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Say NO to splash and entry pages
Posted by: | CommentsThinking about a splash page or entry page that a visitor has to view or (click to skip) before heading on to view your blog or e-commerce site? Don’t.
What IS a splash page ” A page in a Web site that the user sees first before being given the option to continue to the main content of the site. Often a splash page will consist of animated graphics and sounds that entice the user into exploring the rest of the Web site. Some splash pages will bring the user to the main Web site automatically, and some require the user to click on a link that will load the main page. “ quote Useful design
I can not more adequately get my point across then to simply say “DO NOT EVER use an entry page” on your website. EVER. So now that I have made that clear let me tell you why;
1) It’s outdated. DO you want users to think you are a serious professional website, company, or blog?
Your site needs to not look like a site built in the year 2000 (because, yes, that was TEN years ago. Ten years is a decade.) Are we on the same page now about splash pages? Read More→
Contest just for bloggers
Posted by: | CommentsI was asked by Julie over at Things You Should Do, to help promote her contest celebrating her soon to arrive 1,000,000 visitor.
Because I like the quality of her prizes (who wouldn’t want to win a weekend away), I am sharing the contest.
Grand Prizes -
California – Paso Robles (Central Coast Wine Country) – 3 Night Stay at Hotel Cheval with wine tasting tour.
California – Calistoga (Napa Valley Wine Country) – 1 Night Stay at Chelsea Garden Inn Bed & Breakfast
Florida – Amelia Island – 3 Night Stay at the Amelia Hotel at the Beach
South Carolina – 2 Night Stay at the Kiawah Island Resort
So head on over and learn how you can blog you can blog your way into some great prizes. Click Here Follow Julie on twitter @juliemarg
Creating revenue with your blog a comparison
Posted by: | CommentsI was coaching a blogger yesterday evening and we were discussing her revenue goals for her blog. During the conversation a top ‘mom blog’ that reportedly earns over $4000 a month in ad revenue was brought up.
When considering your revenue goals for your blog you need to be realistic about the amount of work involved to get to that revenue goal. The site mentioned in our discussion was started in 2001. That is nine full years of building organic traffic to her site.
Some more info on the blog:
Google PageRank: 6
Alexa Rank: 12,638
Google BackLinks: 7,050
Yahoo BackLinks: 1,337,267
Today’s question for bloggers. Take a top performing blog with a similar audience to yours and compare it to your blog. This should help you set some goals around promoting your blog.
Here are a few handy tools to do so:
1) PopURI
2) Google Trends
3) Market Leap
4) Spy Fu
5) Attention Meter
6) Ranking.com
7) Alexa
Way back Machine - look at the blog over the years.
Custom Twitter Background Contest Winner
Posted by: | CommentsAnd the winner is : @PpcMom aka @PpcJen
Thanks to everyone who took the time to tweet about the contest !
Cheers,
Karrine
