A Special Independence Day Review: The Portable Patriot by Joel J Miller and Kristen Parrish

The Portable Patriot coverUpon receipt of The Portable Patriot: Documents, Sermons and Speeches That Compose the American Soul, I was ready to look at history with a new perspective. You see social studies was an interesting concept for me at a very young age. It still is and being a first American born, learning about the struggle and victories of independent individuals as well as nations were captivating.

So the first thing I saw as I looked through the front cover were the cursive writings of familiar names like John Hancock, George Washington, John Adams, Ben Franklin and so on. There seems to be more than a dozen signatures here.

While I am aware that these names are the founding fathers of America, the works inside also comprised of their voices. You’ll see as America evolves from the beginning where it struggles with early rules towards a revolution where the fight begins and finally, a republic which endows upon the people a maturity in belief.

As I read through the collection each one by one, the one thing I noticed back then as it is today is the people of that time were no different from the people here in recent times. They complained about debts and taxes as much as we do now. Sermons from preachers that educate the mass on the current problem of the states were evident then as they are now. Angry speeches from rebels were prevalent and heard back then as they are now as well.

So what made the American people different to this very day?

It seemed to me that growth is an evolutionary process. Just like a nation who had to learn through slavery, laws and war, the final outcome was to achieve a freedom which defined an independence of a country. Most importantly, it defined the independence of the individual.

The editors of this book, Joel Miller and Kristen Parrish did a good job with organizing the times to capture the voices of three main categories – economy, belief and freedom. Through five stages of thought, you’re introduced to familiar and unfamiliar names who best provoke the ‘soul’ of those times. Thus, I had to put the book down on several occasions to silence the struggle which were emotionally displayed.

Overall, if history is something you appreciate, the compiled works which the editors have here is something worth picking up. It reflects upon an America from the heart of the people who build it. It also displays the pride and growth which comes from the importance of belief and freedom.

This book is a complimentary copy from Thomas Nelson Publishers. If you like what you’ve read, please support the authors by purchasing a copy.

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WWW or No WWW, Does it Matter and How You Can Set Your Permanent Site Structure

I’d like to make it as easy as possible when I’m typing in my URL. Thus, I leave out the www. It gets me there faster and at the same time gets the job done with half the effort.

So if your cache isn’t yet cleaned, of course you can pull it from your browser’s URL line with just a keyword and click. But I wonder, what’s the SEO effect or is there any advantage to having a shortened version of your URL instead of the long way with the www?

When I covered ways to convince someone there’s value with blogging, one of the shots I put up covered both aspects of the URL, with and without the www.

seeing the backlinks and blog rankFrom within SmartPageRank, you’ll notice that without the www, I had more backlinks. Then on the www side I also had some too. The thing is you don’t want to have both show up and ranked differently at the same time. You want them both to be synchronized. This eliminates any slap you may have to encounter from Google later on when your site does eventually have content flowing out of it.

So how do you go about putting the URLs together?

I was wondering the same thing, but that question was answered for me when I read Make Money Online. I’ve already reviewed the book so you might want to take a look at it to see how it can help you with your blogging.

I’ll just cover a part within where John Chow showed me how you can set the preferred domain to your site using Google Webmasters Tools.

The preferred domain is the one that you would like Google to use when the search engine indexes the pages on your website. Sometimes the preferred domain is also known as the canonical domain. By setting the preferred domain, you help Google to better understand your website. This will also help to more accurately determine PageRank for your blog, which will help you rank better in search engine results. p. 46

We’ll walk through it today so you can have an understanding of what’s involved. There will be a little bit of code insertion into your .htaccess file so you might want to back that up if you can using your favorite FTP program or within your dashboard in your web hosting account.

Besides that, the rest is easy gravy.

Get a Google Account

google account logoNow is a good time to sign up for a Google Account if you haven’t already done so. It’s absolutely FREE. There are many features which you can later use like Google Docs for writing your blog posts, Gmail for e-mail, Analytics to track your site’s traffic and anything you may want to use inside Google. The point is they will all require you sign in using this login information.

Once that’s done, make sure you edit your profile. Put in the necessary information which can help you speed up the process in other applications you will want to use later on. Then head on over to Google Webmasters Tools.

Here are the steps you have to do.

  • Click on Add a site …
  • Enter in your site’s URL with the www
  • Google will prompt you to insert a 1 line code on your site for verification
  • Copy/Paste that code before your footer
  • Go back and verify to make the magic happen
  • Enter in your sitemap location (use WordPress plugin Google XML Sitemap – this should generate one for you)

Once you have gone through the steps above, your site is officially enlisted in your managed URLs for Google Webmasters Tools. You’ll notice your favicon also shows up. That’s the small square button next to your URL. Just click on it and continue on to the next process.

Changing the Settings

You should be in the dashboard by now. Go to Site configuration -> Settings and from there you’ll see the option for Preferred domain. Choose the one you want – with or without www. I personally prefer the www but most of my backlinks are on the one without so this will clear up any confusion for Google to check with my www instead of the one without to properly rank me.

Below you can see exactly how the configuration process looks like. It’s very simple. Just choose and click!

how to change the preferred domain setting inside GWA

Redirect the URLs

Now you want all the visitors who are visiting your site to use the same domain name. You have to do something called a 301 redirect which I’ve mentioned previously requires a little code insertion into your .htaccess file.

Using an FTP program like FileZilla, you can edit the file directly. If you’re unsure how to use a program like this check within your web hosting account and see if there are any tutorials which will walk you through setting up a FTP connection to your blog. Consequently, you can also perform a search within and read further how you can input the required settings to get access.

Don’t worry, if all this is too complicated. Just go within your web hosting account and look for the the .htaccess file within your blog’s folder. For example:

This domain name is called bloggingfor.info.
So there's a folder within my account with the same name
but without the extention .info.
Therefore, I would go into bloggingfor
and look for my .htaccess file.

Back that up by copying it to a safe place on your hard drive. Now you’re going to make another copy of it and call it .htaccess2.

Depending on what you have set for your preferred domain, I’m going to assume you choose www just as I did. So you’re going open up the first copied .htaccess file from your hard drive with a text editor like notepad or an alternative.

Then you’re going to insert this code at the very end of your file:

RewriteEngine ON
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(.*)\.bloggingfor\.info$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.bloggingfor.info/$1 [R=301,L]

NOTICE this domain doesn’t have a DOT com. Instead it’s DOT info. You may have the same thing whether it’s DOT biz, DOT net and so on. Input the domain name accordingly. Save the file. Send it back to your domain name folder.

Remember you still have the backup sitting on your hard drive name .htaccess2 so if anything does go wrong. Just rename that file and send it back into your web hosting account.

Test Your URL

You want to make sure that what you’ve done actually worked. So the best way to check it is to type your domain name into the URL bar within your browser. Do it without the www. If it redirects you to one with www you’ve done the job. If it doesn’t, check to see if you’ve inserted the code right.

Here’s a text file of the 301 redirect code. Just copy and paste putting in your appropriate domain name.

I hope you’ve got something out of this tutorial because this is a crucial step towards getting your site properly ranked within Google. Also it helps to start somewhere if you’re going to be working with Google at some point.

Drop me a comment and let me know what you think!

To your blog’s new permanent name!

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How You Can Make, Expand and Install Your Own Shortened URL Service Right Onto Your Blog

Are you retweeting your old posts?

If this is a trend, I’ve begun to do a little bit of it myself. Reason being I saw it done on Twitter and considered it an effective way to bring some of the classic stuff back into the pool. If that’s ethical or not, I don’t seem to mind. There’s always room for reviving some good o’l ideas.

Now I’ve even thought about some of the better reasons why retweeting your old posts can be effective. Especially if getting traffic to your blog on a steady basis is your goal.

  1. It establishes content for new readers.
  2. Old readers may reconsider to subscribe via RSS or e-mail.
  3. A flux of new comments can be created.
  4. New possibilities for sharing content across social networks can be found.

While I have tried to stay true to the process. The reasons above seemed likely to be something which oftentimes happen unconsciously. The way it works also depends on your site’s ability to convert traffic well.

You’ll notice I’m always testing things around on this blog. If it’s doesn’t at least attract 1 comment a day, I move things around. Thus, I’m a serial tester when it comes to converting.

You just have to find out what works for you and build upon it daily.

Twitter’s Ideal Marketing Plan

As I reviewed John Chow’s Ultimate Blog Profit Model, there was an article he directed me towards his blog to prove his point that e-mail was the winner when it comes to making money online. In testing out e-mail vs blogging vs twitter, he mentioned that Twitter makes money well for one particular reason:

…the Twitter setup is ideally suited for affiliate marketers since all the URLs are cloaked behind a URL shorten service. You don’t really know if the link you’re clicking on is a normal link or an affiliate link.

Long story short, traffic is something which we all appreciate and Twitter does it well as it compresses the links for us to share. Thus, many of the tweets shoot out links from bit.ly, tinyurl or google’s own.

You can also use Ping.FM as a dashboard to broadcast messages across all your social networks. They too have their own URL shortening service. It seems overwhelming but there’s hundreds of services like these online with some that provides tracking, statistics, automatic shortening from your browser and IP logging of the overall click-thrus.

A list of the better sites include:

Below, Lifehacker ran a test to see which shortening service provided the fastest delivery and which should be reconsidered for it’s reliability of service online. The most popular services are going head to head yet there’s one absolute winner amongst them all, fb.me which is Facebook’s very own shortening service.

a chart of the fastest URL shorteners on the netHere’s also a list of other shortening services that can be found on the web. Overall, sites like these pop up all over the net every day. This list is provided for you courtesy of Long URL Please and keep in mind, there may be more now.

a list of shorten URL service courtesy of Long URL PleaseExploiting the Shortened URL

While not a lot of us think about what’s behind the URLs we click in Twitter every day, unconsciously without as a thought to what’s behind it, the threat isn’t huge. However, what if it is? Somewhere down the line when more and more folks begin to tweet, there will be more random acts of shortened link attacks.

Most of the time, I normally click on suggestions from those I follow, however there are a few exceptions which I do question every once in awhile. This led me to investigate further which services are available online to help me expand these cloaked links. Furthermore, you have the right to know what’s behind anything you click as well.

Let’s check out some of the ways our links can be exploited shall we?

These sites check your links and reveal for you what is the true link behind it. (courtesy of Free Nutz)

Also, if you’re using Mozilla Firefox, there’s good news. A couple of extensions are available which you can use in combination with the related services to expand the full URL for you.

  1. Bit.ly’s URLs are expanded with bit.ly preview
  2. Long URL Please used in conjunction with LongURLplease

The downside to using a third-party service is the URL shortening services are exactly like blogging on Blogger or WordPress. That is the URLs do not belong to you. It belongs to the site which hosts the shortened links for you. So if the service suddenly shuts down, you lose all your shortened links. This is bad in several ways:

  • Your links become dead.
  • You have to find another shortening service.
  • You’re losing out on affiliate promotions.

So what solutions are there which will allow us to take control of our own links? I’ve compiled a few services which I think you’ll find useful towards implementing your own cloaked links online.

Your Own Shortened URL

There are plugins and scripts which will allow you the freedom to create and make your own shortened URLs. They also come with tracking services that helps you keep afloat of what’s performing well and what’s not. This is great for cloaking affiliate links. No more long ugly links.

These tweaks are mainly geared towards installations of self-hosted WordPress platforms. A note of caution – I would steer away from dabbling with the programming part with the installation of scripts. If you’re not an experienced programmer, the plugins will do you just fine. They are:

I use Pretty Link myself on this blog. It’s FREE, easy and cloaks the long links on your blog using your URL as the base. Plus, you can see how many people are clicking through in the tracking section. So you see, this can be great for affiliate cloaking but most importantly, it’s a great way to dress up your internal links without a lot numbers and dashes falling all over the place. Thus, you get something like this:

 http://www.bloggingfor.info/clickme

La Petite URL is also another plugin which gets the job done. You won’t have to worry about losing the links unless your site goes down. So all the linking is done within your dashboard. I think that’s really sweet. In fact, the best part about this plugin is the link is so short, it comes out looking like:

http://exfu.ws/clickme

Overall, the advance stuff which I recommended you mess around with ONLY if you know programming for PHP, CSS or SQL is presented here last. Remember, you’ll have to do a little bit of code insertion into your .htaccess files in order for it to implement the script towards effectively shortening your URLs inside your blog. These scripts are:

Final Thoughts

I hope you found at least something worthwhile to implement into your usage of shortening URLs today. Whether that is making it, expanding it or even installing it on your blog, whatever you do, I recommend you install in on your blog using one of the plugins for now. Like I said, the script can render your blog unusable if you write the code in wrong. I wouldn’t mess with that for now unless you have your blog backed up.

With your own shortening URL service, you’re allowed the freedom to track, name and make links whenever you want without logging into multiple areas. All you have to do is go right into your wordpress dashboard and create away. Have a great day.

To your shortening success!

How often do you use shortened URLs? From outside or inside your blog?

Sources and Further Reading

URL Shortening Services: The Ultimate List
Twitter Search Adds “Expand” Option For Shortened URL
Long URL Please – See Where Short URLs are Forwarding
A Quick Look at URL Shortening Services and Extensions
Top 10 Sites That Will Expand Any Short URL
Host Your Own Short URLs

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Why I Write Long Blog Posts, Plans for a New eBook

If you’re a new reader here, you’ll notice that I tend to write long blog posts up to 1000+ characters. Here’s the thing, I don’t ramble for no apparent reason, in fact I let myself ramble for 3 reasons:

  1. to make sense of the things I’m learning
  2. what I’m currently thinking about
  3. what it is that is developing within my thoughts to make it flow

It eventually reaches a conclusion that completes a topic. This satisfies my hunger for the moment. Overall, it is a process which I go through to let myself explore the entire scope of a subject. And as I fill in the blanks which provokes incoming questions, I’ve noticed how it has evolved. Thus, this is something which I have been following closely for the last two months. Partly because it’s something which I plan to put into a new report to give away to you soon.

From Me to You

What I’ve discovered works for me can more or less be something that can work for anybody else. So if you’re into self-development or how-tos, you’ll notice that blogging is pretty much a persistent endeavor that requires your attention much like anything you try to do.

It is one of which with consistent efforts will provide you with plenty to write about. So you won’t have to worry about blogger’s block. The first step is acknowledging that blogger inside of you. Thus, I’m not going to talk about a formula which you plug in and play with.

a man with question markEveryone is designed differently. So there aren’t any rules to what I’m actually going to give you. Instead you’ll get exercises and tests which you should run through to better understand who and what it is you are capable of talking about online. Consistently.

Think of it as a mini-workbook which you can assess your skills with. So while the ebook for the moment is about a third of the way through, I’m disclosing it now because it’s something I want to share and be honest with in the blogosphere. There’s absolutely no marketing done on it for the moment so it’ll remain in-house for now.

Also with the overall skeleton laid out, it’s still too early for the draft to be presented here.

Instead, I’ll just share a brief outline of what the ebook will cover.

  • What You’re Already Doing
  • Building Your Content
  • Handling Distractions
  • Establishing Your Writing
  • Your First Audience
  • Building Your Flagship
  • Checking For Growth Consistently

Is this something you would like to read about?

While there are many reports which explains for you the scope of blogging and it’s relations to making money online, the truth is the process which sounds so simple isn’t as easy as one would think. I plan to keep it ridiculously simple here. At least to start with.

I want you to take action and that’s something which we all can agree we don’t do much of at times. Even when we want to, we ourselves are more likely to stop before there are any effective results. Surrounded by other responsibilities in our lives, our immediate value is taken for granted everyday.

a blank ebook cover

How many times have you said you’ll do this or that?
How many years have actually flown by and you’ve accomplished any of it?

While this conundrum is something we often hear someone trying to ingrain in us to buy, it’s also relatively true towards building our sense of responsibility in life.

This is true with blogging as well. For one, it’s part of the virtual real estate of the future. Everyone’s going to want a part of their own property online. So you’re going to have to learn how to get a part of your share and build it up before it gets too crowded.

Don’t you think you deserve to at least try?

Whether it’s starting out with your own unique domain name, a specific site about a certain topic you’re passionate about or even a social forum to mingle on, the scope of a blogger who’s starting out is endless. But you should know this – keep building your online assets because there’s absolutely value online, YOU.

Value is a two-way street

two hands gives high fivesValue doesn’t go one way, it’s two way. The site owner and the reader must contribute. Without much else to the conversation, your asset falls. Now, I don’t like talking from a monetary aspect because it brings in egocentric thinking and the level of conversation becomes less neutral.

But I found there’s something that keeps me interested in talking and commenting away – heart. Many bloggers online call this passion but honestly passion can eat at you night and day, stealing away hours and hours of your time into obsession. With heart you’re keeping a purpose in mind. Whether that’s you, your family or even your audience will depend on each individual’s needs.

John Chow calls this the business of using people. Thus, who you know can make you a million dollars. That’s kind of harsh to see it in that way but it’s the truth. Sometimes, those you know can end up being a business partner which you can work with. So build as much relationships as you can.

You’ll never know who you’re going to work with.

Get Serious About Blogging

You’re most likely better off not making a blog if you are lazy to write.  That alone there means, you have to be serious about getting seen, heard and talked about! The downside is the rewards comes in spurts so it’s unpredictable but you can make it consistent. You just have to figure out how. Thus, the workbook I’ll release will be something which can help you unravel the process which works for you. Best of all, it’s FREE!

As I finish up the final touches you’ll be announced of how you can get dibs on it.

You see I don’t follow the title, main topic, supporting body paragraphs and closing the article formulated steps. As I said, I won’t be giving you a formula. Thus, the workbook is the same way. It’s organized enough to walk you through the process but each chapter can be read on it’s own.

Plus, you’ll notice that there’s a flow which I tend to write freely with and then the topic will be broken down into chunks and finally, refined through filling in any questionable blanks. I tend to ask myself what are you thinking? at this point.

Now, that may be strange to ask who my audience is at the end but it first starts with you cranking out those thoughts. Yes, it absolutely starts with what you’re thinking. Then you refine it to make it speak to your audience. Thus, you can include decorating your posts with pictures too if you want.

Overall, I hope you’re excited as I am about this upcoming work. I’ll announce the latest updates again when it’s about time for the release. Keep in touch through Twitter and thanks for hanging out!

What do you think, would you read my ebook?

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This Month in Review PLUS How You Can Simply Generate Some Traffic To Your New Blog Posts

This post is going to be rather long but it will convey for you some of the overall progress which enabled me to simply generate traffic to my daily posts this month overall. You might want to sit tight, grab a drink and tell me what you think. :)

Just recently I went to check my feedburner’s stats. I’m happy to say that I’ve jumped up at least 150% since last month.

Thu Nguyen Feedburner's StatsThat all goes to the strategies which I’ve been implementing in convincing my husband this blog actually has value. Not only that, I’ve done a series of reviews for high profiled bloggers who are currently promoting products around the blogosphere.

Here’s the roundup.

What Did I Learn From Writing These Reviews?

Writing Down NotesYou got to announce what it is you’re reviewing so that the bloggers who you’re directing your posts to are aware of it. I do that by logging onto Twitter to alert these individuals when I’m going to go into depth with something of theirs. Thus, doing this displays your code of integrity and it is something which allows your subject to get a heads up on a few things:

  1. who’s promoting free publicity for them
  2. an outsider’s view into how their work is providing value (free survey)

You want to continue building this relationship process. So the way I did that was by going to each individual blogger’s site and converse with them on their recent posts. Along the way, I mentioned that I’ll be doing a review about them. This raises their attention and in turn puts me on the spot to take action on my words.

So as you write your review, keep in mind, your subjects might be coming over to take a peek. They’ll look at your blog’s overall design, topic and about page. Try your best to display who you are as an individual. Reveal your best traits as possible to new readers who will come by and try to be as creative as you can without going too overboard.

That’s a whole lot to say and it doesn’t mean you have to kiss a**. Think of it as a guest to your home. Who are you? Why do you suddenly want their attention? Are you doing it for SEO purposes or providing valuable content?

This goes back to the post I did on SEO versus valued traits. It raised some twitter followers naturally because if you’re featuring bloggers, they will thank you and retweet your content. Not only that, it’s also a nice gesture which allows them to acknowledge their presence in the blogosphere.

This is my alternative to requesting interviews which is a process that takes longer.

So while this method only provided a couple of handfuls who responded, those who came through this way showed me gratitude works. This is something which I build credibility upon. How aware of a blogger is and in how they respond to their readers who think about them, is something I take into consideration to continue following long-term.

That’s something you should ask yourself as well.

Is the Blogger You’re Talking About Aware of Your Gratitude?

Two hands shakingNobody likes the silent treatment. However, that’s something that happens a lot in the blogosphere. When your presence gets more and more elevated online, you no longer have time to respond to the hundreds and thousands of responses which you receive. Understandable.

But take into consideration of the pings. Those are areas which few take out the time to acknowledge the gratitude for those who links back to them. Plus, it’s another way of sending out your thank you cards – blogging style.

When this happens, you know that what you’re writing about is of considerable value and most of the time comments are so loaded that the less cluttered area is neglected. Thus, I always look at who’s linking to a blogger’s content.

This is my favorite place to see who’s digging who. It’s also something which tells me if the blogger is stepping out into the blogosphere to make conversations or are they just staying inside their own domain. Seeing it from this perspective can change the way you backlink.

So the next time you comment, if it’s too crowded, try making a post that will link to it. That’s if it’s relevant to your topic. If you brainstorm a bit, you’ll find that it’s quite possible. Thus, a brief mention of your thoughts reverting back to the original post is all it takes. Believe me, a blogger will notice and whether they respond or not to it will confirm for you, they know who you are.

Now this isn’t always the case the first time around. Sometimes it takes more than once for them to notice you. I’m not saying you should throw your poms poms in their face but continue the process of building your relationship with them.

When they do notice you, be ready to get loaded with valuable comments which you can converse with. It’s a circle of actions that comes back around. So be optimistic and be prepared.

Try Something New

Empowering People with Disabilities PosterI did something the other day. I decided to blog about a new topic besides the blogging subject. So I supported a cause on Bloggers Unite. When you sign up, you get yourself listed among many other bloggers and your post is added to a recent queue of contributions for a cause online. As new members join, they will either click to read your new post or preview to get an idea of how to write for the cause.

So I picked a date and decided I want to write about empowering people with disability. This became personal in nature but I went for it and stepped out of my own skin to change the waters. It helped. It was also advantageous in another way.

The topics were already presented for you to contribute. So there is no right or wrong in writing about a certain cause. Either you’re in or out. All you have to do is try your best and tell your story. That’s no biggie. Just add your flair for making the topic relevant to your blogging endeavor. Think creative writing 101!

Take Note of Your Scattered Interests

Early in the month I made other posts on filesharing, Facebook, Kiyosaki’s seminar, news and reflections. As they went out, they also became great case studies in seeing how many click-thrus were accomplished. Keep in mind, I am interested in these topics and I will further explore them in the upcoming months. But all of this was possible through a result of one thing – commenting on other blogs.

When you know what topics resonates with the blogosphere, it will allow you to dive in passionately in a genuine way. So while this month pertained to a lot of giving, quite frankly it was the same with receiving. The endless pursuit of topic ideas reached a climax and all in all, it’s been a good month. :)

Final Lessons on Getting Traffic to Your Blog

The things which I’ve learned and the people I’ve build relationships with brought to my mind one important concept:

Bloggers appreciate it when you do SELFLESS advertising for them.

OK, I’ll restate that and say any advertising done is appreciated. This month’s overall spurt in traffic comes from balancing the ups and downs which allowed me to take into consideration future topics for blogging effectively.

If you haven’t written a review for something you’ve gotten FREE yet, they can be effective in a couple of ways:

  • you’re learning something new
  • you’re putting into action what you’ve learned
  • you’re building upon topics which will further lead you to investigate into specific areas of interest, thus this will build new follow up posts to write about
  • you’re getting heard

So while this is all happening, teaching it to your readers is something which you should strive to accomplish everyday. You writing style will depend on who reads it too.

When you determine what are the types of posts which your readers want, that will help bring you one step closer to simplifying your blogging process. However, let’s be real. Some of your best efforts are still untouched by the blogosphere. You can’t satisfied the mass out there but here’s one thing you can keep doing – blog. Blog, blog, blog away. Blog until you you get it straight!

Keep At It, You ARE Valuable

Ring around a person 3DFor me, I tend to write long posts and I know that some readers are not attracted to this concept. However, it’s the best way for me to convey all aspects of a situation for readers new and old who don’t mind the process. I’m not going to strip myself low for profits and I will continue to write the same way even if there’s no profit.

This just goes to show that you should stick to your guns and hone your voice. Don’t listen to what other bloggers thinks about your overall presentation. You can’t satisfy everyone and that’s alright.

This type of attitude is something I’ve noticed in Yaro Starak, John Chow, David Risley and so on. The type of answers you want when you’re blogging after a month long of throwing things out there is something which time can only tell.

So here’s to a new month in transit and much blessings for you all in blogging effectively.

What are some of your simple ways for generating traffic to blog posts?

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