Comments on: Do you NaBloPoMo?

By: skeet

skeet — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:11:31 +0000

I found yoyu oveer there and friended you, Val. As to the feed, way down on the left sidebar of your page is an edit feed button. I entered my url/feed and it shows my last five post right there.

By: valmg

valmg — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:38:10 +0000

Skeet, I signed up but how did you make your posts appear there like that?

By: skeet

skeet — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:20:52 +0000

Hey Connie? What’s your screen name at NaBloPoMo? Maybe if you just pop over to my page (in my post, above) we can hook up, hm?

By: skeet

skeet — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:19:00 +0000

I’m no expert, Jessica! The folks I referred you to come to my rescue regularly because I get totally lost. Let’s just take it a day at a time and we’ll both get bigger & better together, hm? Did you sign up for NaBlo? I’m making a lot of new friends over there.

By: skeet

skeet — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:16:32 +0000

How are you doing with NaBloPoMo, Jo? Which blogs did you sign up? You having any problem keeping up …. yet?

By: Connie

Connie — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:09:23 +0000

I’m a NaBloPoMo’er too! Say that 10 x fast.

By: jessica

jessica — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:41:22 +0000

I’ll go to that site tomorrow. Love the conest idea. And I have no attchment to the name at all.

Thanks again for everything! You should write an e-book and sell it. Or, just give it away!

Talk to you soon!

Jessica

By: jo

jo — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:06:48 +0000

I’m signed up to do this!

By: skeet

skeet — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:41:23 +0000

Hm! I’ll put some more thought into this later, Jessica (workday to finish first.) You’re doing the right things to get your name and your blog out there. We just need a little strategizing so folks won’t immediately assume that it’s a commercial site. How adverse would you be to changing the name to something more bloggish? Jessica’s Super-Secret Ticket Tips? Jessica’s TicketStrategies? Something to personalize it a bit more? Maybe just add a tagline to the title? “I don’t sell tickets, but I know how to get ‘em!” Have a contest! Ask readers to help you out, prize for the best answer or just draw one from a hat. Post the contest link everywhere! People love prizes, even a small gift card or inexpensive book.

It’s way too early for you to get disouraged. It usually takes months of posting to start seeing real traffic.

Here’s something you can do right now. Go to Bloggers R Us. That’s a bunch of my friends, all experienced bloggers, who share info about making your blog better, monetizing your blog and such. Tell them I sent you and ask them the same things you asked me. They’re an amazing resource for honing your blog into the best that it can be!

Gotta write a report. More later!

By: jessica

jessica — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:05:43 +0000

Skeet:

Need some advice. You have been gretat to me over the past few days.

I have been trying to meet new people. Read new blogs, and comment where I see fit.

I always try to add to the conversation.
I always use Jessica as my name - not “keywords”
I use my personal email
and I use my blogs address.

Now your first impression of me and my site was that it was “commercial.” I have gotten that few times this week.

I do not sell ANYTHING on my site. I would eventually like to put adsense up, or sponsors.

People keep saying my site is NOT a blog. Or that is is to sell product.

Any advice on how to get folks to feel like I am a blogger with something to share with the world?

Is it because I have a specific niche? or because my industry is is less than loved?

Would love your wisdom.

Jessica