Archive for the 'the blog' Category
About 2 months ago, I tackled about 7 big projects all at once, the biggest being a move across the country to Raleigh, North Carolina. It has been an interesting ride…
I will be open and honest with you: I almost quite this blog. It may have seemed to so of you as if I HAD [...]
November 12th, 2007 | Posted in Blogging, small business, the blog | No Comments
Obviously, there is a lot changing here. (If you are on RSS, you will want to click through to see what I mean…)
Some of this is what I was alluding to last week, and some of it is new. I am still tweaking and testing, but all the internal links should be working…
Bear with me [...]
October 16th, 2007 | Posted in the blog | No Comments
Yes, I know I said I was done worrying about stats and from now on I was just going to crank out good content and let things fall where they may. That is still the case, but you do like some external validation when it happens.
Way back on May 25th, I wrote that my goal [...]
August 23rd, 2007 | Posted in Blogging, Internet Marketing, the blog | 10 Comments
It has been said that bad artists copy, but great artists steal. I leave it to you to decide if I am a copier or a thief, but I am a bit proud of the latest incarnation of my theme here at A Politically Incorrect Entrepreneur.
A bit of background
When I started this blog, I [...]
June 25th, 2007 | Posted in Blogging, the blog | 5 Comments
A dilemma for bloggers: Do you write for Google, and use lots of keywords to attract the attention of both Google and those who are browsing search results, or do you write for your regular readers, using conversational or intriguing titles, like “Dancing with the bears while camping“.
Many people write for the machines: ie. [...]
June 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Blogging, Selling Online, the blog | 7 Comments
As my Grandfather would say, I am busier than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs, but I thought I would let you know where I stood on some metrics I measure.
I announced at the first of the month that my goal was to break the Technoratti 50k mark by the [...]
June 18th, 2007 | Posted in Blogging, the blog | 7 Comments
Last week I added Kontera context links (links interspersed throughout the site that if clicked on, took you to commercial sites) to this site. Here are the results:
My page views cut in half.
I lost 10 RSS readers
I made $00.47
Therefore…
I have removed Konterra from this site.
(I realize that those bad things may or may not be [...]
June 11th, 2007 | Posted in Blogging, the blog | 9 Comments
It is all about you. YOU are the most important ingredient here. Several of you have emailed me and displayed some confusion about the whole RSS thing. In an effort to make things easier for you, I now offer you the ability to read my latest posts via email.
All you have to do [...]
June 8th, 2007 | Posted in Blogging, the blog | 2 Comments
Today is my birthday so I will be largely offline, but I thought I would take the opportunity to make you feel guilty about not buying me a present.
To make up for it, you can sign up as my friend at any of the following social networking sites I belong to.
MySpace
MyBlogLog
Thanks, and I will [...]
June 5th, 2007 | Posted in Blogging, the blog | 3 Comments
From almost day one I have had some great participation on this site (after all, one of my goals is to make this a true interactive website for small business owners) and as it stands right now, I have a bit more than 4 times as many comments as I do posts (or, put another [...]
June 4th, 2007 | Posted in Blogging, List of 5, small business, the blog | 7 Comments