Okay, there’s been a slight turn of events. I signed up for Yaro Starak and Gideon Shalwick’s new Become-a-Blogger. I will still be reviewing my BlogMastermind lessons and implementing them with the due diligence I should have given them the first time I went through the course, but I will also be reviewing the new materials from Become-a-Blogger.
Admitedly, I’m not really a video or audio person. I generally prefer to read things – especially now when I do most of my work at night while the baby’s asleep. Listening to audio and watching videos isn’t the most convenient. But as the blogging bar moves higher and higher and the need to differentiate ourselves from the rest of the crowd becomes critical, it looks like I must get over my personal prejudices and break out of my comfort zone.
I’m not even sure whether to give a progress report for week two because it was rather appauling. Since this is a case study, I guess it is important to be forthcoming with the truth so here’s a quick summary of what I completed last week on Babylicious:
- I submitted posts to two carnivals
- I made a handful of comments on other blogs (not nearly enough, though)
- I wrote 7 blog posts but not one a day like I was supposed to
As a result of my appauling effort and lack of concentration, my RSS subscription went down to a miserable low of 22 subscribers, although they have gone back up to 32 as of today. Total blogging income for November was $506.33, which is about the same as it was for October – at least we’re maintaining. Next update will be in January – although we’ll be away for two weeks in December where I’ll be staying with my parents with access to the internet via dial-up so I doubt I’ll be blogging much, if at all.
Moving forwards, my marketing efforts will be targetted at:
- Blog comments - 10 a week
- Blog carnivals – 4 a week
Posting frequency will be at least once every two days. I’ve dropped the frequency to give me time to absorb the new Become-a-Blogger material which I will write about in a later post.
Lesson 3 from BlogMastermind focusses on internal Blog structure such as RSS subscriptions, SEO optimisation (involving the addition of a title tags plugin, internal tags, subscribe to comments plugin), plus a list of other plugins to install.
The tasks from Lesson 3:
- Set up RSS feed – done.
- Install SEO title tag plugin – done
- Install Subscribe to comments plugin – done
- Activate permalinks on blog – done
More tasks for this week:
- Write a pillar article series (three articles)
- Interview someone famous in your blog topic for publication on the blog
- Write 10 posts in relevant forums every night (ouch, this is a tough one…)
- Offer to contribute a guest article to a well known blog in your blog topic
- Brainstorm ideas for future articles
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