Welcome back to the wonderful world of Defogging the Blog...I bet you have been busy. Here are more links we will refer to in today's class.
A great how-to site for many different sections of a blog;
http://betabloggerfordummies.blogspot.com/
Info on creating a high-traffic blog;
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/09/24/the-truth-about-creating-a-high-traffic-blog/#more-6423
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/12/30/three-simple-actions-that-doubled-my-website-traffic-in-30-days/
Info on using Mind Map;
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/12/15/starting-a-new-blog-start-with-a-mind-map/
Info on AdWords;
https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=64886&hl=en_US
http://www.google.com/services/adsense_tour/index.html
Website Grader;
http://www.websitegrader.com/
And here's a site I think is pretty
http://www.aestheticoutburst.blogspot.com/
31.3.11
Naming your BLOG is like naming your baby
Creating an Identity..are you creating a blog about books or a Bookslut's haven
•Ideal name needs to be memorable
•Stand out from the crowd
•Means something
•Original & engaging to attract an audience
•Buttress your online persona
•Superhero identity..
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•Ideal name needs to be memorable
•Stand out from the crowd
•Means something
•Original & engaging to attract an audience
•Buttress your online persona
•Superhero identity..
30.3.11
Your Tribe..your community, your homies
Who do you want your site to link to?
Who do you want to link to your site?
What Blog Community do you want to join?
Do you need to pay to be a member?
Blogher is a community of women bloggers
There are artist communities, political communities, real estate...
what's your pleasure?
Start looking at blogs on your topic, see who they are affiliated with...
Start by just responding to other people's blogs. This way you are participating with other like minded folks.
Look at all the Zen related blogs and how they connect to others? get $ flowing in?
Zen Mind
Daily Zen
http://www.dailyzen.com/
Zen Habits
http://zenhabits.net/
Who do you want to link to your site?
What Blog Community do you want to join?
Do you need to pay to be a member?
Blogher is a community of women bloggers
There are artist communities, political communities, real estate...
what's your pleasure?
Start looking at blogs on your topic, see who they are affiliated with...
Start by just responding to other people's blogs. This way you are participating with other like minded folks.
Look at all the Zen related blogs and how they connect to others? get $ flowing in?
Zen Mind
Daily Zen
http://www.dailyzen.com/
Zen Habits
http://zenhabits.net/
28.3.11
Three simple actions that doubled my website traffic in 30 days
go to our friend at ProBlogger
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/12/30/three-simple-actions-that-doubled-my-website-traffic-in-30-days/
and the truth about creating a High Traffic Blog
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/09/24/the-truth-about-creating-a-high-traffic-blog/#more-6423
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/12/30/three-simple-actions-that-doubled-my-website-traffic-in-30-days/
and the truth about creating a High Traffic Blog
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/09/24/the-truth-about-creating-a-high-traffic-blog/#more-6423
15.3.11
Finding Photos to add to your site
http://www.123rf.com/
This site has ridiculously low price (.19 per) royalty free images
And there is always Flickr
which could be free if you want to upload your own images or
find an image and ask by email permission from the photographer
This space is an archive of a whole community of image makers who use Flickr
as a free place to store/showcase their work.
Library of Congress has a great collection
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Smithsonian Image Collection is also handy.
http://smithsonianimages.si.edu/siphoto/siphoto.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=home
New York Public Library Digital Archive
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
You can shoot and upload your own images
as well.
This site has ridiculously low price (.19 per) royalty free images
And there is always Flickr
which could be free if you want to upload your own images or
find an image and ask by email permission from the photographer
This space is an archive of a whole community of image makers who use Flickr
as a free place to store/showcase their work.
Library of Congress has a great collection
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Smithsonian Image Collection is also handy.
http://smithsonianimages.si.edu/siphoto/siphoto.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=home
New York Public Library Digital Archive
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
You can shoot and upload your own images
as well.
How to post a link...

Click on Create a Post.
Find and paste your URL to this space
Highlight the word you want your URL to link to...
Click on the world and chain icon on the tool bar and a pop-up box appears. Paste the URL in the box.
Click on the world and chain icon on the tool bar and a pop-up box appears. Paste the URL in the box.
1.3.11
The very beginning of Defog the Blog
Welcome to the world of defogging the Blog...We are here to figure out what a blog is, the history of blogs, how to make one, how to make money with one, what topics makes sense for you and for me.
Here is the presentation for our first class:
(I like to keep the powerpoints on slideshare.com)
BRC user name: CEInstructor CEpassword:Told2bout
student computers, username: password:
Links for referral:
Weblog Awards (2009)
Best of the Blogs
Bloggers Choice Awards 2009
Technorati Popular: Top 100 Blogs
Time Magazine's 25 Best blogs 2009
Blog search engines:
Technorati
Feedster
Blog Pulse
Here is the presentation for our first class:
(I like to keep the powerpoints on slideshare.com)
BRC user name: CEInstructor CEpassword:Told2bout
student computers, username: password:
Links for referral:
Weblog Awards (2009)
Best of the Blogs
Bloggers Choice Awards 2009
Technorati Popular: Top 100 Blogs
Time Magazine's 25 Best blogs 2009
Blog search engines:
Technorati
Feedster
Blog Pulse
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