First week and going strong I thought I’ll do a little time line of where I am at the moment, just to let you know what it is that I have done and how I went about taking action.
There’s going to be a bit of copy and paste below just so I can indicate points where I got inspired. This will stand as a reference for future updates as well. We’ll start with the e-mails and towards purchasing the program, study habits, finding a web host, domain and finally the blogging process.
Timeline Starts
Feb. 24
- Subscribed to Yaro’s Blog Tips newsletter from his blog
- Downloaded Blog Profits Blueprint
- Subscribed to Become A Blogger
- Downloaded The Roadmap to Become A Blogger
Feb. 25
- How to choose the right blog topic – 1st e-mail
“Sometimes no amount of research, self reflection, internal or external analysis will give you an answer. Only the MARKET can give you a definite result. You have to set a blog up and just start writing and see what happens. You can always make adjustments as you go along.”
Mar. 2
- How I made my first $100 online – 2nd e-mail
If you don’t meet your first goal, and making that first $100 is definitely a big achievement for someone new to online business, it can be difficult to stay on track.
- More interesting points …
Blogging can take a WHILE to make good money, especially if you’re building an authority blog.
In short, you need to consistently produce great content and market your blog to build it into something stable. That takes time.
Mar. 4
- How to get more blog comments – 3rd e-mail
If no one is reading your blog then no one will leave comments either. Simply posting great articles to your blog is not enough – you have to *market* your blog to bring people to it.
Remember, comments on your blog are very important, take the time to respond to them.
Mar. 5
- direct download for my subscribers (that’s you) – 4th e-mail
- Membership Mastermind ‘opens next Tuesday the 9th of March‘
Mar. 8
- Subscribed to Membership Site Tips newsletter
Mar. 11
- How to find blog topics that make money – 5th e-mail
If you still have not committed to a topic for your blog or you are worried that you won’t be able to turn a profit from what you are writing about, I have a blog post that you need to read.
Mar. 18
- How to build a popular blog – 6th e-mail
You won’t have a marketing budget or the benefits of a public relations officer drumming up free publicity for you. You have to do all this for yourself. You wear all the hats for your blog – author, publisher, marketer and public relations.
The first step to build blog traffic is accepting the fact that you will have to *work* for your traffic. No one is going to do it for you. No one is going to help you. Your blog is your baby and you are a single parent, solely responsible for its growth.
I tell my blogging students not to bother looking for traffic in the first month of blogging. Your blog may be online, but it’s better if people don’t know about it until you get something there worth reading. Once the content is in place and you finish all the pre-launch activities, then you can officially “launch” and get the word out about your blog.
Mar. 21
- How to gain access to top affiliates – 7th e-mail
People come to me complaining that there is an “inner circle” of top affiliates who only promote other top affiliates who are in the “circle”.
The inner circle exists because in order to earn the benefit of having top partners promote your products and content, there needs to be a reason why.
Mar. 25
- How to get a good blog theme design – 8th e-mail
- Affiliate Theme Review
- Thesis Theme Review
Apr. 2
- Joined Blog Mastermind program
- Received Lesson 1 – Let’s Start Blogging!
- Received Advanced Lesson 1 – Secrets of Social Bookmarking by Daniel Scocco
Apr. 3
- Uploaded audios from Blog Mastermind program into portable iPod.
- Listened to Master the Mindset (MtM) audios at work.
- Took notes on MtM 1st audio – the 80/20 rule.
Apr. 4
- Took notes on MtM 2nd audio – taking action and establishing a vision.
- Signed up with web host BlueHost.
- Yaro suggested DreamHost and Hostgator but I found BlueHost a better fit.
- The package included a FREE domain and I named it BookmarkLove – Giving Love to Life Online.
- Installed WordPress 2.9.2 stable version. Theme is Modern Style.
- Wrote first post – Asia’s Sweet Cure to Ice
- Joined AddThis as bookmarklove
Apr. 5
- Wrote 2nd post – My Top 12 WordPress Plug-ins
- Took notes on MtM 3rd audio – information overload.
- Joined BlueHost affiliate program as booklove
- Joined Twitter as bookmarklove
- Joined Amazon Associates program as booklove
- Commented on Site Sketch 101 – The 15 Best WordPress Plugins to Use in 2010
- Commented on Solostream – Top 10 WordPress Plugins 2010
Apr. 6
- Wrote 3rd post – The Metaphysics of Relationships
- Listened to MtM 4th audio – handling technical difficulties
- Joined StumbleUpon as bookmarklove
Apr. 7
- Decided to move the blog over to bookmarklove.com/blog
- Check it out HERE, it still retains the first post from Apr. 4.
- Wrote 4th post – Power is Greater in Numbers.
- Went back to review Blog Profits Blueprint, took notes
- Listened to MtM 5th audio – choosing a blog platform
- Started Blog Profits as a sub-domain at bookmarklove.com/blogprofits
- Installed WordPress, choose Astra theme
- Wrote 1st post on Blog Profits – How Blog Profits Blueprint Got Me
- Wrote 2nd post on Blog Profits – Top 10 Tips for Writing An Article
- Joined ClickBank as bmlove
- Joined Yaro Starak’s affiliate program
Apr. 8
- Wrote 5th post on Bookmark Love – How to Keep A Vision From Fading
- Listened to MtM 6th audio – pillar content
- Wrote 3nd post on Blog Profits – Using Pillar Concepts For Great Content
- Listened to random interview on ipod with Brian Clark from Copyblogger on copywriting
- Bought Timothy Ferriss The 4 Hour Workweek, Richard Koch The 80/20 Principle
Apr. 9
- Wrote 4th post on Blog Profits – Gear 20% of Your Efforts For Success
- Received Lesson 2 – Blog Foundations, took notes
- Received Advanced Lesson 2 – How to use Google Image Search to Build Traffic by Alborz Fallah
- Reviewed Lesson 1 and took more notes
- Listened to MtM 7th audio – marketing your blog
- Joined Twitter as bprofits
Apr. 10
- Wrote 5th post on Blog Profits – Pierce Through Your Visions & Claim It
- Listened to random podcasts from Yaro’s blog
- Tweaked around with Blog Profits settings
Apr. 11
- Wrote 6th post on Blog Profits – Rich Schefren’s Internet Business Manifesto Rocks Like Yaro’s
- Wrote 6th post on Bookmark Love – Shame Can Do You Good
- Reviewed and listened to Blog Mastermind lessons 1 + 2 audios
- Happy Anniversary to us! – My relationship turned it’s 3rd year and 2nd month.
Apr. 12
- Wrote 7th post on Blog Profits – Tips For Managing Information Overload
- Joined Digg as bprofits.
- First 7 followers on Twitter.
Apr. 13
- Wrote 8th post on Blog Profits – How Do You Know When It’s Time?
- Tweet and shared myself as the musician on soundclick, listen here
- RSS subscription is at 6 readers and over 90+ followers on Twitter!
Apr. 14 – Today
Blog Profits first week online. So as you can see, I have been blogging ever since. And yes, there are two blogs I manage but with studies being priority over play, the main site exists as an index to all the sub-domains. More rambling than specifics. How that will be is still early to tell.
Have you documented your blogging process? How did you do? Were there are noticeable changes?
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