I Totally Missed the Boat. Sorry.
Posted by junger | January 30th, 2007
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If you read any blog posts in the past 6 weeks, then you probably saw the game of blogger tag going around, where you're supposed to write 5 things you don't know about me.
The Five W's of Great Content
Posted by junger | September 25th, 2006
Every Web developer, online wanna-be millionaire and blogger knows (or should know) that content is king. Having great content can do things that no Slashdot boost, contest or marketing campaign can accomplish.
The five W's — who, what, where, when and why — are key to producing great content.
10 Reasons to Blog Everyday
Posted by junger | September 11th, 2006
This post, while not totally intentional, is a bit ironic. For RSS subscribers or daily visitors to the site, you'll no doubt have noticed that the blog has not been updated in … a couple of days.
Excuses can easily be made, but rather than try and explain the lack of posts, let's break down the reasons why a blogger needs to blog everyday.
10 Tips to Retain Visitors from a Digg, del.icio.us, Slashdot Traffic Boost
Posted by junger | July 21st, 2006
One of the biggest days for any Web publisher/blogger/whatever is when you publish that one story that either makes it to the Digg front page, gets tagged by loads of del.icio.us users, or even makes it to the holy halls of Slashdot. The feeling is great — traffic goes through the roof (probably so much that your server goes down), comments (and flames) come in hoards and your RSS subscriber feed jumps big time.
But if you aren't prepared for that day, then a one-to-two day traffic boost will be just that. Now, obviously you will not continue to get record numbers from one or two main sources for an extended period of time, but you can keep some of those visitors around. You just have to make them want to stay.
Why Good Blogs Don't Get Comments
Posted by junger | July 11th, 2006
You're a good blogger. You've got good content. You've started to get some traffic. But you can't get anyone to leave a comment on your blog posts. What are you doing wrong?
