Just a thought
No Comments »1st November, 2006; Category: Just a Thought
Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face, he gets mad
at you, but when you take him for a car ride; he sticks his head out the
window?
Many years ago we had a dog like that. When driving in the Flinders Ranges in northern South Australia our dog would insist on leaning out of the window. When a rabbit or kangaroo was seen there was frenetic excitement, much yapping and squirming and we had to make sure our dog couldn’t get out of the window.
Must write a story about that one day.
How to generate content on your blog
Since starting this blog earlier this year I have tried hard to maintain a minimum of one post per day. In that I have usually succeeded, with only a few missed days. Then there have been a few days where I have posted several articles on the one day. Overall, my aim is to post at least once a day with an article of useful content. Only my readers can judge if I have succeeded.
Darren Rowse on ProBlogger has recently posted an article listing a series of articles from his extensive archives. In this series he argues that quality articles, while very important, are generally not enough for the site to be successful (translate: generate income). Bloggers must be concentrating on quantity as well. I guess this is one argument that could go on forever.
In my limited experience, getting out one article a day is stretching me because I am trying to do this for three blogs simultaneously. (Check out my Birding blog here and my Travel Blog here.) On top of that, I am trying to work on several novels and picture books for children, write short stories and poetry for a range of magazines, do a writing course AND have a life. Demanding and challenging.
It all takes discipline, perseverance and commitment. I think I have a good mix of these qualities.
To read Darren’s articles click on the link below:
- How to generate high quantities of content for your blogs – links to 7 articles on this topic.
Just a thought
No Comments »1st November, 2006; Category: Just a Thought
There are many things in the world that are worth pondering over.
Sayings like this one:
How is it that we can put someone on the moon before we thought it a great idea to put wheels on luggage?
Having been overseas recently for the first time (see Trevor’s Travels) I now realise the importance of this simple invention.
Especially in huge airports.
Heavy problem.
Simple solution.
How to find readers for your blog
When you start out blogging for the first time the expectation of some bloggers is that thousands of people will come flocking to your blog to read your words of wisdom.
This is not the norm.
Yes it can happen, but it’s rare. My experience is that even after eight months of blogging on this blog I am averaging about 75 visitors a day. Hello everyone!
My birding blog is doing considerably better averaging over 130 visitors a day, but that has been going for over a year now. It takes hard work, consistent posting and good content, among other things, to generate good traffic. Time is also relevant; few blogs are overnight successes.
Darren Rowse on ProBlogger has featured several articles in recent days where he has compiled a series of articles from his archives. They are well worth reading because they include many useful and proven hints on how to improve your blog and generate traffic and a loyal readership.
Link:
- 34 Tips for finding readers for you blog – this is a series of 4 articles.