Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 |
Marty Weintraub from Aimclear
Blog wrote a very personal post
the other day about his battle with Lymphoma, a form of Cancer. Thank Goodness
Marty is in remission, but in his post he shares with us an email that he wrote
to his friends and family the day he found out he had Cancer.
I was especially touched by Marty’s post as I lost someone very close
to me to Cancer about 14 months ago. This person was like a second mother to
me and not a day goes past that I don’t think of her. I watched her battle
cancer the entire 8 years that I knew her, but unfortunately, she lost her battle
with Cancer.
Marty, The Super-Blogger, is using his Blogging Powers for
Good and Not Evil!! He is passing the word about Internet
Marketers of New York Charity Party sponsored by Best of The Web.
Many of you SEOers will be in New York City for the SMX
Social Media Expo and you have been invited to attend this Charity
Bash on October, 15th. Simply, donate $40 at the door to help the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society fight cancer and enjoy three hours of open bar partying with
fellow social internet marketers.
Click here
to get more information on the Internet Marketers of New York Charity Party
Tagged: Tanner
Christensen, Liz
Strauss, Mark
Laymon
Posted in Memes, Blogging, SEO, Social Media | 2 Comments »
Sunday, October 7th, 2007 |
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.
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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
Posted in Memes, Blogging, Marketing, Networking, SEO | 1 Comment »
