November 2008 The First Mid Life Celebration Blog Posts Were Officially Written

Mid Life Celebration Blogs Use WordPress Twenty Ten Theme

Ever look back to the humble beginnings of something you did that has since turned out to become part of the fabric of your life? jeff noel’s very first blog post ever is captured here. Note:

  • Length of noel’s blog post
  • jeff’s promise to continue the story the next day
  • noel never wrote another blog post

jeff unintentionally abandoned eBlogger, never to return. Serendipitously, he discovered WordPress…

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June Was Flat

It's Starting To Add Up
It's Starting To Add Up

June was flat. Sounds like High School, but I’m not talking about how a sweater fits.

However, I am talking about size.

June was flat. It wasn’t better than May, but it was as good as May.

And remember how good May was?

Many people stop blogging because traffic either never catches on or it fades away.

If I were to conservatively estimate, based on historical data, these numbers will at least double by year’s end.

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)