Category31 Days to Building a Better Blog
Go on a Dead Link Hunt
Today your task in the 31 Day Project is something that most bloggers who have been blogging for a while could probably benefit from doing – go on a dead link hunt. Blogging is built on the ‘link’. One blog links to another blog who links to another who makes ...more
31 Days to Building a Better Blog
Make a Reader Famous
Do you want to be famous? Do you want to be noticed? Do you want people to know who you are? Do you want to have more influence? I did an informal survey of bloggers at a workshop and asked them why they blog. The majority of answers had something ...more
31 Days to Building a Better Blog
Run a Reader Survey on Your Blog
Your task today in the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog project is to ask your readers how you can improve your blog. At least once a year I like to write a post on my blogs inviting my readership to comment on a number of areas of my ...more
31 Days to Building a Better Blog
Respond to Comments On Your Blog
One of the most basic skills that any blogger should spend time working on from the very early days is responding to comments on your blog – and that’s today’s task in the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog Project. While this is one of the simplest acts that ...more
31 Days to Building a Better Blog
Create a Sneeze Page and Propel Readers Deep Within Your Blog
It’s Day 18 in the 2007 31 Days to Building a Better Blog Project and today your task is to develop a ‘Sneeze Page’ (or pages) for your blog. One of the challenges that faces blogs that have been around for a while is that they end up with a ...more
31 Days to Building a Better Blog
Run a StumbleUpon Advertising Campaign For Your Blog
Today’s task in the 31 Day Project is aimed at driving new visitors to your blog by running a mini advertising campaign for your blog using StumbleUpon. Note – This task will take a small budget (unless you get creative and find another website willing to give you some free ...more
31 Days to Building a Better Blog
Create a Heatmap of Where Readers Click on Your Blog
Have you ever wondered what readers of your blog do when they arrive at it? What do they look at? What links do they click on? What internal navigation do they use? What ads do they click? What positions on your blog do people gravitate towards? Today your task in ...more
31 Days to Building a Better Blog
Analyze Your Blog’s Competition
Today’s task in the 31 Days Blogging Project is to so some analysis of other blogs in your niche – your ‘competition’. Note: I use the word ‘competition’ hesitantly because the thing about blogging is that those blogging on the same topics as you are potentially your biggest allies. Connect ...more
31 Days to Building a Better Blog
