My blog is my business!
If you are making posts for your kids and grannies, then this update will leave you cold and breathless. Ya may as well take a powder.
Whoa, partner! That’s being rather snooty isn’t it? What does “my blog is my business” mean?
Actually I’m not being arrogant at all. What I mean to say is “I treat my blog as if it is a business.” Because – here it comes again – my blog is my business.
If you intend to generate revenue from your masterpiece then you must treat is as you would any other endeavor of this nature.
What I’m learning on my quest to becoming a six figure blogger is that I must adhere to strict rules of engagement, planning, follow-through, a positive attitude, initiative and a whole bunch of hard work. Working in this manner made me a very successful executive in the highly competitive world of semiconductors. I intend to be even more successful with rjameshorne.com.
I’ve mentioned my goals and business plan in some previous posts so I won’t repeat them here but I’ve made some good progress. After adding just 4 posts and an “about” page my Alexa rating has jumped form 5,389,519 on February 25 to 1,646,089 today. Not bad. Not bad at all. Since I’m hosted on GoDaddy, I added an affiliate link. I’m delighted to have been approved for Thesis theme affiliate program and have update the media box with a Thesis banner this morning. I’ll add Third Tribe and ScribeSEO when their affiliate programs go “live”. Products that I support may vary from time-to-time but I promise that anything promoted on rjameshorne.com is something that I use myself.
So there you have it, folks. What’s the takeaway? When you manage your posts, comment on other sites, guest post, mange affiliations and all those other things we do to get traffic and unfair share of mind, remember – “My blog is my business”!
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That is exactly it! We cannot just treat our blog has a hobby and expect to become six figure bloggers (which I am aiming for as well).
We have to be structured and profession – but also approachable and transparent!
Tom | Build That List´s last blog ..The 4 Reasons People Unsubscribe Mailing Lists
Six figure blogger…doesn’t that sound great?
Yea it definitely does Jim!
Tom | Build That List´s last blog ..The 4 Reasons People Unsubscribe Mailing Lists
Ah you are on Godaddy hosting – I use godaddy for registration but their hosting is quirky and non-standard and not recommended by many people becasue of that . It also might explain the odd 404 page we were discussing
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Quirky indeed. It’s a pain to navigate.