Sunday, March 6, 2011

Promoting Myself

I have been thinking a lot lately about how to promote my little blog.  Now that I am on my own, I need to make as much money as possible, and to do that, I need to get more traffic over here.  The more traffic I have, the more money I can make.  It's that simple.

I decided to check the library for some books about SEO and keywords and all that other stuff I don't understand.  I am also thinking about buying some promotional products that advertise my blogs.  I was checking out personalized notepads, and found some sticky notes that can be personalized.  Now, you all know how much I love sticky notes.  If you have been to my house, you know my computer monitor is covered with them.  It's strange, but they keep me organized, even if it looks like a big mess to everyone else. 

I was also looking at the notebooks available on Moleskine.com.  They may not be the ideal thing for promoting my blogs, but they are beautiful.  I have a feeling I am going to need a new journal soon, and I found some very pretty ones on this site. 

For now, though, I am going to try and start writing regularly again.  I really do enjoy blogging, and I miss interacting with all of you.  I know my commenting has been horrible, but my mind has been on fourteen million other things the past couple of weeks.  Hopefully, I will find my groove again, and things will get back to normal.  I keep saying that to the kids, too, that we will eventually get back to normal.  Now, if only we could figure out what our normal will be.

4 comments:

Mamawj's Moment Away said...

Hi, you mentioned an income, this idea isn't really blog related but you could sell on ebay for extra income.Wheter its clothes you no longer wear, kids clothes in lots, purses in lots,collector magainzines like old good house keeping, mother earth etc or a maybe a craft your good at, things do sell on there. I am a seamstress and mostly I sell the clothes I make on there for kids etc but I have sold all the things mentioned and more household items & made a little extra money, its an idea at least. I follow your blog on FB twitter & sub to your blog & on networked blogs too. Hope you can stop by my blog & visit & follow me too on my socials >Take Care> Julie at
http://mamawjsmomentaway.blogspot.com/

Jen Green said...

Good for you. I think you have a great blog, and it would be excellent if it made your life easier too. Good luck, and let me know if you need anything.

Irene said...

I would love to learn more about seo and keywords. I keep trying, but it is tricky. Good Luck!

Forgetfulone said...

Keep track of what you spend and count it as a business expense on your taxes next year! If you come up with any great ideas for promotion, please let me know. Above all, keep writing. That's one of the reasons we keep coming back to certain blogs. I love the way you keep things real, Jenn.