This week I have shared four of the actions I take to get readers here and to keep them coming back once they find me. Here's a recap of those activities: Why Images in Posts Work Consistency and Reliability Gain Readers Use as Many Channels as You Can Don't Forget email I've been watching … [Read more...]
Don't Forget email
A solid email list is pure gold. Promoting your blog via social media channels is great but locks you into the subculture. Everyone's email list is different, mine has been built over fifteen years with several different and effective methods. Don't get trapped by the social media subculture. I … [Read more...]
Use as Many Channels as You Can
I recently learned that all four of my siblings and my mother read this blog on a regular basis. This is especially strange to me not only because I am the youngest of the bunch but because of how they each find their way here. Small Sample....but. I was a little surprised that Mom and … [Read more...]
Consistency and Reliability Gain Readers
Right after publishing daily, there is no single change I've made to increase readership more, than to publish at the same time every day. The consistency of being able to set your clock by Jim Raffel's blog post at 4:30am central time every day leads to a reliability people like. Reader gains as … [Read more...]
Why Images In Posts Work
Recently, I was scrolling through Avinash Kaushik's Win Big With Web Analytics: Eliminate Data & Eschew Fake Proxies when it hit me why images in posts work. First, I don't pick which Avinash posts to read by title. He only writes a few posts each month so I skim each one for value (also his … [Read more...]
Tell Your Story
This post started when I shared the following on Twitter: 4am, after laying awake reading "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" If you are expecting a book review, this is not it. Perhaps when I finish the book I will do a video review of it. No, in this post I am going to ask you to tell your … [Read more...]
Ideas + Discipline = Success
"How do you pick which idea to write about" and "how do you write every day" are the two most common blogging questions I am asked. They are great questions, because you need the ideas and the discipline to write regularly in order to achieve blogging success. First, the ideas. Now that I have … [Read more...]
Blog Comments or Sharing via Twitter and Facebook?
Blog comments aren't dead any more than newspapers are dead. Until Twitter and Facebook became so big, blog comments were the only way to express your pleasure with a post. Now, sharing the post via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or other social media channels is a snap. Justin Levy weighs in. I … [Read more...]
Stream of Consciousness Writing
The comments on The Calm Before The Launches post have shown me that part of what I gain by writing this blog each day is organization. By capturing your stream of consciousness, at quiet unhurried times, you are able to capture the important thoughts running through your brain. In my case these … [Read more...]
But I Don't Have The Time
The most common complaint I get when sitting down with would be bloggers is "but I don't have the time" to write a post every day like you do. It's OK, neither did I until this year. What has changed is my perception of the importance blogging has in my life. I don't goof around much anymore. I'm … [Read more...]
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