Today as I was digging through my archives, I found many posts I had forgotten about.
Here’s a recap of my favorites in no particular order.
Today’s Lesson In Self Promotion
Funniest Picture In A Post: “Do You Walk Your Talk Or Are You Just Blowing Smoke?”
Most Controversial PostL (Created motivation for other bloggers to write their own posts on freedom of speech) Blog Losses Massive Traffic Due To Profanity
Highly Visited Post: (according to statistics) “Blogging Etiquette – The Unwritten Rules”
Post Receiving The Most Comments (105): :Four Day Open Mic 8/21 to 8/24/08
My Corniest Post (it’s a poem):“I Love To Blog”
My First Post: My Blog Had A Baby”
Most Misleading Title: “Blogger Exposes Herself, Traffic Soars”
Most Gratifying Post: Join Me In Helping A Fellow Blogger
Post With The Most Links: : 1066 Links, Lessons or Tips For Bloggers
Most Educational Series: Interview With Lorelle VanFossen – Part 9 – A Recap Plus A Bonus
Today’s Assignment
Knowing our archives are often forgotten, how do you self promote ensuring your previous articles get more attention?
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Hi. I'm Barbara Swafford and I'd like to welcome you to Blogging Without A Blog. Grab a seat, share your thoughts and join in the conversation. 
It’s been another busy week here at BWAB and for me in my real life. As the week comes to a close, it’s time to recap what we’ve learned.
This week’s posts included:
1) A.S.K. Liz – How do You Inspire Your Readers To Join Your Community
2) New Blog Of The Week – Writer Dad
3) Parties, Spam and Hanging Chads
4) Self Promotion From The Archives
Behind the scenes I’ve been experimenting with the following plugins.
1) Liz Strauss’ Comment Count Badge See mine in the right sidebar.
It’s an easy plugin to download, use and configure. For details and screen shots, check out Lorelle’s blog post titled:My Comment Count Is Bigger Than Your Comment Count
2) The What Would Seth Godin Do (WWSGD) plugin is shown on the top of each post.
It’s a typical download, and once activated the message in the rectangular box and easily be changed. To witness how other bloggers are using this plugin, check out Catherine Lawson’s great ideas.
3) Ozh’s Absolute Comments lets you reply to comments directly from your “comments” screen.
With this plugin you can answer one comment at a time. If you choose to answer more than one, the only way I’ve found to accomplish that is by entering your replies directly on the post screen.
To read more on comments, check our Joanna Young’s post titled: 10 Practical Ways To Boost Blog Comments and Conversation
Today’s Assignment
To start off this weeks “Open Mic”, I have two questions for all of you.
1) Are you more apt to read a blog if the RSS feed reader count shows a high number?
2) With the introduction of Liz’s Comment Count Plugin, would the display of comment counts influence you to join in on the conversations?
The floor is yours. You know the rules.
Questions, comments and concerns are welcome.
Have Fun!
Keep it Clean!
And don’t forget to either check the “subscribe to comments on this post” box, or subscribe to my comments RSS feed (upper right sidebar), so you can follow along.
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