Here's #9 in the list of the ten biggest issues/concepts/thoughts at Free Money Finance during the previous year: Blogging.
I didn't write a tremendous amount about blogging during the year because:
- This is a money site and readers (usually) don't come here to read about blogging
- I didn't have much to say about it.
- I don't know much about the subject.
But I did write a couple of pieces that made a fairly big impact, so I listed this topic as #9 for 2005.
The first "splash" was a post I wrote on blog carnivals titled Best Practices for Driving Traffic with Blog Carnivals. It was one I worked on quite a bit and it got me several links from many prominent sites (which drove a good bit of traffic). The post itself needs to be updated as the advice isn't spot on any more, but it does have enough good tips to still make it a worthwhile read if you're interested in blog carnivals.
The second piece is actually a series and it's one I started at the end of the year. The title is How to Get Your Blog to 100,000 Visitors and Beyond and it details the steps I took to get up to and passed 100,000 visitors at this blog. I think it has potential to be one of my greatest pieces ever as it will help many people who are starting blogs and want to get traffic for them. So far, I've posted five steps (and there are probably 15 more to come).
Comments