MindMap Linking Weekend: 15 September, 2007

15 Sep

Posted by YC as Blogging, Announcements, Make Money Online, Internet Marketing

Another lazy weekend for everyone. But weekends are ideal to get some more work done. To get yourself out of the races and provide further ideas on various make money online related areas, here are some recent blog posts which are worth a read:

If you find yourself in a rut and inspiration drying up, find out from Susan how you can Re-energize Your Blogging Spirit.

Being a new blog, I have been worried and restricted in trying out many monetising methods due to not having any PageRank as yet. However, John from SiteFever constantly reminds me how it is not the only yardstick by which a blog is measured and Don’t Wait For PageRank To Make Your Blog Successful.

Working from home has its benefits and certainly many people aspire to it. However, it can sometimes interfere with being disciplined and achieving your goals. Home with Heather has written a useful article not just for the work-at-home community, but every individual. She asks in Part 2 of Are You On Target To Reach Your Goals? Creating A Daily Action Plan To Help.

Problogger provides new bloggers with a few concepts and pointers on how to Drive Traffic To Your Blog.

Matt from Blogging Fingers always provides an individualistic and original twist in his content. In Why This Post Is Not About 45n5’s Top 100 List, he suggests how to think out of the box when blogging about topical issues in the blogosphere.

StumbleUpon really does help to generate traffic, and Dana from DW Web Solutions has compiled a personal list of Top 10 Blog Posts That Guarantees Stumbles. Now go find out how you can attract more readership from SU!

Shaun has again written a semi-thesis, albeit a very readable one, on The Balancing Act of Blogging. What should you focus on, how to do it and what you should still pay attention to.

If you are wondering how to plan and strategise a multi-part post series to build traffic and readership, look no further than Sarah’s Tips On Gaining Page Views And Returning Visitors Using Post Series at bluejar.com.

Have fun this weekend - I know I will, with the return of the English Premier League and Rugby World Cup matches!

6 Responses

Heather Masson

September 15th, 2007 at 2:00 am
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Thank you for the mention. I think Goal setting and prioritizing are something that everyone struggles with. When you work from home it’s easy for people to think you’re not really working and try to call you away from your schedule.

It’s something I will continue to battle and have to be very disciplined about. :)
Dana Wallert

September 15th, 2007 at 2:11 am
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Thanks YC! I’m actually spending this weekend creating a new blog! I just wrote a post about it tonight. I’ve been blogging way too much about blogging on my website design blog…so I decided to start another one devoted to blogging :) I’ll let you know when I’m finished with it…maybe you’d like to guest on it?!
Susan Suarez

September 15th, 2007 at 4:25 am
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Thanks for the mention! I’m going to take a break this weekend…maybe take a short drive down to the Wild Animal Park or Sea World. I need to get outdoors! :D Have a great weekend!
GnomeyNewt

September 15th, 2007 at 7:44 am
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Thanks YC for the link love! I think we read the same blogs :c).
Matt Jones

September 15th, 2007 at 10:35 am
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Thanks for the link and the kind words! :)
YC

September 15th, 2007 at 11:45 am
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@ Heather - right on! Nobody at home’s taking me seriously when I said I’m doing this full tilt! ;)

@ Dana - Just checked out your new post and I’m definitely looking fwd to the new blog - and well, yeah check back a coupla weeks down the road and see if I am still guest blogger quality ;)

@ Susan - Sounds like fun - not much of an outdoors here or maybe I’m just the jaded Singaporean. Have a great weekend!

@GnomeyNewt - I find the community quite tight, really. And it’s all good!

@ Matt - No worries - I love the way you put real personality in your posts!