tactics

The ethics of managing comments

Getting comments on your blog is usually something that bloggers look forward to.  For the most part, people comment when they like what you’ve written or agree with what you’ve had to say.
As a first impression, a high comment count leads to instant credibility. A blog with a large number of comments may be perceived [...]

Gaining more blog trafic in 30 days – The resurrection.

When I started the frst experiment in incresing blog traffic in 30 days several things happened.  Some were expected (such as increased traffic!), some were not.  Unfortunately, the things that I did not expect invalidated the results of the experiment completely.
My food blog at cbsop was picked up by a food blog advertising network, which [...]

The tools of the trade – Gaining more blog traffic, a 30 day adventure in blogging – Day 4

Part four in a series on driving more traffic to your blog in 30 days.
So, have you been playing along? If so, you should probably know what your routine for the day should have been. If not, I’ll recap.

Post a new entry to your blog (or blogs) and if possible, mention someone else’s [...]

After a stall – Gaining more blog traffic, a 30 day adventure in blogging – Day 3

There are probably a few of you out there who’ve been wondering what happened to the author of this series over the past two days.  Honestly, it ws something called a weekend, and a teething one year old…  It was my actual life, and those can interrupt even the most dedicated of us.  I deviated [...]

Tactics for improving blog traffic – Gaining more blog traffic, a 30 day adventure in blogging – Day 2

Today’s installment is on the tactics we’ll use to gain more readers on the two blogs in this study. These will include, but are by no means limited to, the following actions:

Posting relevantly and often. At least once a day and up to 3 posts per day, per blog.
Leaving intelligent comments on related [...]