Jan 13 2010

Ideas for growing your blog readers

Category: Blogging tips, Quick wins — Sarah Arrow @ 7:42 pm

I have been busy launching my first collaborative blog – Birds on the Blog and I have been fortunate enough to chat on twitter with other bloggers launching theirs at the same time. Birds has done very well, 3000 page views in the first week and heading that way for the second week too :-) I am also blessed with bloggers who produce their drafts in time – maybe it’s because they are female ;-)

Talking  with each other about what they are doing has been very productive. What is interesting is we have the same ‘problems’ regarding multi author blogs, similar ideas…

… and we all have grand plans :-)

@TweetsBySkeet is the first to launch a competition on his blog – Top 10 Takeaways an no, it’s not about food takeaways…

Doug is offering the opportunity to become a sponsor of the blog by leaving a comment :) simple and effective.

For the SME that wins, that is a lot of page views and brand recognition for you, so go on over and make a comment, and make it a sensible one at that ;-)

If you market events then it’s a site worth keeping your eye on, and you can do this easily by becoming a Facebook fan. You can do this by clicking the link on the blog.

Good luck

Sarah

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Jan 07 2010

Gravatar, what is and should I use one?

Category: Blogging tips, Quick wins — Sarah Arrow @ 1:16 pm

When you have a Gravatar account, your image is linked to your email account. This means wherever you comment on the web, if Gravatar is enabled, your image will appear next to your comment :-) Gravatar is a great word meaning Globally Recognised Avatar.

This means you can scan a blog, see a familiar face make a comment and stop to read it. It helps people get to know you and your brand across the web. It helps you recognise people in the blogs community and get to know them.

Attaching your image to your email is dead easy.

Click the link and add your email address that you use for making comments http://en.gravatar.com/site/signup/

then an email will be sent to you to activate your account. Click the link in the email.

You will then be asked for a user name and a password, choose wisely your user name – it’s going to be with you a long time!

Upload an image from your PC or choose to add an image of you from the web (Quick Note how to add web image – right click the image, click properties and a grey box appears, use the image location URL.)

You can then crop the image so it fits the box and then when you click crop and finish, you will be asked to rate your image.

Unless you have upload a naughty or graphically violent pic, I suggest you use a G rating, which signifies for general use.

Thats it, all done :-)

Next time you comment on this blog, your image will appear next to your comment :-) it also works on all other WordPress blogs and other Gravatar activated forums.

Let me know how you get on :-)

Sarah

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