The Most Important Thing You Can Do To Build Blog Traffic
There are a lot of small bloggers out there with great and original content that no one will ever know about. I have hunted deep into Google search and found some excellent blogs with original, well written posts. Most of them have little if any signs of activity. There are no comments, […]
Killer Post Idea - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
I was driving home from work today and I had this killer idea for a new post. It wasn’t a brand new idea but a new way of presenting an idea. I thought about it for a minute, got more excited and decided to research and write it as soon as I got home.
I got […]
To Post or Not to Post
By now, if you have been following along with the blogging lessons, you should have a plan and have selected the blog platform and theme and you are ready to write your first post. Well, ok, almost ready. You will want to plan not only your first post but also the follow-up posts to it.
If […]
Waldo’s World Contest
I had been thinking about this for awhile. Picture contests are really popular on dog blogs. They get a lot of attention because everyone gets their friends to vote for their picture. It should drive traffic to the site for a couple of weeks with a cross promotion to the Country Groomer site who is […]
Case Study 3- What is Lupus
What is Lupus (beta) I have wanted to do for a long time but haven’t really had the knowledge or confidence to kick it off properly.
I got brave over the weekend and bought the domain name. It is URL forwarded right now to my subdirectory. URL forwarding works but not very well. It is a […]
General Notes on my personal website and blog
My best performing blog financially is my personal blog and website. Go figure. It’s not intended to make money but as advertising for my Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and some meanderings about life on the farm. I’m not aiming for pillar content here although I could probably drive a lot more traffic if I focused […]
Case Study 2 - Waldo’s World
Waldo’s World started as a Christmas gift for a friend. She writes wonderful stories from her Bulldog’s point of view and believe me, her bulldogs are characters. I wouldn’t have included it in the case studies but frankly, it’s almost the best performing blog I have. Go figure.
Waldo’s World is the world […]
Case Study 1 - Notes from a Country Groomer
This is the first of several case studies on blogs I have worked on over the past few months. If you stop by, check them out and give feedback if you have any. I’d love to hear some opinions other than my own.
Notes From a Country Groomer - This blog has been an […]
Tips for Choosing a Theme
Now the fun begins, you will need to choose a blog platform and then a theme. Look back at your blog plan and remember what your audience looks like. You will want to choose a theme that is appealing to your audience as well as you. Other’s may disagree but I have found that if […]
Starting a Blog: Next steps
If you read the first steps to blogging, you should now have the beginnings of a blog plan. You aren’t quite finished planning yet though. If you are going to monetize (make money) from your blog, you will need to decide what methods you are going to use. You will want to make sure that […]
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