Tag: social networks

If you’re part of the BWAB community, you’ll see her commenting. If you travel through blogosphere, she’s there too. She’s small in stature, but has a large presence in social networks, as well In fact, she’s everywhere. The name of her blog may produce visions of a “mommy blog”, but… read more NBOTW Needs No Introduction

We all make mistakes when we start blogging. I know I did. Today’s Lesson I didn’t do enough homework and was unprepared for what blogging entailed. I made small mistakes like typos (and I still do), and big ones like crashing my blogs. I didn’t know HTML, coding or the… read more The Biggest Mistake I Made In Blogging

In business and in life, we leave what’s called a paper trail. On the internet, it’s called often referred to as an electronic paper trail. Most transaction we make, can be followed. Our bank statement shows how much money we have, and where we spent it. Credit/debit card records are… read more Blogs – The New Electronic Paper Trail

If I had a dollar for every time I (figuratively) banged by head against the wall while learning blogging, I would be rich. It’s no wonder bloggers get stressed out and aren’t always sure how to grow their blog. In yesterday’s post we learned how addictive we become to spikes… read more When Is Enough Enough

Remember when you first started blogging? An increase of one in your visitor counts or feed readers was exciting. Then you discovered Digg, StumbleUpon, and Twitter. By a submission of your site to popular social networks, you saw your blog growing by the hundreds. Today’s Lesson I remember those days…. read more Social Meth – One Taste – You’re Hooked

Have you ever joined a sales company that ended up being a pyramid scheme? I did. The one I joined had something to do with phone cards. I don’t remember the details, but from experience, I learned, if sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Today’s Lesson Bloggers… read more Build A Pyramid – Increase Blog Traffic

Blogging is a hobby by most definitions. That is, unless you are a problogger (a professional blogger who blogs for a living) Today’s Lesson The further you get into blogging, the more you learn about social networks and how, by joining, they can help promote your blog, i.e. gain exposure…. read more Social Networking Can Kill Your Passion

More and more as I travel through cyberspace, I see the use of gravatars (globally recognized avatars) on comments or in social networks such as StumbleUpon. This is the one I use used. Today’s Lesson With avatars, you can do one of two things. 1) You can make your own… read more How To Get and/or Add A Gravatar To Your Post Comments

Photo Credit miguelb’s photos Hello loyal readers, This is a very exciting , but nerve racking day for me, as Catherine Lawson and I are guest posting on each other’s blogs. Although my post on her blog, can’t match the caliber of Catherine’s writings, I’m hoping I haven’t made a… read more Increased Search Engine Traffic For Lazy People

Photo Credit: srslyguys’ photos We love to blog, but as time passes, maintaining a blog gets very time consuming. Today’s Lesson When you first heard of a blog, you found how to get one for free, or signed up with WordPress and got a web host. You read/watched WP blogging… read more Me And The Blog – Till Death Do Us Part

Just when you figured out, you can make money from your blog, a plugin can be downloaded, that can block ads. You didn’t want to hear that, did you? But, it’s true, and something we all must consider. Today’s Lesson Try this for yourself. ,allows you to download “Adblock”. You… read more Readers Can Block Ads

Apparently, Google cares about page rank. And, so do the other search engines. A lot of bloggers care, too. I don’t. Maybe, I should… Today’s Lesson What is page rank? According to Wikipedia, PageRank is a link analysis algorithm that assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked… read more Page Rank – Who Cares?

Is your blog being found by search engines, referrals, or direct (bookmarks, or someone types in your blog URL)? I have two blogs, and interestingly enough, readers are finding this blog, by referrals, almost exclusively. (A lot of my referrals, become “direct”, due to bookmarking.) My second blog, Observation Mountain.com… read more Search Engines, Referrals or Direct Traffic?