Updating HH...here are some blog layout ideas

http://www.carrieloves.com/
http://www.sweetfaeriedesigns.com/freebies/
http://www.juliehawkins.ca/blog/
http://www.thesitsgirls.com/blogging/blog-critique-sober-julie/
http://reluctantentertainer.com/

poloroid http://juicytravels.com/

http://www.greenexamacademy.com/

Fonts

http://bloggingwithamy.com/fancy-fonts/

On a Blogging/eBook break...not sure the plan now

DONE:

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To Do:

• Get eBook in Kindle format   http://forums.kindledirectpublishing.com/kdpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=111585&#111585
• http://kindlegen.s3.amazonaws.com/AmazonKindlePublishingGuidelines.pdf
• https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help?topicId=A2RYO17TIRUIVI
• hyperlinks
• formatting faq's
•  - Cover design???
• Cancel ejunkie
• http://evernote.com/

Work on Blog Design

• Site map and here
• Work on blog design
• Make links bold and underlined like TheMin may need to make the text dark grey
• Wordpress Widgets
• create a resource page #1 earning page on SPI and HELPFUL
• Make a starting point page
• favicon

Google Keyword Tool

Google keyword tool

To Do Week of February 20, 2012

DONE:

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To Do:

• ?  http://evernote.com/
• Decide if twitter is worth learning - right now it seems like a complete waste of time...
• what is my "niche" 
• where can I be helpful (#daveramsey?, #flylady?)
• • Step #5 needs to have info {update step 5 page}
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  • schedule for twitter/FB what's for dinner?/plan ??? what will tweeting do for others?

Work on Blog Design

• Site map and here
• Work on blog design
• Make links bold and underlined like TheMin may need to make the text dark grey
• Wordpress Widgets
• create a resource page #1 earning page on SPI and HELPFUL
• Make a starting point page
• favicon
• Sign up for Turbo Tax affiliate
• taxes

Week of Feb 17, 2012

Didn't do much...changed HH header and added a couple of worksheets for WGS

To Do Week of February 6, 2012

DONE:

• Day 1 Problogger
• Made picture not so boring
• Took off fb/tweet buttons - incorporate into post
• figure out if related posts is working DONE - working
• twitter acct is set up
• make sure no comments are allowed with new posts DONE - no comments
• Added subscribe info to bottom of the post in notepad - can I make this default in WP? don't want to do that - added in my linking up info
• ADD contact info in there as well DONE

To Do:

• ?  http://evernote.com/
• Decide if twitter is worth learning - right now it seems like a complete waste of time...
• what is my "niche" 
• where can I be helpful (#daveramsey?, #flylady?)
• Write about step #4 Pam grocery list #1 and 2 under worksheets on blog step 4. upload files to WGS
• • Step #5 needs to have info {update step 5 page}
  • Update bio (michael hyatt info) on twitter https://twitter.com/settings/profile  -> start at #5
  • schedule for twitter/FB what's for dinner?/plan ??? what will tweeting do for others?
  • Research SPI's next challenge due end of feb 2012

Work on Blog Design

• Site map and here
• Work on blog design
• Make links bold and underlined like TheMin may need to make the text dark grey
• Wordpress Widgets
• create a resource page #1 earning page on SPI and HELPFUL
• Make a starting point page
• favicon
• Sign up for Turbo Tax affiliate
• taxes

by Thursday

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Blog Goals

Reading momcomm critique:

• What do you blog about?
• weekly grocery shopping - provide simple steps for people so they can have success at the grocery store
• success = being able to review purchases made and answer yes to this question:
• "Are the items that I purchases in alignment with the goals that I set."
• Blog goals?
• help a lot of people -> goal would be to get the info out there AKA get more readers
• blog once a week ONLY
• currently spend minimum 12 hours a week on blogging.... max - not much more than that

Week of January 30

DONE:

• added plugin simple validation trackback -> check spam!
• added a subscribe page to WGS
• updated all steps to link to the tags for each step
• tried to change menu so it wasn't bold - MOVE ON - can't figure it out!!!
• From Social Triggers - add email opt in forms top of sidebar, end of blog post, site's header or in a feature box like on socialtriggers.
• Graphene WP theme rocks! added about the author to each individual post on the blog  http://wiki.khairul-syahir.com/graphene-theme/wiki/Posts_Display_Options
• there is now a way for people to subscribe after they read my post
• Changed my email opt in form to include my picture via BloggingWith Amy  info
• Read TDC on making money blogging (thriftydecorchick) 
• Told masterminds about this  Social Triggers - tweet this quote
• Turned off comments on WGS blog and updated biographical info to include my email address
• Set up google analytics for weeklygroceryshopping.com
• Twitter
• read  http://michaelhyatt.com/twitter-dee-twitter-dum.html 
• read  http://michaelhyatt.com/12-reasons-to-start-twittering.html

To Do:

• Make picture in subscribe box less boring - must be 110 width X 98
• Elevator pitch from Day 1 (problogger)
• How to buy: real food ~ on a budget ~ without coupons

Work on Blog Design

• add widget at WGS above current HH blog posts so people can sign up via email/rss Done
• Site map and here
• Work on blog design
• Make links bold and underlined like TheMin may need to make the text dark grey
• Wordpress Widgets
• create a resource page #1 earning page on SPI and HELPFUL
• Make a starting point page
• favicon
• MomComm Done - subscribed
• Add picture to front of your blog so people know you are real Done - it's on eBook
• Sign up for Turbo Tax affiliate

• taxes

by Thursday

• schedule for twitter/FB what's for dinner?/plan / add to each step's page - more info about step 1 click here (tag) like I did on step 7
• Research SPI's next challenge due end of feb 2012

To Do week of January 23

Did nothing week of Jan. 23 except leave comments and write blog posts. Maybe next week will be better....

To Do:

• Blog design - lots o time
• eBook plan? - lots o time
• Twitter 1 hour
• FB 1 hour

 
Work on Blog Design

• add widget at WGS above current HH blog posts so people can sign up via email/rss
• Site map and here
• From Social Triggers - add email opt in forms top of sidebar, end of blog post, site's header or in a feature box like on socialtriggers.
• Work on blog design
• Make links bold and underlined like TheMin may need to make the text dark grey
• Wordpress Widgets
• create a resource page #1 earning page on SPI and HELPFUL
• Make a starting point page
• favicon
• MomComm
• Add picture to front of your blog so people know you are real
• Sign up for Turbo Tax affiliate

• taxes

by Thursday

• schedule for twitter/FB what's for dinner?/plan / add to each step's page - more info about step 1 click here (tag) like I did on step 7
• Research SPI's next challenge due end of feb 2012

free ebook

Let people have my ebook for free today...lots o traffic.

WGS from 26 to 88  now says 37 subscribers
Other blog HH now 266 was 250ish


HH = 842 unique, 1761 page loads
WGS = 4,081 unique, 5914 page loads

Best part was - getting information out to people who need it....why I spend my time on my blog.

Week of January 16, 2012

publish eBook on Kindle instead of pdf

• convert eBook to Kindle -->> doesn't make any sense to do this...ebook is not set up that way. On to plan B.

Plan B
ebook viral - offer it free for one day and see what happens

• change header DONE!
• Thurs evening change price and change sales price on sales page

if viral then

1. change sales page, upload PDF which allows them to download it
2. stop paying for ejunkie
3. create opt in image for email like Pat's free ebook??? 

if not viral then plan C

• change eBook to kindle ready putting worksheets and other info on blog price

Done!

• http://blog.taleist.com/2011/10/25/why-im-not-selling-my-own-ebooks-anymore-mostly/ READ/Done
• https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/signin DONE
• Social Triggers - how people browse your blog READ
• Read: Design a home page based on people's expectations
  
  
  1. added contact info
  2. updated about me page
  3. added an excerpt to my sales page for ebook

Notes:

• If refund needed via paypal http://www.ehow.com/how_8574439_refund-transaction-ejunkie.html
• bloggingtips
• If you want your ebook to become a viral marketing tool then offer the ebook for anyone to download. Create a landing page/announcement post on your blog with specifics about your ebook and of course the download link. Ask readers to download and offer their opinions on your ebook; to distribute or recommend it to their peers. Include a link to the download/landing page in your email signature, forum signatures and anywhere else online where your ebook could be publicized.
• If you want to increase subscribers as a result of distributing your ebook,  offer the download link through the footer of your RSS feed. Both WordPress and Blogger offer the means to add content to the footer of your blog feed. Alternatively, create a Feedflare to use with Feedburner which includes the link to your free ebook.
• from iyke:
•  I suggest you create that awesome eBook and give it 100% free. By 100% I mean no opt-in required. 

Engagement from Scratch Firepole

Download for free:  http://www.engagementfromscratch.com/download.html

My Notes:

• from BusinessesGrow.com/blog
• "Like a child, my posts were honest, blind to politics, and playful. It was just a pure expression of what was on my mind. I didn’t know it at the time, but this is a rare commodity on the social web. Digging down deep and providing something really different and exciting got the community to notice. Fight "sameness" with your every blogging breath."
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• Blogs and Websites: UnlockTheDoor.net ...Our Favorite Blog Post: Redundancy and the Things it Brings "The social media platforms I use are Facebook, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon, and LinkedIn."
• Social triggers:  "I then went to Alltop.com, and found blogs that were related to those main audiences. Once I had a list of similar blogs, I emailed each of them a personalized pitch talking about the article I had written."

Week of January 9, 2012

Thursday

• kindle how to???    in word god's goals for blogging
• post for thurs? DONE!
• schedule for twitter/FB what's for dinner?/plan

• add to each step's page - more info about step 1 click here (tag) like I did on step 7
• Research SPI's next challenge due end of feb 2012
• Start brainstorming for guest posts - 
• ie. Dave Ramsey, GroceryCartChallenge
• continue reading firepole marketing on pg. 87 {engagement from scratch} DONE!
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• google +  ????

Week of Jan 2, 2012

• Write a disclosure policy for WGS DONE!!!
• Write plan and dates down for what I need to do for WGS layout ie. each step has a page, but now what info needs to go on there? Never mind the planning this is DONE!!!
• cross post on blogher?
• guest post on MSM