be.
It is not hard to use, it has a great community that is very diverse.
If you like to stumble this post, go ahead. ;o)
If you have yet to utilise stumbleupon get cracking as you will enjoy it as well as reap the benefit of traffic.
Check out my profile on stumbleupon.
It is I think the best and fastest way to drive traffic to a newer blog.
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Rob Sellen @ 3:01 PM, , links to this post
"Blogrush?...um, well, it sucks"
Well I wrote earlier about blogrush and asked...why bother?A few days later and looking around it seems people think its sucks!
I couldn't say, I didn't have any idea what was happening with mine but now...
My stats have appeared in my blogrush dashboard.
A few things that bother me are...
- A very low click through rate, I also notice others say the same.
- No idea what widget on what blog people click on, to find my blog here, if any. :o)
- When the widget goes down temporarily, a blurb replaces it, but I feel this badly worded.
Addressing the concerns I have...
Low CTR rate....write better captivating titles...like the one used here. ;o)
I could do a search around to see if I can find out how to know which blogs widget drove me the visitor, this may well be part of the process being refined during the beta stage.
That blurb...Not happy with that, the wording had NO mention of blogrush, just saying this is temporarily down but the site will soon be fixed.
IF I was the reader I would have assumed it was the blog itself that was down, or that part of it at least.
NOT looking good doing that!
That blurb should be changed.
So, what about my opinion on if "it sucks"?
I think it's early to say, the traffic I have had from it is very small, almost nothing, of 660 impressions I got ONE click!
That's rubbish, I am GIVING more than GETTING with blogrush.
I will give it a week or less if things don't improve fast.
I know John will improve it, but how fast is the key.
It is pyramidal feeling, MLMY if you like, and yet it was the early adopters, Johns friends, inner circle, and the big influential bloggers that stand to benefit the most.
If you have a brand new blog, hardly any traffic I would skip it! ;o)
Whats your opinion?
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Rob Sellen @ 6:18 PM, , links to this post
"One way links from here"
As you will know by now one way links are great to help your page rank improve.One way ones are even better especially for newer blogs that need to get the exposure as quickly as possible.
One way anchor links are even better again yet may only point to certain post you have done, so if this is your route pick you best post in which you have the best chance of gaining a reader who will come back later or at least bookmark your blog.
To this end how can I help you which will also help me?
Well this is my 197th post so I had considered making my 200th one a great list of on way links to your blog.
BUT there is a dilemma, I do not want everyone posting just expecting a link back, as this is not how I value my blog, its NOT a link farm is it. ;o)
So... I got thinking, instead of having just a link, how about I make it a link with a short 30 word blurb of your choice?
Like a bio box style set up.
Getting a one way link from some places will cost you a fair bit, so I thought I would go one better and charge everyone a single dollar, or a single pound, whatever you prefer, those who are smart will know which to use. ;o)
So here's the plan, I will do a blog post, as long as need be on my 200th, which will solely promote your blogs, if this appeals to you, just buy me a beer today using the icon below, and then comment on this post saying you have bought and want this bargain one way anchor link.
I will then give you my email addy to send your blurb, I will post these on the blog in the ORDER I get payments...;o)
So be quick and get yours on the top of the post! ;o)
Any thoughts, comments, or takers?
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"Article traffic"
Writing articles is yet great another great way to gain extra traffic with the added bonus of having a longer term effect if others use your articles.By far the best way is to use "long tail" keywords relating to your blog, site topic.
For an example lets say you have a "dog related" blog, you have tips for training, breeding and other general dog related topics.
Your general keywords may be...
Dog
Dogs
Dog training
Dog breeding
Breeding dogs
Training dogs
These are termed "short tail" in the sense they are broad search terms, these are the keywords every "dog related" site or blog will target, rightly so too. ;o)
But using longer tail keywords can gain a big advantage for you in the sense others may not target them, and you have less competition by targeting these terms.
For example...
Training dogs the right way
Dog training and breeding
Dog training for new owners
Training dogs for beginners
Training German shepherds < This could be changed for all other breeds. ;o)
Buying my first dog
Dog training at home
House training dogs
The new dog breeder
Etc... you see that these are longer terms, more in line with what people will search for too. ;o)
Writing articles that target these terms will bring in a "long tail traffic stream", meaning you get this traffic long after you do the article. ;o)
With less articles targeting the same keywords as you you have a better chance to capitalise on the traffic coming in.
You really should add articles to your plans for they are an "evergreen" form of traffic, use a good bio at the bottom of each pointing to your blog and watch the traffic build up.
Another twist for you is to capitalise on linking the articles together, so one could be linked using anchor linking as a better SEO plan for your blog traffic.
For example you do an article called "Dog training at home", which is a basic one for all dogs and dog owners, posting this to an article database, but you can have this linking to another blog post titled "Dog breeds and training" where a list of breeds of dog and training methods for each is laid out nicely for all traffic from the first article... ;o)
So your anchor link in the first article bio will be...
www. whateversitename.com/dog_breeds_and_training < that's the second articles title...
IE... an anchor link. ;o)
A post with a short blurb and a link to each breed and training article you have on the blog.
Do you think these people will click on the breed specific article you have for them?
What's more you can add affiliate links or AdSense on each post of the second articles list.
That's the way to do articles I think. :o)
If you think it's hard think again, it's made easy with the fantastic article ebook done by a friend, which is a crazy bargain and what's more, you can add a twist to the above method to gain buyers of this very book and make a profit. ;o)
How?
Do an article on how you write articles very easy on "dog training" and how other dog lovers can also start a blog on their new dog...
Have your anchor link to a post specifically teaching others how to start their "dog blog" with your ebook link at the bottom for them to get started with. ;o)
One sale and you got a great article book free!
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Rob Sellen @ 12:47 PM, , links to this post
"New niches if I stay online"
I love blogging on here but obviously it's not enough, I have now started to really plan out that I will do with things, my other blog I will completely revamp and refocus it.The portlandpowerblogger one that is.
I would like to keep this blog just as it is but improve more and blog to it more, like twice a day or at least once everyday.
Having thought about things a little more I know I need a few more niches, if I can stay online that is what I will be aiming for and I think I found one or two that will be good. :o)
Nevertheless there is also an idea I have which will spark some controversy and yet it will hit on some real truths...more than I can say at the moment, but those it's aimed at will not like it!
Tough... :o)
It will be an interesting thing because the twist to it is crazy!!! :o)
Everything is going to change for me and I will make it the springboard I need to get OFF benefits and blog full time.
But they say "If you don't ask you don't get"
So..
I AM asking, can YOU help me stay online so I can get this controversial idea off the ground and running?
Can you help me stay online so I can blog more on this blog?
I will be doing far more on here from a deaf person's perspective and it WILL be unique because although I AM deaf, I am in the hearing world... :o)
Someone pointed out something about me that really made me sit up and take notice!
So... Can you help?
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"Do women make better bloggers?"
My eldest is here...in bed now so I have another chance to post, albeit a quick one. ;o)Been an interesting few days and partly due to a good friend sharing a book of great interest to me and one every man should read....and possibly the ladies for that matter. ;o)
(anyone wants to know what book just ask in comments)
What really got me thinking though was how I could see what the book tells of in life, real life and online too.
So... I ask you...Do women make better bloggers?
I believe they do and the reason is fairly simple, women connect better than us men, to themselves and each other and also to us fellas.
Women are more likely to write openly and that means other people can relate and connect to the meaning clearer and better, deeper.
It's no coincidence that the post(s) I have written from the heart on this blog have had the better responses and more comments, in fact a few have sparked donations via the "beer" icon below the post(s). Always welcome they are! :o)
When you do write from the heart it is open, raw and meaningful...no matter what it's about.
We are emotional beings...not robots! :o)
Inject some heartfelt writing in your blog and give people a better connection to you and your world.
After all blogs were and are still in some way online diaries, personal musings of the blogger.
A way to share your story.
I believe women share better than men do so make better bloggers!
What about you?
Whats your opinion?
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Rob Sellen @ 11:25 PM, , links to this post
"How to promote a blog"
Great work...you are blogging now you need to get "eyeballs" on your blog and in your mind..."the sooner the better!". ;o)
First...in a way I am sorry to keep you waiting...I say in a way because it's the school holidays and my youngest in bed in the other room...had i have had a great two days with him, still tomorrow to go till tea time so it's all great!...but I am not sorry too much...my boys come first. ;o)
Eldest here on Monday for a few days... ;o)
So, while I have a chance it's time to help you along with your blog promoting!
Getting the all important readers.
Simple quick methods are...
While you researched your topic or niche, expertise...you looked at blogs and sites, one of the fastest ways to start utilising that research in an extra way is to comment on the popular ones you liked and comment to the BEST of your ability in the sense of content, add to the "conversation" or topic or ask a great question to provoke a great response as your comment will most likely have a link back to your blog. ;o)
Do NOT spam blogS, emphasis on S because if you comment on 1 with good content, it's NEVER considered spamming, on the other hand... 5 different blogs with the same thing looks bad, if each blog has a different comment then you are ADDING great content and most likely all will be almost completely different comments (angles, questions etc) so it looks good overall.
Add your blog link in ALL your outgoing emails to friends, colleagues etc,
Simple to set up in your email and as it "auto adds" to each emails it's a once set up and forget effort.
Use Google to find good forums on your topic, niche, simply type into Google...
forums : topic or keyword
Join and use the popular forums you like with your link in the signature file wherever you are allowed to BUT ADD great content to the forum, help others and answer questions etc.
People WILL click your sig link but make your sig "blurb" as catchy to the eye as possible without offending etc.
You want people noticing it...
Maybe...If it was a "cake recipe forum" have...
Like Old English cakes?
20 recipes book free!
Visit "blog name" and get yours now.
As an example... BUT, people LIKE free! ;o)
Get them subscribing to your blog or newsletter, ezine, if you have one...if this is new to you, just ask. ;o)
Join community sites...web 2.0 remember... ;o)
Interact with others in your niche and build friendships etc.
Look at the "widgets" on the sidebar of this blog with pics, "my bloglog" blog catalogue" etc and join these sites and add your blog to it as well as create a profile.
A tip... BRANDING is something worth always keeping in mind.
You can use the same pics or avatars as they are known across all these sites which most do and this really does help brand you.
If you are unsure of putting a pic of you up use a related one or have a UNIQUE one created.
A unique one is what I recommend.
I have the pic of me on here and the same one is used everywhere else if I can...people will notice me and remember me. ;o)
But I also know some people are simply not happy posting a pic of themselves up...so another way is to get a pic "treated"...same but different... ;o)
Like...
Who the heck is that!!! ;o)
If you prefer this idea head over to Nathan who did a great job on this for me, snow him under with work and mention me, say I deserve a beer for that,... ;o)
He will do a great job for you...I KNOW that. ;o)
Having a unique picture or avatar will go a long way in branding your blog and shouldn't be underestimated.
Why web 2.0 though?
Widgets...pictures...profile pages...
Here's a truth, everyone likes to see their pic, avatar on other peoples blogs...admit it you bloggers... you do, we all do and another thing is we like to see other people on our blogs too!
Interactivity, did I mention that?... :o)
You may want to use facebook, myspace, whatever to spread your word, the key is to show some interest, read other blogs sites get to know people and people will get to know you.
Funnily enough, because I am deaf in one sense its easier to "get to know someone" online than offline although people offline will tell you I do communicate pretty "normal", but online there are NO barriers! . . . Nice!! :o)
You can do it...easy, I got faith in ya!
What else can we do to get you cracking and that ball rolling along?
Write a great article with a great sig link (the whole point of article writing) at the bottom and let others use it.
This is done with ezine article databases where 1000'2 of them are there for anyone to use.
The more that use yours the more one ways you have and it does work well.
For some it may be a bit confusing...if so, its simple and it is done best by writing a great 400 to 500 word article relating to your blog topic, (use a few keywords in the article too) which has a sig link at the bottom (sig must be included by others using article), a bit like the forum one you would use, you create great content that's ALMOST enough...but leading to more on your blog via the sig link. ;o)
Submit your article to the top ezine article directories in the related topic categories.
Ask in comments if wanting to know more.. ;o)
Utilise smaller channels to gain exposure to the bigger ones.
Lets take real fame for example...the first paper you want to get into is the local one, then hope it gets picked up by a national one. ;o) Make sense...?
Blogs can be the same way.
Give great content to your readers and they may share it with others by way of a link to you or blogging about your blog and you never know "who" is reading that blog where YOU are the content.
This can work well in several ways, your great content has provided someone else with great content to utilise and ADD to in their own blog as well as possibly sparking other smaller bloggers entering the same conversation on their own blogs.
But also you may have sparked a "fan" who is a blogger considered "above" the bloggers who blogged about you and you will made yourself noticed.
It could be a long while before it happens if it does but it could explode your traffic....overnight!
Think outside the box for your niche, stand out with something.
Lets say you are doing Old English cakes, as I has done here through this, you could find ONE cake which uses what is NOW a "superfood".
Create a great article on this specific cake and hows it's used this superfood for "whatevertime" without mentioning the actual cake in the content, and a teaser in the sig which lead to the blog post with THAT cake recipe on it.
So your actual article is about the superfood...not the cake. ;o)
Angle...it's about your angle, think about them in your niche topic and you can come up with some diverse angles to write about while still being "on topic".
BUT the quickest way to get a reader...
Post a comment here now and you will automatically have a link back to your profile where we can find your blog.
Any comments?? ;o)
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"Creating the blog"
A big welcome to all new readers, great to have you pop by.Following on from the last post I did, where I am just posting in the hope it helps some readers to start blogging, but for some of you new readers, I don't need to advise on starting...oh no some of you have some great blogs going and I will read more... ;o)
But you are very welcome to comment and add to anything. :o)
So... cracking on, now for those who did what was mentioned in the last post will have had some fun or possible frustration.
Either camp's good.. ;o) ...Means you are learning and that curve is already shorter.
So, what now?
First a couple of home truths...what the "big guys" don't tell you in the "ebooks" you see.
1, It's NOT easy, simple yes, not easy but very worth doing.
Anything is simple IF you follow a step by step plan of action and DO.
Nothing really complicated is even needed to take a BIG stride and keep that ball rolling.
Put it this way, it's alot harder to "give up" once you DO have a blog up with a few post and you see it!
The first hurdle...starting is the easiest time to give up!
2, NO ONE will read you blog for a while and it will frustrate you...for as long as you let it!
"Build it and they come" is the myth of which the dream chasers hope for when they buy the "next big thing ebook".
No one will even KNOW about your blog unless you actually DO something to share it...you HAVE to market it in some sense.
To some that's a dirty thing, snake oil sellers... "Internet marketing"...is simply promoting whatever on the web... a blog for instance?
But simply telling your online friends about your blog in IS in a sense "Internet marketing"!
So YES you will have to learn how some things work.
But don't let them discourage you. :o)
Because there is just an easier way now and that is because the web is now how it should be.
Let me explain...
Web 2.0 is simply to me a term for the "more interactive websites and systems"
The more interactive YOU are, the more you benefit...it's PEOPLE not websites... ;o)
But I am slightly ahead of myself here... I'll end that slight diversion on this... you have had by now had a good look around at blogs etc to research your "topic" as in the last post... so you were interactive with them, you were "traffic" ;o) See..you will get the "traffic" aka "people"
But they are PEOPLE first, traffic second yet inseparable.
So start with people in mind and continue with people in mind.
On with the post... ;o)
Before naming your blog you should give some thoughts to keywords or even using branded style if you have in some way a brand of sorts to use...name etc.
Your content will use whatever keywords suit your "topic" etc so a keyword is not essential in the blog name...in my opinion.
But it won't hurt... ;o)
Creating the blog, using blogger from your google account with the by now researched ideas on whatever your topic with bookmarkd sites and blogs to get inspiration from.
You want to use inspiration from what caught your eye, but keep it simple enough to keep on top of and build as you go. I used minima templates as my first one and learnt alot about the code behind html etc...with the new blogger layouts you don't need to know it, just choose wisely. ;o)
Now you should take heed of this... you want to ignore the fact people may not read your blog alot for a while as it will do after a while.
The most important thing is to simply get cracking so now create a post...300 words maybe to get you going if more happens, great.
Don't stare at the blank screen... heres what i want you do to help you out there, whatever the topic...
Imagine I am sitting there with you and you are telling me about your "topic"...
Look at my pic... then sit and write... imagine it.. "hey Rob, I got all these tips on how to maintain a harley davidson"
Me : Oh yeah.. tell me a bout it.. write a list of ten.. ;o)
"Rob... I got these great recipes to share"...
Me:... Great, are they cakes, main meals etc? What Origin...
Oh, just some old english recipes passed down... "
Me: I'll read and use them.... ;o)
Write...write more, don't edit just write write, this creative writing comes flowing from you and the edit mode is later! ;o)
When you run out things to say... (IF you do!), click SAVE NOW get up and go put the kettle on or coffee pot and take a break from it... ;o)
Pat yourself on the back too...not while sipping ya drink though! Doh! :x)
Now you go back and READ your words... dont edit.. just read... make sense of it.
DO NOT put yourself down for any of it.
You just want to capture what "I" would read... ;o) Unedited.
Now you can alter spelling stuff only!
I get amazed at I need to edit less and less as I blog nowadays.. it flows fluidly at times.
Practice makes a massive difference...repetition is a great learning process.
What you will have will most likely surprise you, maybe 440 words... maybe 600... ;o)
More... doing better than most.
Tidy it up some, slightly reword a few things you feel needs doing and PUBLISH !!
That's IT... you have started and you are now a blogger! Ok.. calm down!.. ;o)
Now this is important... try to post at least 3 post a week, more if possible daily being better!
The first week you may only get a few visitors, but now you have a blog up with 3 or more post and it's a ball rolling.
Next, some ideas on pushing that ball better. ;o)
If you like this and it helps... great, up to you what you do NEXT, stumble this, digg it, share with someone, subscribe to my email updates or feed, comment to it, or even buy me a beer! ;o)
After all you are a person...people first traffic second so I leave THAT choice up to you.. :o)
Remember to write it with me in mind, and then come tell me and I WILL read it... ;o)
Off to check stats LOL.. ;o)
Edit to add...on the sidebar here is a report on writing articles which would be a great help if you really stuggle and not only that it could be your FIRST income maker on YOUR new blog! :o)
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"How do I start blogging"
This is something EVERY blogger has thought of at least ONCE. ;o)For the obvious reason we all had to start...somewhere.
I still get asked this question and it is something you are going to HAVE to deal with if you want to blog, so ultimately the easiest way is to just start! ;o)
Ok...then the other questions start...
- "how?"
- "what about?"
- "can I?"
- "nothing to blog about have I?"
- "will anyone read it?"
Spending a few hours getting these answers will do 2 things...
- Tell you if it is worth doing
- If so it will inspire you to DO.
Ok, how?
There is a great thing on the web called Google...and it's ALL you need for everything really and yes I am serious.
Google is more than "Google"... an oxymoron but it's not JUST a search engine. ;o)
Ok, so you want to at least get some answers to..."how do I start blogging?"
An 8 step plan of ACTION, for now... ;o)
Have a Google account?
If not...Grab one here and choose a user name which remember you can use on everything else I tell you, choose wisely, you will have a Gmail account...this is the email centre of your Google account.
Now you are back...you have a web centre to utilise and it's a huge free asset online to have but more on that another post. ;o)
- First step now you have a Google account, create an IGoogle home page.
This is simple yet will be a big benefit to your time and efforts as well as the learning curve.
Most links are at the top of your Google Gmail inbox, one is IGoogle... ;o)
On this IGoogle homepage you can add stuff...alot of this will be stuff you USE, more on that soon. ;o)
- Second step is to set up a blogger account, clicking the link "more" at the top of your Gmail inbox. First just set up some random dummy blog you wont likely use, just so you can see how it all works, post a tester post, publish it and view it, then click "dashboard".
You can create many blogs in this ONE account, that's why I say don't worry about the first dummy blog.
- On your Google home page or Gmail inbox, click "more" once more (there is alot on that more page) you want to find the "blog search" link.
Lets say your "blog topic" will be around your favourite pastime of baking cakes...
- Set up a unique folder in your bookmarks on your PC, call it "cake baking" or whatever your topic to save all your findings.
Go search for "baking cakes" with " " and without ... baking cakes and see what comes up.
Note how many blogs, how many searches made or anything you see that you can take data from.
Bookmark the blogs, when you look at them really take note of what captures your eye and compels you to read more. Save everything, notes and blogs etc.
- Now do the same with Google web search...again with and without " " a tip...while on the blog search page, with the search topics listed click the "web" link in the top left of the page. Instant search on the web pops up, same topics. ;o)
- Now go to this page here and click add it. Now go to your IGoogle "home page".
Now you can see that module you just added on your IGoogle homepage... this will be your online web centre bookmarks once you are rolling. ;o)
Add to that THIS blog you are reading.. ;o)
- Now go to this page and add it. This will be a very good shortcut to your blog hopping and more. Trust me it will save you all tons of time all this and make things so simple.
Add to the reader and this to your IGoogle homepage.
- Now add this to your IGoogle page....Gmail add on! ;o)
Simple and fast, effective. Go look at your IGoogle page now. See it all on there and yet you also have the option of creating new tabs... Even create a cake baking tab. ;o) Save things to it.
Now you have a nice Google center you can access anywhere.
I'll stop there for now because now I am sure you are going to have some play around etc.
Go ahead have a look at the set up and see how simple and streamlined it is.
After you have had a look around, have a good think about what you could blog about and read other blogs on whatever topic you have thought about. ;o)
Any questions or comments feel free to do so below.
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"5 Best topics to blog about?"
5 topics to choose from.Cast YOUR vote please... ;o)
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"meme: 5 ways you can...."
Help me change my life!Before I explain the meme I will need to explain this post to make sense to everyone.
I feel a bit bad, slightly annoyed but humbled.
You see just over a year ago I was made homeless wrongly...without naming or discussing it for obvious reasons.
I was helped by many over that period and will always be grateful for that as I should.
All that though made me feel bad, ashamed as a dad...they were so good I didn't feel that way for too long.
Now I am housed, I am on the way to showing my boys a good lesson to see, picking yourself up and dusting yourself down...getting on. It wasn't a lesson I wanted them to see me show that way but it is going to be.
Now its a case of making my place a home..it's pretty bare yep!
I got back, blogging and more, but I lost a key thing in momentum...the ball was rolling and ground to a slow crawl, one downside of a blog as apposed to a website.
I would love to be a full time blogger and hope to continue that way to be so.
I wanted to share the positive of that belief I will be.
I am not one to lie and say I make blah blah 1000's a month!
But...
Now I would love it if you could help me make up some of the momentum I lost, help me to step up my aim to show my sons it pays to get up and dust off.
The book I mentioned in an earlier post has clarified alot for me and refined my focus as well as my determination and motivation.
Not to make blah blah money, but to achieve what I set myself out for and do things the right way in the right direction.
For me the Internet and blogging is a new world of communication, from no distance communication at all to worldwide is... you know!
If money comes...great as long as I have given more than that in value.
So... hopefully you can understand the importance of momentum online as well as the fact it DOES take work.
But here I am in front of a computer just like you...we are far better of than most so we can't complain. :o)
But I want to thank you for being my reader, you are helping me already more than you know.
Now back to the meme...
I hereby name this meme "5 ways you can..."
Here's what I thought.
The meme is passed around with your "5 ways you can "whatever" " (More on that in a min)
I will write my "5 ways you can..." Help me Change my life.
- Keep reading my blog to help me towards becoming a full time blogger. I would love to sit and blog more often on this blog, so if the readership goes up and effects the income then great, it means I can post far more here. THAT would be great and would I hope also mean I am giving value.
- Subscribe to my feed for your reader or email inbox. Subscribing can be done from the sidebar or bottom of the blog, I recommend googles reader because I do use it, along with iGoogle as a homepage its a great quick easy option to keep up with all the blogs you read and more.
- Donate towards my furniture chase! Yes I am serious, crazy as it sounds my place is slightly bare still, not homey yet so I'd love to finish it off and have somewhere my boys feel comfy bringing their friends to should they want to...not even enough sofa for us three! You can easily help should you want to by clicking the beer icon at the bottom of the post. Rest assured it won't be going on beer! ;o) Better still would be buy something from this blog and gain something in return.
- Comment on this blog saying what you would like me to blog about. You would be helping me tailor my post to benefit you the readers while also inspiring me to keep going.
- Blog about this meme. Would be great to see this meme spread knowing we were at the front and we spread it afar. Meant to be a bit of fun but could be a very interesting meme for a good reason.**
This is how I considered it working.
You blog with a link to this post, your post is titled "meme: 5 ways you can..." and in your post the choice you make, at the end of the post you "tag" 5 people with this meme and so on.
**The twist of fun and interest.You can pick whatever you choose (within reason) as your 5 things, but you must guess what those you tag will choose. ;o)
Could be interesting for those who you choose.
They still choose what they want to post about but may well have a surprised feeling at the "taggers perception" of them.
Maybe you all ignore it!!
Who knows?
The 5 I tag and what I guess they could choose for "5 ways you can..."
- Lynn Terry... "5 ways you can... Balance being a successful mom / homeworker."
- Seth Godin... "5 ways you can... Effectively spread your message further, faster and easier."
- Yaro Starak... "5 ways you can... Easily improve you blogs effectiveness."
- Michel Fortin... "5 ways you can... Quickly, effectively and easily improve your sales copy"
- Brian Clark... "5 ways you can... Pull your readers in with eye grabbing headlines."
Maybe they will share some great tips we can all benefit from. :o)
Who will they choose to tag?
Should be fun learning for us all.Never know what people will share...
5 ways you can... bake better cakes?
5 ways you can... improve your health this week?
5 ways you can... spend a family day out?
5 ways you can... save money this year?
5 ways you can... lower your carbon footprint?
5 ways you can... save time?
5 ways you can... cook with potatoes?
And more...!
Who will you choose?
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"How to create a successful blog"
I am annoyed, I have been at this blogging lark a few years now, almost 4!I won't say I am an expert, I know what I know though, and it's got me this far. ;o)
BUT I could have done so many things so much better and now I would have a much better situation for it.
It's never to late to change things and that's a wonderful thing about blogs...you can change and update things.
What if I had done it all the right way right off the bat though!?
I would be earning a full time living from blogging I reckon. ;o)
There are some things I have missed, you may ask how I know now what it is I missed.
I just read something that really opened my eyes and it cost me BUGGER all! ;o)
Bargain...and priceless learning for me.
The funny thing is I have blogged almost twice as long as the author...damn I need to pay more attention! :o)
That's not to say I should know more, just that you never know who you will learn things from.
If only I had the blueprint when I started blogging!
Grab it free and read it whether you are new or seasoned at blogging, even better if you have yet to start.
Imagine you implemented all this into your blogs from day 1?
At least I know every new blog I do will have a better chance of success.
Also you may see big and small changes around here. ;o)
For me this fantastic book joined alot of the dots as well as highlighted the small things that would have better influenced the bigger things.
I will be taking more notice of page 13, which will of course set the tone for the rest of the blog!
I also will capitalise more on page 25, which I do already but underestimated it a fair bit. ;o)
If I had done chapter 25 better, then I would be feeling the real effects of pages 26, 27...which would mean 28 would have been explosive!
Grab it read it, and make sure you are NOT on page 48!
Utilise this fantastic blueprint.
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