You’re Only As Good As Your Current Post

Have you ever noticed the majority of visitors to your blog only comment on your most recent post? Even your loyal readers aren’t digging to find more of your writings.
If they are, they often don’t comment.
Why is that?
Today’s Lesson
As bloggers we’re continually publishing new posts.
As our new posts are pinged, our RSS feed readers/visitors come [...]

How Links Increase Visits And Earnings

Photo Credit jurek d.’s photos
Feed readers are a great way to stay current on our favorite blogs. The blogs are automatically updated, and we can pick and choose which posts we want to read…all in one place.
Today’s Lesson
If we read posts in a feed reader, we don’t “see” the actual blog, [...]

Go Home and Cover Your Crack

Photo Credit Dano’s photos

This blog topic may sound hypocritical. After all, every Tuesday I showcase a new blog and ask my readers to pay them a visit.
Today’s Lesson
I believe a good blog starts with a solid foundation. A foundation that is the result of research, a good theme, writing ability, knowledge of [...]

RSS Feed Reader Numbers - A Farce

Photo Credit: Photopia
No offense to my loyal RSS readers, but it’s time others know that claims of having thousands of RSS readers is a farce.
Today’s Lesson
Often, on big name blogs they will post or brag that they have 15,000 +/- RSS readers. No, they don’t. They have that many subscribers to their blog.
Subscribing [...]

0 to 30 Seconds - Can You Answer My Question

To continue my readership building series, I am doing a test.
Can I provide a reader with an answer, to their search string, within 30 seconds of entering my site?
Today’s Lesson
Since blog statistics provide tons of information, I check my blog’s stats on a regular basis.
If I check my AWStats (visit duration) [...]

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