Earlier this year, I released my first e-book, “5 Tips to Kick Start Your Blog”. After its high demand, I have decided to expand the knowledge inside the book with what I have gained since
releasing it, including some of my hidden secrets. Today releasing the next volume – “Kick Start Your Blog”.
Kick Start Your Blog packs everything you need to know from deciding what topic you should talk about to picking a reliable and value for money web host. I have also thrown in a few tips about generating traffic and set you on your way to making your first buck. The contents are broken down into chapters listed below;
- Deciding on your Chosen Topic
- Single or Multi-author Blog
- Building your Blog & Finding a Host
- Styling your Blog
- Generating Traffic
- Communiting with the Audience – Receiving their Comments & Opinions
- Generating Revenue through Advertisement Campaigns & Programs
Last Wednesday I welcomed Patrick Socha of Propelly onto JonnyRowntree.com with his first post “How to Optimise your Blog Loading Speed“. Until Thursday, traffic was average for a new post and I shared it across Twitter and Google+ as well as a new addition to the sharebar – Stumbleupon. In the past I’ve not had a huge success with Stumbleupon – a few clicks per day to an old, outdated post. To my surprise though, I woke on Thursday, checked my site analytics and Stumbleupon was sending tons and I mean tons of traffic.
This kept on going like a stampede through the safari. I was very pleased with the traffic I was gaining from the submission on Stumbleupon. By Saturday evening, I was peaking around 300 visitors per day to that particular article excluding any other traffic going to my other pages or posts. It also appeared that my Alexa ranking had improved due to my increase in readers located in the United States.
During this time, I have read that Google have implemented a new update to how search rankings are applied and who appears “at the top”. Through this, I have learnt 3 important lessons and how you should overcome the new Google changes.
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Friend: “A person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of relationships or family relations.”
Connection: “A relationship in which a person, thing, or idea is linked or associated with something else.”
Since launching my first website in 2008, I’ve made and lost a lot of friends. These people helped me with a variety of things – motivation, ideas and support – but they have also led me to a whole new outlook on life. However, I have always believed that since leaving primary education, some 7 years before this post was published, I don’t have friends but “connections”.
Although I don’t call everyone a friend or “best friend” like I did 7 years ago, I still do have a small group of friends who will sadly be replaced as everyone moves on in life. As I move on into new depths such as jobs and explore events and new cities, I will have new friends but this time around I will call them “connections”.
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