You made it, or so you think. You've created great content for your blog, and decided to start building an email list. All of your efforts are paying off, as you are slowly building your list of email subscribers. Chances are you're feeling pretty good about yourself, and decide to create your first email campaign for that small set of subscribers you worked so hard to … [Read more...]
Month Two Report: Opportunity Comes Knocking
We're now two months into the revised strategy of Blogging Flail, and I can't believe what opportunities were in store for me this past month. When I started my strategy, in early December 2014, I was getting zero engagement on this blog. OK zero may be an over exaggeration, but I wouldn't say one comment a month is something to write home about. Now it seems every time I … [Read more...]
Stop Being A Creeper And Let Them Know You’re Creeping
How many blogs do you visit on a daily basis? Now how many of those blogs do you leave a comment on? None? So you’re creeping?!?! You know, creeping. It’s what my teenage daughter does when she’s trolling Facebook looking at her friends friends news feed (or whatever it’s called today). The whole purpose is to see what they’re posting without them knowing that you … [Read more...]
Blog Networking Increased Engagement By 200% (In Just 30 Days)
Yep! I almost gave up on my blog late in 2014. I was getting a little frustrated with visiting some of the more popular blogs, seeing comment after comment on their posts. Some of these posts had 30, 40, or 50 comments. These were the posts that hadn't even gone viral. I kept wondering what's their secret? How in the world do they get so much engagement on their … [Read more...]
Bloggers It’s Time To Pay It Forward
We’ve all read them before. Blog posts that have links to other bloggers posts. These links typically add additional color to the author’s post, which in-turn saves them time by not having to call out that level of detail. It's also a great networking tool. You’ve probably thought, how in the world do I get bloggers to link to my posts? You’ve got great content, you’ve … [Read more...]