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Blogger’s Blues

Don Rodgers Jr — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:20:03 +0000

Here we are a month into the launch of this site and about four months since I launched my other site. I am wondering if I should take a holiday break and start fresh in the new year, continue to push through even through I am not giving this, and therefore my you, the attention you deserve. Or, should I close up shop and just continue working site design and admin support on my other site (I do not contribute content for the other blog)? I am lucky enough to have been able to see continuous visitors despite my lack of posts lately, but I doubt that will (or should) continue. I know that to have a successful blog takes persistence. I must admit that having a 8 month old and full time job doesn’t make this blog the easiest of endeavors. Maybe I need to approach this decision with the end/goal in mind:

My goal is to identify, through experimentation and learning from other’s experiences, the repeatable steps to a successful and profitable blog so that I can start other blogs/websites that deal more directly with my passions (such as helping other become successful).

If this is truely my goal, I guess the answer is to push onward. How can I ever hope to leave my fulltime job and do something I am passionate about if I am not working towards that goal. I cannot just expect someone to hand over a successful blog with all of the steps, tips and secrets that made it so. Hmmm…I guess you’re not rid of me yet! ABloggersLog.com lives to blog another day…or something like that. Thoughts? Please share them.

Happy Blogging!

Don

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Traffic report for the Holiday Season

Don Rodgers Jr — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:48:41 +0000

My apologies for the lack of posts. I have been a little pre-occupied with the beginning of the holiday season. My plans are to post only once or twice per week until the new year and then I should be able to start a normal schedule of about 4 per week. I hope everyone has a happy and healthy holiday season and make sure you keep your own site alive with consistent posts. Here’s a brief overview of how much of an impact getting your site and name out on the web can have on traffic.

Last Sunday I went a little crazy getting the site and excerpts of my posts out on to social networks (Blog Catalog, Delicious, Feed Burner, Friend Feed, Multiply, My Blog Log, Post on Fire, Stumble Upon, Twitter). Prior to Sunday, I saw only a few new visitors per day. Anywhere from 1 to 3. Not bad in my opinion giving the site has only been live a little over a week. On Sunday alone, the number jumped to 9 unique new visitors. Here’s the interesting part, it stayed around 5-7 per day over the next 3 days and then dropped back down to the 1-3 per day. The trick will be to find a happy medium for getting my blog’s existence out on the web and increasing quality back links.

For my (more established) other site, Loquacious Magpies, I have been steadily seeding the Internet with three specific forms of publicity; Facebook page and advertising, Twitter and My Blog Log. This is a more established site and sees an average of 20 unique visitors per day. The most effective of the three has been the advertising (capped at 3 clicks per day), followed closely by MyBlogLog and lastly using Facebook to share the link and use post excerpts to gain interest.

It seems as though a consistent routine of sharing your work on social network sites will really help get your word out and create credibility with readers. After some time, you will have connected with enough people that become consistent visitors, you can slow down your publicity.

What have you seen from your efforts? Please feel free to share.

Happy blogging!

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Hello world! Introduction to ABloggersLog.com

Don Rodgers Jr — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:21:29 +0000

Hello and Welcome to my blog. I hope to discuss my experiences in the process of blogging. I will try to encompass all aspects from the begining steps of choosing a topic, name, host and other technical start-up topics. In addition, I will talk about my experiences with customization of my site (most likely WP based blogs), building a following, SEO, making money, networking and a host of other blog related topics. I hope you enjoy your time here and you find some value from our time together.

Happy Blogging!

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