Blog Improvement “To-Do” List Meme
I was tagged by Rob Watts of Yack Yack SEO for a Blog Improvement Meme. I was actually tagged more than a week ago and put off blogging about it. Not that I don’t want to participate… I do. I love that Rob tagged me…. Memes can be a lot of fun. But, Blog improvement can be a lot of work…. so much so that many Bloggers, me included, put it off. When you put something in writing, like a blog improvement, you have acknowledged a need for change and made it aware to others…. which means that people will remind you until the improvement is done.
I was actually tagged for my Preschool Education Blog, but I felt that this Work at Home Blog fits the SEO niche of Rob’s Blog a bit more. So, let’s get started. I’m going to call it my Blog Improvement “To-Do” List. This Blog is only a week old, but don’t let the newness of this site fool ya… this site needs a lot of work. I made the decision to put the Blog online before I had done much to it. |
Blog Improvement “To-Do” List
Tweaking my Layout
- I need to figure out how I would like my Blog to look. I’m not thrilled
with the color. Other than my Work at Home header I haven’t done a thing
to the colors on this Blog. I need to figure out what colors work well together.
I love bright colors, but I also like the look of a clean white site. So,
I need to come up with how I ultimately want my Blog to look.
- As far as the sidebar goes I think I want just the bare minimum there. I actually don’t mind what is there now and I might keep it like that…. other than the color. I hate baby blue. The baby blue has got to go!! I do plan on adding a list of my favorite Blogs to the sidebar. I will work on that this week.
Advertisements
I haven’t thought about this yet. I would like to have some advertisements on the sidebar, but I haven’t even looked into what advertisements I want there. I am more concerned about finishing tweaking the site and getting posts up at this point. Eventually, I will start putting up a few small advertisements.
Marketing my Blog
Even though All Work At Home Ideas has been around for years this Blog is brand new and I need to market this Blog the same way I would a new site.
- Join Networks in the Work at Home Niche.
- Participate in Comments – I don’t do this enough,
but I need to start. I love networking with other Bloggers, but for some reason
I fall short when it comes to commenting on other Blogs. I will make a point
to start doing this.
- Submit to Blog Directories – I believe most Blog Directories you need to have around 5 or more posts in order to submit, so I should be able to start submitting to the Blog Directories later this week.
There is probably so much more that I need to do, but this is a start and it will keep me busy for a while.
Thank you Rob for tagging me to this Blog Improvement Meme. Putting these improvements in writing is a reminder of what I need to do… and sometimes even I need a good kick in the butt to get motivated.
Since this is a Meme I need to tag a few Bloggers. So, I will be tagging Matt Keegan, Jeff Quipp, TappingCreativity, Mark Laymon , Brian Wallace
Stumble it!
2 Responses to “Blog Improvement “To-Do” List Meme”
By rob on Oct 11, 2007 | Reply
Hey Shana, good job - I didnt see this post on my radar! Thanks for participating in the meme.
When I tagged you I don’t think I was aware of the existence of this blog, hence the tag for the other…anyways.
I kinda like the layout you have here already, you can sometimes make changes simply for the sake of them, which isn’t really a good thing.
I think you’ll agree that blogging can be an evolving process whereby you learn about what works and what doesn’t. Be it content or layout wise.
The main thing is to keep having fun with it, not expect too much out of it and ejoy anything that accrues as a result, keep at it