Are you going to take action this year?
I did a session at the Affiliate Funnel seminar on goal setting and planning this past Saturday. It really is important for your business but one of the big takeaways from it is doing action items versus maintenance items.
This applies to your blog too.
Lets look at some of the things you probably overlook as action items for your blog. Adding some of these action items to your routine can be a big help in improving your blog.
First and foremost is always fresh content but most bloggers that are serious do that regularly.
The overlooked items though are just as important.
When is the last time you…
- submitted an article for back links
- bookmarked your posts
- commented on other blogs in your niche
- bookmarked the blog you commented on
- created a Web2.0 property that links to your blog (Squidoo, Hub Pages, WetPaint, etc.)
It is now a new year and adding some of those items to your regular to do list can make a huge difference in how well your blog performs.
Are you going to take action this year to improve your blog or just going to add your content occasionally?
How you answer that will go a long way towards the success of your blog.
Please take the time to add what you are going to do and the time frame in the comments. There are other action items you may be using so feel free to add them in the comments too.
Mike Paetzold
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6 comments
Tim on January 6, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Mike,
Excellent article!
Way to easy in this game to get bogged down in “maintenance” of the process vs being “active”
in building your business.
Again, right on target!
Tim
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Lonnie Minton on January 6, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Good Article Mike.
I will work on all of the things you mentioned. but I will work on content and Web2.0 more.
My to-do list just keeps growing.
Lonnie
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Brett McEllhiney on January 6, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Thanks for the list of things to do for your blog. I have taken them and turned them into a checkoff list and am going to tape that to my laptop.
Tim is right on the comment above. Even those of us that know to do these things still get off track so the checklist should keep me on track.
Thanks again Mike!
Brett McEllhiney
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Andre Arnett on January 6, 2009 at 5:03 pm
I do some of these things but do tend to overlook others on the list. This is a good gentle reminder about the importance of including all of these steps. Thanks.
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Fred Lotgering on January 6, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Mike thanks,
I knew I was missing something in my “to do” list. I have to go thought all my social network sites and update info and links. I have seen increased clicks coming from web2.0 sites I almost didn’t remember I subscribed to. Actually that is also needed for “about us/me” on sites to update info and links. It is really true that eny effort you make, will get you more and more traffic to your site (slow, but building…). It is worth the effort.
Fred
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Mike on January 6, 2009 at 7:30 pm
The real key is to take action consistently. Does not have to be daily but does have to be a regularly done item.