Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category

Being Consistent Helps Blog Growth

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

I have no idea exactly why it occurs, but there's a phenomena that I've noticed. If you can blog consistently, you are already halfway home when it comes to getting search engine traffic. Sure, a lot of your posts won't bring instant visitors, but the steadiness of posting ...

News Is Instant

Friday, January 18th, 2008

That's the weirdest thing about the internet these days. Internet news has replaced a lot of the main stream channels that used to exist. This is forcing people from all kinds of organizations to re-learn how they think about releasing "news" to the public. The instant nature ...

Blogging In The New Year

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

2008 is upon us and the year begins as soon as the blogging starts. In the last few years I've used blogging to build a cornerstone to my online business, and this year will be no different. Although the internet is evolving, it doesn't completely change from year ...

Back In The Swing Of Blogging

Monday, November 26th, 2007

After a short break for Thanksgiving, I find myself back on the job of blogging. So far the adjustment hasn't been too difficult. Once you've learned how to grind out some blog posts, it's a skill that no one can take from you. And after about your ...

Self Discipline Fuels Blogging

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

There's no way to become a blogger without being self-motivated. Whether you blog or not is strictly up to you. Without a boss breathing down your neck, you might be inclinded to "screw off", which will ultimately hurt your efforts. So when you decide you're a blogger, ...

Time Off Is Refreshing For Bloggers

Monday, November 19th, 2007

I ended up taking some days off last week. The main reason was I was feeling that I was in "the advanced stages of burnout" as I like to call it. When you've been working ceaselessly on your computer, there comes a time when you must abandon your ...

Akismet Comment Spam Protection

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Akismet has been doing the job for quite some time. They finally added a "delete comment spam on messages older than 30 days" option to make my job even easier. All in all, the basic Wordpress anti-comment spam protection seems to get the job done. If it ...

Blogging On A Slow News Days

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Not all news days are created equal. Sometimes you'll scan your RSS reader and find lots of compelling news to comment on. Other times, you'll see just some picked over tidbits that you already used. On a slow news day like these, it's probably best you just ...

Increasing RSS Reader Numbers

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

One area I've been very weak in is encouraging people to join my blog's RSS feed. I have always been a bit more oriented towards "monetizing all traffic". But I do realize that repeat visitors are great to have. So I've been thinking about this issue in ...

Leaving Blog Comments Doesn’t Yield Much

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

In terms of traffic generation, leaving comments in other's blogs doesn't seem to do much. For awhile I would do about 20 comments a week. Let's say I did 20 per week for 10 weeks. That's a quick 200 comments. Of that, only an extremely small ...