Today I’m doing a comparison. 2 blogs. 1 target market. 2 Very different traffic strategies. The first blog is a very niche related, product focused blog. The other is a more information related site, with plenty of products to be sold as well. Site one:  Toddler Ride On Toys As you can see it is very specific and details a lot of excellent information on...

Last week I talked about how to get people on the  bus using video. The whole concept of video seems to seriously freak people out ~ myself included for a while, but now that I’ve been doing it regularly for a little while it’s just become another thing I have to do during the day. But anyway… while I was reading the surveys the topic of how to...

We talked recently about how to get more people on your bus. I’ve really been giving this a lot of thought for a couple reasons. 1. There are SO many ways to get traffic. 2. I’ve set up a challenge for myself and had to decide (really decide) what I was going to do. As you know the most important thing for your bus tour is to get people on the bus. If...

Last time we talked about using forums to build community. Today we’re going to talk about how to use ning communities. They are similar to forums, but have some big differences that if taken advantage of can really explode your reach. What is a Ning community? Ning is a huge site that allows people to start their own community without having to do any of the...

We’ve been talking for the last couple months about getting traffic to your site. It’s more than that though, we’re talking about building a community, building a “tribe” if you will, of raving fans who love your site, love you and look forward to your new blog posts and want to come hang out with you on your site. We’ve learned...

1. Differing Opinions: In any niche there is always going to be a difference of opinions on one topic or another ~ do nofollow links really count, do ride on toys really have benefits, should you use pop boxes in your garden, should a school lunch have 3 carbs in it? Anything you talk about you’re going to find differing opinions. Use that to your advantage....