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More From Digital Parents Conference

April 20, 2012 By Learntoblog Leave a Comment

Yesterday I wrote (finally) about What Did I Learn From Digital Parents Conference, with the promise that I would continue today! I have been so busy trying to keep the kids cool…and stopping them from being in each others faces…by sitting at the pool nearly all day – yet a promise is a promise.

More From Digital Parents Conference

As soon as Working With Brands talk was finished there was Blog To Business. I so wanted to hear the “writing workshop” and the “Blog Coaching Boost” sections but I couldnt spilt myself in two! I reckon that there needs to be a way to hear all of the talks from the day

How To Tell Your Ready For A Paid Blog

March 8, 2012 By Learntoblog 1 Comment

When I started blogging (over four years ago) I had no idea what I was doing. First I started with Blogger and then moved over to a free wordpress blog. Once I started blogging with UWC Blog it soon become clear that I had outgrown the free blog platform

How To Tell Your Ready For A Paid Blog

Actually I didn’t realise that I was that far advanced for a Paid blog. Joining Sean Rasmussen Forum and receiving lots of support, guidance and honest feedback lead them to suggesting that instead of a free blog I should register my domain name and pay for hosting.

It was so good to practice with a free blog as I was able to make mistakes, learn from them, and move on without wasting money!

I have never been so scared in all of my life – I did not realise that I was ready to take the next step – and if I was honest I didn’t want to take such a big jump on over.

When Will Companies Get What Bloggers Can Do

January 26, 2012 By Learntoblog 3 Comments

I am sitting here in Melbourne airport waiting for my Brothers to arrive so that I can get a lift with them to where we all are staying. I am sitting here and I am wondering when will be big brand companies, little business and the companies that need to get their name out there – when will you realise what bloggers can do for the business?

When Will Companies Get What Bloggers Can Do?

If you were a company think about how much money you spend on advertising – do you pay month after month for fees on advertising – so that someone can find you? What about if a blogger contacted you and asked to help promote your business through a community of like minded people so that others can find you? What would you pay then?

Here’s the thing – I don’t want your money to promote you. I won’t cost you a dime (dollars, buck, notes, moolah or what ever you call it!!) All I want is to help you. In exchange I will use your services so that I can form an opinion, share that opinion and then ask my online friends to also share that information.

Can You Improve Your Blog In 31 Days

November 21, 2011 By Learntoblog 9 Comments

Is it possible to improve your blog stats at all? Is it possible that you can look at what you are doing with your blog, and work out how to make it better? Sure you are doing what you know, and doing what you love, but is your blog achieving the results you are after?

Can You Do Better On Your Blog?

After learning as much as I could at Problogger event in Melbourne, I decided that I needed to make sure all of my blogs were set up in a way that was getting the results that I was after. But did I even know what results I was looking for? I thought so – until I read the ebook “31 days to build a Better Blog” by problogger Darren Rowse. Actually that ebook sure has opened my eyes up – I have learnt that I am doing mostly what the ebook teaches…but there is also some things that I could do even better!

What Would You Do To Increase Your Traffic?

November 7, 2011 By Learntoblog 2 Comments

Bloggers are dime a dozen, and there is many online! So why would I find your blog, and what are you going to do to keep me reading? Lately I have been blown away with how many bloggers are so successful online, but they don’t even know what they are doing…they don’t know about how to set up a blog the right way, nor do they know about Keyword Research, so why are they so successful, and why do there visitors grow in such huge numbers?

What Would You Do To Increase Your Traffic?

What would you do to increase your traffic to your blog site? Would you like to know what I do for New Life on the Road to jump so high with its stats?

Well that’s easy….I sell my soul to the devil….NO I am only kidding!! But I do put in time for my blog to work! That is the number one key for success – Time. But its not the only one

There are many other ways to increase your traffic. There are many other ways to make money from blogging – and its not illegal nor is it dangerous to your health. What you need to do is find your formula, and work out what works for you! Be true to yourself, and find out who you are.

Have you heard the saying “Find your Passion, and the money will follow”?

Well a bit of that statement is true. The other part (that most people forget to mention) is that you need to put time into your passion. So if you are blogging, from the heart, then you need to be regular.

Here are 7 Easy Steps that you need to increase your Traffic

Be true. Be who you are. Write like you talk.
Find out what you talk about the most.
Find a Domain name for your blog that will reflect your topic that you are going to blog about – relate your title of your blog to your topic.
Put yourself out there! No one is going to stand on Wall Street and shout out your name – you need to find ways to promote your blog – be it with Group Writing Projects, Guest Blog Posts, Free Competitions, Link Exchanges, Writing Regularly, Newsletter, Forum, Social Media Sites….there is so much more about how to grow your traffic
Follow a blogging program that works – stop asking questions, and just listen to the person who has walked the walk, talked the talk….and put it all into place! A bit like if the person ask you jumped, you ask how high!
Connect with other bloggers who are also blogging about what you blogging about. For example, travel bloggers will help out each other, promote each other and be there for each other.
Ask every day “What Can I do today that will help to increase my traffic to my blog”

What Have You Done To Increase Your Traffic?

If you are blogging and you want to be successful then you need to blog with an idea of what you want from your blog. If you want it to be a hobby, then treat it like a hobby. If you want it to be a business, then treat it like a business. If you want to waste your time and money, then soon you will have a blog that is online, but will not have any visitors as they cant find you.

How Come Its Taken Me So Long To Get This?

I wonder why its taken me so long to understand that I need to treat it like a business so that I have a business!! I am blogging from the heart but I am going to be blogging smarter. There will be more details about that soon

Since the Problogger event I have had the courage to approach companies, and to promote our story offline…will it increase my traffic to New Life on the Road? I think so, but then I am not sitting around waiting for my life to change, I am making sure that every day my blogs move forward and that I am learning more and more. I will also be sharing here what I am going to be doing to improve Learn How To Blog Site and New Life on the Road.

Please sign up for your Free Ebook (on the right hand side) so that you will be kept updated with all that I learn, all that I put into place, and to learn more about What Would You Do To Increase Your Traffic

If you want to improve your blog, what would it take for you to do that?

Cheers
Lisa

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More Information About ProBlogger Event In Melbourne

November 1, 2011 By Learntoblog 8 Comments

When I got back from the Problogger event I was super excited and shared a lot of what I learnt. There was so much to take in! I loved every minute of the day, and cant wait for the next ProBlogger event. For the moment I want to share More Information About ProBlogger Event in Melbourne.

The Problogger Event Takes Your Blog To The Next Level

Problogger Event in Melbourne

For you to understand what I am talking about you will need to read Education in Melbourne, where I share a lot of what I have learnt from all of the speakers that spoke on the day. The most incredible hi-light of my day, was meeting bloggers that I do know, and listening to the bloggers speak about their passion and their style of how they blog!

Big Brands Listen To Bloggers who speak from the Heart, but Blog Smarter!

Problogger Key Speakers!

Do you know how many times I heard the saying “Blog from the heart, but Blog Smarter”? I lost count of the times that the saying was mentioned…..but it was so true. It was proven again and again with many of the bloggers in the room. There was big brand companies sitting in the audience who was taking notice of us bloggers. Silly me didn’t take advantage and network! But I did take lots of notes, and listened to all of the bloggers who were successful. Next time Problogger is on I would love to be one of the guest speakers who shares our New Life on the Road Blog (story!)

Did You Know How To Get Paid For Blogging?

I was blown away by how many bloggers were getting paid to blog, and how many sponsors were paying the big bucks to the bloggers who had a lot of followers. What was the difference between my blog and those blogs? Nothing! Zip! Not a single thing was different about my blog, your blog, the bigger bloggers. And I am not talking about “Bigger Bloggers” as in the size of the blogger! I am talking about the bigger bloggers who have 100,000 hits per month!

I was blown away by those numbers….a blogging site having 100,000 readers per month???

Can You Guess Who Has 100,000 visitors per month?

Let me give you some hints…..

Its a blogger who does not show her face

Its a blogger who writes from the heart

Its a blogger who has no idea on how to set up a site, and is trying to work out how to have a design that is easy on the eyes but has no idea on how to do it.

Its a blogger who blogs with passion but blogs smarter

Its a blogger who writes about what she didn’t like about herself.

Its a blogger who gives good quality content, and has targeted her readers

Its a blogger who has an ebook for sale on her niche!

So have you guessed yet? No…then you will have to keep on reading because I will reveal the secret soon!

What About A Blogger Who Has Branded Herself?

This particular blogger is making a full time income and she has a site that is set up around what she knows, what she loves, and what she can write about with good quality content. She has a media kit, which outlines her fees for her services. She has a site set up that is branded in one area, is based on her location, and is about what she knows! Again she is blogging smarter…..She will not blog for free. She will not take on charity cases (free blogs!)!

She will not do work unless she is paid upfront. She even gets paid a set fee for gives aways! How does that sound? The companies give her the product for free, pay her to blog about the free gift and she also has the gift given to her readers who win it as well

Are you interested in finding out who I am talking about this time?

That’s good! Keep on reading….

Another Blogger, Another Topic

There was also another blogger who was on the panel. She talked about being a “personal blogger” – she blogs about her family. She has no idea about “SEO – Search Engine Optimization” or SAO’s as she thought! She also doesnt spend a lot of time blogging because she is a stay at home Mum. Yet Coles contacts her for sponsor blog posts. Yet she has a huge following. Why is she so successful online? Because she has a story to tell, she writes from the heart – yet she writes smarter!!

Blogging wherever and whenever we can

How Easy Does That Sound?

Its sounds easy. But is blogging really that easy? No Way!

Us bloggers blog when we can.

We blog wherever we can.

We blog in and around our family, our life and our commitments. What makes these bloggers any better then you or I? That’s easy – they have a niche. They have a “Brand” or an “Image”. They speak from the heart. They have found a problem, and they have the solution.

So I guess I should reveal who I have been talking about?

Are you really that interested?

OK – here goes

All You Need Is To Dream Big!

The First Case Study I was sharing – blogs about her hair. Her blog is called Hair Romance. That is all she blogs about! Her hair and how to style your hair in the same way. There is the problem and the solution in one blog- how to have gorgeous hair just like the blogger! Do you know she never even used to like her hair! How crazy is that

The Second Case Study that I was sharing – blogs about Fashion. That is her blog – all about the fashion in Melbourne. Her blog is called “Lady Melbourne” and to see her Media Kit you can read more about that right now! – Make sure you go over to Lady Melbourne Derby Day at Flemington post and check out all of her amazing photos from the day….Stunning!

The Third Case Stud that I was sharing – blogs about the mundane things in her life. She blogs about her family. She blogs like she speaks, and her style is unique.Her blog is Mrs Woog!

So has that given you an insight on what you need to do with your blog?

Cheers

Lisa

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