Category: How To Blog

Benefits To Going A Little Farther

Not Big Words, Big Results
Not Big Words, Big Results

Quitting is easy, and the gate is wide.

Not quitting is difficult and the gate narrow.

We have all read and heard story after story of people who hung on and went just a little bit farther in pursuit of their goal or dream. And we all know what happens when this happens.

A break. A revelation. Great results. Some sort of blessing that seemed so out of reach.

And then there it is, right in your lap.

September’s Page views were greater than the previous 3 months combined. Hits for one month were almost as great as the previous 3 months combined.

Breakthrough.

4 Things You Can Count On

Four things you can count on (for now):

You can expect a reply to every single blog comment (on all 5 blogs).

You can expect an email response to every single email you send.

You can expect that every photo published here came from my personal camera.

You can expect me to blog about real life, in real time.

June 22, 2010 (yesterday)
June 22, 2010 (yesterday)

Blog Tip

Rock Solid Beliefs About Blogging
Rock Solid Beliefs About Blogging

The tough economy will eventually get better. And life goes on, in spite of hardships.  Social Media has overtaken pornography as the number one Internet activity.  The 80-million blogs out there take up a huge Internet space. And blogging is the most effective and absolutely least expensive way to increase Search Engine Visibility.

Last week a friend made a comment about a locally famous person who blogs, insinuating that few people actually read his blog.  His comment struck me in an unusual way. He thought comments left on blogs were an indicator of readership.

I shared that I enthusiastically read Seth Godin’s blog every single day (RSS feed), and that I’ve never posted a comment. Ever.  I’ve emailed Seth a few times, and he responds within hours, amazingly.

People barely have time to read blogs, let alone respond with comments, which in many cases require signing into a comment screen (no thanks).

And it reminded me of the monthly rise in readership that has led to a 1,000% increase in one year.

WordPress WordCamp Notes Dec

WordCamp Phoenix Dec. 2009
WordCamp Phoenix Dec. 2009

Please disregard today’s post if you have no interest in learning how to blog or how to be a better blogger using WordPress. For about $10 per year you can own a GoDaddy domain name and add a free WordPress blog.

Some notes from a December 2009 WordPress Wordcamp streaming video feed.

  • Don’t use pronouns
  • Use nouns
  • www.DaveMoyer.org
  • www.wordcastpodcast.com
  • feedburner
  • WordPress.tv
  • Jim Christian, head SEO guy @ GoDaddy
  • Title Tag – make sure your keyword is first
  • Title Tag – it’s the first thing that shows up on Google
  • Title Tag – always make it 65 characters or less
  • Description Tag
  • (Keyword Tag) Link
  • SEO Press Releases
  • Caphyon Advanced Search – $100-$200 per year fee
  • Adwords Keywords Tool
  • Use Exact match
  • Google Trends
  • Touchgraph Browsers
  • Backlinks Analyzers
  • wpe.plugin
  • kungfugrip
  • tubemogul
  • wptouch = wp theme?
  • JohnHawkinsunrated
  • Merlin Mann 43folders.com
  • Write about everything but your company
  • Lorelle Van Fossen – wtfblogclutter
  • Blog Rules 1. There are no rules
  • H Tags
  • blogcluttermagazine
  • plagurismtoday.com
  • Lorelle on WordPress
  • 1. Blog for yourself
  • 2. Blog for like-minded people
  • Publish content with intent (her most important msg)
  • godaddy.com/wordcamp
  • godaddy.com/wordpress
  • Branding – It’s you. it’s your voice
  • Jason Cote WPCOOP.org
  • elance – php is #1 , wordpress is # 9, content writing #3 (WPCOOP.org)