Managing a blog is lot of fun. Experimenting with plugins, themes, checking comments etc. are not bad but take a lot of time. In this post, I will discuss how you can save time spent in administrative tasks. Write A FAQ Page If you get asked by some things repeatedly, it is best to make [...]
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A break is refreshing! After all, it’s great to live without tension of writing and managing! But what if you are forced to take a break! It will not feel that good! This week, something similar happened to me. I went to my aunt’s home. I had lots of plans ready! A new place means [...]
Afterburner: An additional component added to some jet engines to provide a temporary increase in thrust. Is your blog growing more slowly than you expect? Do you want to know how you can get more subscribers and traffic? If you answered yes to both the questions, then welcome. You are at the right place to [...]
For next 5 minutes, forget everything! Take a deep breath. Now, read following question carefully: Imagine there are two railway tracks. There’s one track which is not used anymore and one that is regularly used. Some children are playing on the tracks. On the never used track, there is one child and on the other, [...]
When it comes to productivity, there’s a lot of misinformation available (both online and offline). You can hear different people saying different things, and they all claim to have discovered the definitive way to be productive. Unfortunately, they all seem to focus on doing more, and if you follow their methods, you may end up [...]
If your blog loads slow, you are loosing readers. In many countries, broadband internet is still a day dream and you should make sure that you do not have heavy pages. You can use the following 10 tips to make sure that your blog stays fast: Choose A Good Host: If you have a self [...]
A few weeks ago we put a ‘tag’ on John Mellem to record his successful blogging tactics. This is a playback of his recent actions at SurvivalStew. Be sure to read the original case study post for a complete background. This article will generalize the techniques and provide additional resources so that you can apply [...]
In part 2 of this Analytics series, we drilled down into the Traffic source components. This part looks at Content: which pages were most popular; how visitors came to view those pages, and how they navigated after landing on your blog. Learn to better analyze not only our ‘best’ pages, but also the most ‘promising’ [...]
Polls make your blog interactive and encourage readers to participate. Want to know how you can create polls and make them more interactive? Then read on. 4 Reasons You Should Use Polls Recently Jimmie, one of our readers asked a question: Why use polls? Here is why you should use polls on your blog: Interactive: [...]
Last week we analyzed the “Visitors” component of Analytics, using real data from our blog. This post will do the same with”Traffic Sources.” We’ll look at who sent our readers here and how they behaved once they crossed the threshold. You may want to quickly skim or re-read Analytics Part 1, then follow along with [...]

