Comments on: You Don’t Know What You’re Doing

By: Gabriella

Gabriella — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:39:16 +0000

Indeed, it’s all about what works for you & your traffic.
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By: Gabriella

Gabriella — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:37:21 +0000

In reply to Bonnie.

If I may suggest, write out a plan with direct goals. Maybe you want to guest blog; maybe you want to see more traffic. Whatever your goals are, write out your plan! Make it actionable, with dates covering when you accomplished each stage or each goal.

For example, if you want more traffic, set your sights on how you’ll bring that traffic in. Write it down. You’ll join a network? Write down which network, when you joined and whether you made any connections. Everything is much clearer when it’s charted.

Write an outline for articles and keep track of where you publish them. Keep records of any webmasters you’ve contacted for link building. List your meta tags and descriptions, where you’ve posted comments, what you’ve done from day to day in your efforts. You’ll quickly find out which efforts work and which methods are a waste of time. Those that do work (and this is most important), keep testing on ways to improve the output (in terms of meeting your goals).

I hope that helps Bonnie 😉
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By: Gabriella

Gabriella — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:50:06 +0000

In reply to Isak.

Hi, Isak – It is a lot of work, but the tracking you do can help you focus your efforts, whether those efforts are for monetizing, bringing traffic or a combination of both (which it should be). Why fill up monetizing space with ads that don’t work? By tracking your efforts, you KNOW what works and what doesn’t. Good luck on your combination!
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By: Perennial Gardens

Perennial Gardens — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:32:37 +0000

I think it is critical to measure and examine your weblogs so that you *know* what is working. Then adapt what you are doing to focus on the things that ARE working.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:19:02 +0000

You are right on the money Gabriella, thanks for the great info. Though I’ve done some things right – I fall right in the category of “I haven’t got a clue what I’m doing.” I think I’ll have to give myself a time out to think a bit!!!

Thanks again,
Bonnie

By: Isak

Isak — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:37:56 +0000

Hi… That sounds like a lot of work if you have more than a few blogs…

I always thought of it like this;

Either you write about stuff that interest YOU and then (by time) someone will stop by and find your writings interesting.. Then you can monotize or whatever you like..

OR… You only create blogs to make money (e.g. niche blogs) then it’s a whole other game and the question is if it’s better to keep on moving forward and create new blogs all the time or to select the ones that gets lots of traffic and nurse those…

I personally try to do a combination of both…
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