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Ezine #282 ~~ May 6th , 2008
Time Management, Get more Blog Traffic
The Blitz-Promotions News Letter
Issue no. 282, May 6th , 2008
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Every day or two we talk some about promotion (as well as fun things too on our blog)
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We'll be taking the Summer off from the newsletter - we'll still be updating things on our blog as time permits. Our next issue will be on August 12th.
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In this Issue
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- Time Management
- Using your blog for traffic
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Food for thought
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"It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts." - Sidney Madwed.
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Why is He Always Late?
By Dr. Donald E. Wetmore
We’ve all had this experience. We walk into a meeting for six people at 2:00 p.m. and five out of the six are there but one is not and so we wait. And we wait some more and eventually the other person comes strolling in and our 2:00 p.m. meeting now begins at 2:15 having kept five on-time people waiting, wasting more than a full hour of the organization’s productivity time.
When queried, the late comers believe they really could not have made the meeting on time. “You don’t understand the responsibilities I have”, they will implore. “The buck stops here with me.”
So here’s what happens. It’s 1:54 and our late comer is about to leave his office with all the good intentions of getting to the 2:00 p.m. meeting on time and his phone rings.
What does he do? He answers it. “This could be an important call.” he reasons and after all, “This will only take a minute.” he assures himself.
Buy it takes several minutes for this call and there’s that one follow-up call. It is now 2: 07 and proceeding down the hall to the 2:00 p.m. meeting our chef of tardy sauce encounters one of his team members who has an urgent request. He stops and listens. “Don’t expect me to turn my back on Sandy. She’s one of my key people! Yes, Sandy, what can I do for you?”
It’s now 2:15 and our starting-time-challenged straggler arrives at the meeting having kept the others waiting and wasting time but convinced he could no have done otherwise. “Sure, you can get to meetings at 2:00 p.m., but you don’t understand my responsibilities. I can’t make these meetings on time.” he explains.
Do you know this person? No doubt you do and maybe several others like him.
But here is the irony. That so terribly busy person who can never get to the meetings on time is never, ever late for a 4:17 p.m. flight out at the airport. Why is that? Because if you arrive 15 minutes late for your flight you’ll be walking to your destination rather than flying to it.
So here’s what happens.
It’s 12:59 p.m. and our friend, Lester Late, in his office, has just two minutes to get outside in front of the building to catch the last ride to the airport for the day. If he misses this bus ride he misses his business trip.
So, he picks himself up and proceeds to his office door and his phone rings. What does he do? He lets it ring. He can’t take the risk of getting bogged down on a lengthy call. He knows that if this had been just thirty seconds later the call would have gone to voicemail.
Now down the hallway he is confronted with his team member Sandy who has the most urgent, crucial thing to discuss. What does our carelessly clocked fellow do? He tells her that this issue is very important and that he will call her from the airport to discuss fully.
Our friend just makes different choices when en route to his ride to the airport than when going to a meeting. Can he get to the meetings on time? Yup. It’s a choice.
Why is he always late? It’s a choice. His choice. It is the choice to regularly prioritize something else over the importance of getting to the meeting on time.
Does it make a difference what your job title is as to whether you will get to meetings on time? I don’t believe so.
Take the busiest job of being President of the United States. Can the President get to meetings on time?
If you are George W. Bush, the answer is yes. He has been a stickler about holding on time meetings.
And Bill Clinton? He was notoriously late for meetings of all types. The joke was “Real time v Clinton time”.
I don’t mean this as a criticism but simply an observation. Both men had the same job and one was on time for meetings and the other was not. The difference? It was a choice to make meeting starting times a priority.
Now go to your meeting. Go ahead. Go now. And get there on time.
Get your copy of “Meeting Madness”, a humorous look at the pressure meetings puts on us. It’s no cost. If you would like a copy, email your request for “meeting” to: ctsem@msn.com
Dr. Donald E. Wetmore
Professional Speaker
Productivity Institute
Time Management Seminars
127 Jefferson Street
Stratford, CT 06615
(203) 386-8062 (800) 969-3773
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3 Steps to Getting More Blog Traffic
by Robert Gneissman
Creating a blog is simple with either WordPress or Blogger. But how to you get traffic to your blog? After all, what's the use of having a blog if nobody comes by to visit? You must have had a goal for your blog when you created it and whether it's to promote yourself, make money promoting products, to promote a cause, or something else, the more traffic your blog gets the better, right? Here are three proven methods to increase blog traffic.
1. Add Fresh Content on a Regular
Basis
Many new bloggers make the
mistake of creating a blog, making the first post and then forgetting about it. Especially at the beginning, your blog needs constant attention in terms of making new posts. Why would anyone want to visit a blog if new posts are made infrequently? Its best post once per day or at least every other day for the first month.
You should post on a regular basis so your visitor and the search engines know to expect new content added to your blog on a regular basis. As long as your posts are informative or entertaining, you'll attract more visitors over time. And you want the search engines to come regularly to index your blog posts which in turn will attract even more visitors.
2. Find Related Blogs and Make
Useful Comments
Another way to increase blog traffic is to make comments on other blogs. The best way is to find high PR links from blogs on the same topic. You can use your favorite search engine or Google's BlogSearch tool. You shouldn't have much problem finding several blogs on similar topics.
Take some time to read several posts on the blog to get a feel for it. Then make a constructive comment to one of the posts. Don't just comment with some rubbish, contribute to the conversation. If your comment adds value, people will be more likely to want to visit your blog. Leave your name and a link to your blog to allow readers and easy way to click over to your blog.
3. RSS
Really Simple Syndication or RSS is a popular way to share your blog with readers. It allows visitors to subscribe to your blog's RSS feed. Several autoresponder services such as aweber have the capability to send an email notification whenever a new blog post is created.
RSS works very similar to an opt-in list. You just put a simple form on your blog and allow visitors to provide their name and an email address. Now they'll be notified every time a new post is made to your blog. It's very simple to do and is a great way to increase blog traffic. Visit CyberCashology.com to see an example.
There are many more ways to drive traffic to blogs and I'll cover those in future articles.
CyberCa$hology is the art & science of converting your personal computer into your personal cash register. For more information on how to <a href="http://www.cybercashology.com">make money online</a> visit the CyberCa$hology Blog.
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