Why Mentor Other Bloggers?
I mentor people when it makes sense and when I feel I can offer value toward their goals. Here I lay out an experience from blogging (I mentor at work and in my hobby circles as well). Mentoring is a win/win and here’s an example from my blogging world.
A while back I picked [...]How I Got My Google Page Rank Back
Today after seeing it still in my toolbar and verifying the change with some 3rd party sources, I was elated to see it was indeed a true PR4. Here’s how I got it back.
Add V.A.L.U.E. to Your Blog :: “U”
Ok, so you want your blog to have more value … scratch that, you want it to have mega-millions of value … you’ve come to the right place. We’ve been outlining value on a blog through the acronym: “v.a.l.u.e.”. Let’s do a quick review:
“V” stands for visceral
“A” stands for aphoristic
“L” stands for linkageNow, [...]
Add V.A.L.U.E. to Your Blog :: “L”
Okay, so I covered the first two letters of value: “V” for visceral and “A” for aphoristic. Now the third: “L” for linkage! Link love is the #1 way to make friends and influence people (namely bloggers you link to on the web. After you’ve written your visceral post of around 200 [...]
Add V.A.L.U.E. to Your Blog :: “V”
Google PR is a joke. Bad blogs get high PR all the time. Let’s discuss value and how you can get it on your blog.
It seems the trend these days to get “quick fixes” to long term issues. For example, today I saw a popup ad that said colon cleanser could solve [...]1999 Style Link Love
I started webbing in about 1996 or so. I loved it then as much as I do now. I had a Geocities homepage and I joined a bunch of webrings I never really took full advantage of. Possibly that was because I had no concept of the value of backlinks. It [...]
Blog Safari 4-16-2008
I couldn’t get this out Sunday for 2 reasons: #1) I was busy getting my theme and layout all sorted and #2) I hadn’t done that much time in the jeep! What you have here is a collection of the stuff that made me oooh and aaah last week. Fasten your seatbelts and [...]I’m Judging a Blog Writing Contest
My esteemed writing colleague, fellow blogger and friend Shelly Tucker (photo at left) is hosting a writing contest on her vastly read and very popular blog, This Eclectic Life. She has very kindly asked me to be the judge and I accepted. There are some clear details listed on her site, but the [...]
