by El Plumber (admin) on February 4, 2009
I see this far too often when surfing blogs. The theme and layout of the content vs the columns vs the ads is just so bizarre that I can hardly find the content through the misplaced and odd sized badges, fake “awards”, tiny chicklets for every BlogCatErLinkSter site, and crapton of ads. Keep it [...]
by El Plumber (admin) on December 22, 2008
Rule #11: Sure, it’s easier to use a free host for your blog at first. Minimal startup time with WordPress.com or Blogger and you’re off to the races! But you’re not in control of your own destiny. For WordPress.com, they won’t let you advertise or put up affiliate links to 99% of the programs out [...]
by El Plumber (admin) on December 21, 2008
Rule #10 Hundreds of Millions of people hit the Internet every day looking for something. They’re either looking for: Information that they need or want. For instance, I went looking for a Cinnamon Raisin Bread recipe this morning and found it. Entertainment. You need to provide one of these two things to your readers, or [...]
by El Plumber (admin) on December 12, 2008
Rules For Bloggers #6: I’ve noticed a trend on BlogCatalog lately where random people will post a message to my Shoutbox saying things like, “I just $upported your blog, come $upport mine!”, or “I $miled on your blog, come $mile on mine!” If you can’t read h4x0r, replace the $ with an S. That means [...]
100 Rules For Bloggers #12 – Get Viewers Involved
by El Plumber (admin) on December 24, 2008
If you want to drive repeat visitors to your site and really drive traffic, you need to not only provide great new content on a regular basis, but you need to figure out ways to get readers involved in your site. Encourage comments, host contests where people vote, hold votes and polls, anything to get [...]
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