Posts Tagged ‘blog’
It’s the middle of the summer, it’s blazing hot outside, the kids are out of school and the long, hot days of summer tend to lull us into vacation mode. Now, if you’re on vacation, by all means chill out, relax and enjoy your down time. But if you are still working towards completing your [...]
1. Establish a consistent publishing schedule and stick to it. At least three posts a week is ideal. 2. Add an opt-in subscription box ‘above the fold‘ close to the upper, right-hand corner of your blog. Offer a valuable free product in exchange for their contact information. 3. Send weekly updates to your email list [...]
I have been learning more and more about Google pagerank and Alexa rankings, and while my blog is now a PR3 (out of 10), my current Alexa ranking is so high (over 2 million) they don’t even show stats for it on their website. All this means is that I must continue to work on [...]
People create blogs for various purposes ranging from simply writing about what’s happening in their daily lives, trying to bring attention to a particular cause, selling products, for corporate outreach, or gaining increased exposure for the author, every blog works better when it has a clearly defined purpose. By the time you have finished reading [...]
When you launch your first blog and publish your first post, you’re full of excitement and anticipation. But the frightening news is that your new blog has been thrust out into a blogosphere that is full of millions of other blogs all clamoring for your reader’s attention. Guest blogging on established blogs in your niche/topic [...]
I am writing this post in answer to the question: “What have been the rewards and benefits of participating in the blogging community?” for Mabel’s Labels BlogHer contest. I have been blogging since 1998–which was really before blogs were called blogs. In those days it was simply an online journal where I wrote about my [...]
