Okay, folks, I know I’ve kept you all on hold for nearly a month, now, but it has been well worth the wait. Here’s what’s happened…
Hi there. I’m sorry it’s been so long since the blog has been updated. The past month and a half has been nothing short of non-stop happenings. First, I moved from Texas to Georgia to move in with my fiance. Shortly after arriving here, I became violently ill (rotavirus) for around a week. After that, we’ve been putting our time and energy into finding a new house in which to live. We finally closed lease on a home, yesterday, and will begin moving into it, immediately.
Don’t fret folks, it will only be a little bit longer until I am up to speed and back blogging. I am merely waiting on getting moved, and getting DSL installed (we could use dial-up, and I’m using it now, but it is extremely, excruciatingly slow. What would normally only take me an hour (in the normal online/blogging routine), now takes nearly three and a half. Waiting for DSL is a must.
Welcome back! Remember when we discussed writing about what you know? Well, today we’re going to discuss where to get new ideas. The answer? EVERYWHERE. Today’s tip is: Keep a Blogging Notebook.
A blogging notebook, also known as a blog fodder notebook, is a small notebook that you carry with you at all times. In this notebook, you will write down ANY ideas that occur to you that have even the remotest thing to do with your blog topic. Have multiple blogs? Try a divided notebook of some sort. Don’t want to carry anything that big? Use those little stick-on tabs to divide up a moleskine notebook or gregg-ruled pad. If you only have two blogs, use the notebook from the front for one blog, and from the back (backside of the pages) for the other.
Welcome back! Today’s tip is all about creating pathways to your blog: Use TrackBacks.
EVERY time you reference another blog in your post, you should use trackbacks. EVERY time. The only exception is when a blog does not allow trackbacks, or you simply can’t find the trackback data.
Welcome back! Today’s tip is another e-mail tip. Add a “send via e-mail” link to your posts.
Adding a “send to a friend via e-mail” link will allow people to send your posts to others who might find them interesting. This is great way to increase viral and social marketting. It’s as simple as adding a little bit of code from a service that provides “send via e-mail.”
