Hello!

Well, first things first. You know some days come along and you do everything you are supposed to, and your To Do list looks the same as your Did Today list (plus a bit more, because I am a girlie swat). I had one of those yesterday. So today I bounced out of bed, thinking I could do the same today, and that perhaps I am actually becoming one of those wonderwomen that can do everything all the time!

Ooooooooh NO! Sadly, today has not been one of those days. Today was a day that I failed to get a grip on. I have done some work – I have made some progress, but with none of the smugness of yesterday. There are still things that I could have done and perhaps should have done but didn’t. Anyway, that is enough introspection, now time for the useful stuff.

I have wandered round quite a few blogs, and I have discovered a few things I really don’t like. Firstly, I don’t like being lectured to so I want to say sorry, if anyone has felt that I have done that. Secondly, I really do like pictures, especially bright ones!

 I was really pleased to find this blog because this man, he has done a list of tips for bloggers, and I thought it was really very good – tips for bloggers. His name is Chris Brogan, he has a lot of experience writing blogs, and I felt he could give some good advice.

Now traffic. The thing about traffic is that you need to be able to measure it. You need your google analytics to work. Mine doesn’t, I don’t think.

I have got a traffic tip for you though. There is a company called Hits2U.comand they give you seven days free traffic, if you recommend three people though, that changes to 365 days free traffic! Cool! As is usual with these things, you can pay and then you get more exposure, but you don’t have to. I have signed up with them, I will let you know how it goes (if I can get GoogleAnalyzer to work that is!)

Another way of getting the word out about yourself and your site or blog or whatever, is to go on forums. There are many about, and you can usually put your blog or site or both in the signature box. So then if you keep at it you will get known for giving good advice. Like a blog, your reply will be there for a long time, so it can be clicked on and you can get traffic from it for a long time.

Right I am off now, going to twitter and do a few other bits and pieces.

You can follow me on twitter here: http://twitter.com/Gale10

I look forward to hearing from you all,

Best wishes,

Ruth

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