This is my first time participating in this. This was created by 3 Boys & a Dog. Basically you check your tracking (like Google Analytics) for the month of April and see who your referring sites were and rank them in order from most sends to least sends. (not including twitter, blogger, facebook etc.) Then… Read More »

First of all I want to apologize for the lack of posts this past week. I was doing a read-a-thon through my other blog SMS Book Reviews and didn’t have time before hand to set up auto-posts. It has come to my attention that there is a new blog around called Blogivation. It is all… Read More »

Today is Blog Reader Appreciation Day and I wanted to take a moment to thank all my readers! I don’t have very many at the moment but I really do appreciate each and every one of you. Especially those of you who comment! If you don’t comment, I only know I had a visitor, not… Read More »

There are now tons of places to list your giveaways but recently another giveaway site has come into existence and each day it gets better and better. The Big List of Giveaways is growing faster and faster. It’s only been running for a month and it’s already listed 391 giveaways from 182 different sites. I… Read More »

I wanted to take a moment to thank the following people who put me on their blogrolls. I’m trying to find the time to visit your blogs, so sorry if I haven’t yet, I will! A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of ThatLala LandQuarter Restgreen tea ROCKSAdventures in JugglingAfter the ballHomeschooling Confidently-ishTerra in… Read More »

I created a webring for blogs who do product reviews. If you don’t know, webrings are a great way to get more traffic. To join the webring go here. (you need be a member of webring but membership is free) If you don’t know what a webring is go here.

So for this week, we are focusing on blog basics. Here are some of the things I’ll be working on: 1. Write (or update) your “About Me” Page2. Update your contact information3. Add some sort of picture of yourself (if you’re comfortable with that)4. Update your Blogroll5. Create a link to your Archives on your… Read More »

Note: If you read my BIP Week 2 and 3 post on my book blog, this is almost identical. Sorry. So I’m behind in my BIP. Week 2 was all about brainstorming. I enjoyed reading the articles and have been thinking a lot but haven’t put any of the brainstorming ideas into practice yet. So… Read More »

So for our first week of the 2009 Blog Improvement Project we are to reflect on the past year with our blog and make goals. I’ve had this blog for a few years but have been struggling with what to do with it. I started out writing posts on things I read or heard about,… Read More »

This is exactly what I need. Kim from Sophisticated Dorkiness is holding a project next year to help improve your blog. Starting in 2009 we’ll have exercises twice monthly that we can choose to participate in or not. They will be all related to the betterment of our blogs. Wish me luck!