We’ve been waiting for this feature for a long time. After all, it is not easy to find that special mail among many others with same subject lines. Before this, all emails delivered by FeedBurner used to have same subject line. But now, you can use the title of your latest post as the subject. [...]
You just can’t hide from Google! I told you there is an answer to the question, How will I know who has grabbed my button? My post about turning your button into a free billboard, recommended you place a unique search term in the image ‘Alt=’ attribute, like “BWS tips button.” Google will index those [...]
Do you get good traffic but very few comments? Do you get very few submissions to social sites? If you are not converting your readers well, then this post is for you! As a blogger, I have always been concerned about Exit Points. Exit points are the choices you give your readers to leave your [...]
Sure, you proudly list your blog’s top commentators. They are often the first to comment on new posts, have nice gravatar images and thriving blogs. All excellent qualifications. But how much do you know about them? Wouldn’t it be nice to analyze them for the magic ingredient in their social interactions? We put our top [...]
In this post you’ll learn how to make a ” grab my button” image change like a public billboard, using PhotoBucket.com as a resource. The part one post on turning your button into a billboard has tips for using size attributes to accommodate different sidebars finding out who has grabbed your button replacing your image [...]
“Grab My Button” is a good tool for promotion! Readers grab your custom image to show support and you get additional traffic. In the tutorial: Grab My Button, Promote My Blog , we learned to create a scroll box to hold the html code for your blog image and link. In this tutorial, we will [...]
Image by Terriko via Flickr You’ve posted a “Grab My Button” scroll box in your side bar. Now friends can copy the code and install it on their blogs. They’ll use your button to showcase their ‘favorite sites’, related blogs, niche networks or as a ‘thanks’ for helping them with a problem. All at no [...]
Recently we learned how to add custom social bookmarking icons for WordPress. Well, that lovely feature is “NO LONGER JUST FOR WP!” I wrote a Blogger tutorial at BPWebNews, “Adding Custom Social Bookmarks to Blogger.” In this BWS sequel post I’ll talk about the Blogger hack and some more tips for using the WP version. [...]
UPDATE: After moving to Thesis theme, we no longer use this method for social bookmarking, but it can still work for you. Social Bookmarks are must have for any blog. They let readers share the posts which brings traffic and new readers. There are lot of plugins that add social bookmarks to WordPress but having [...]
Do you drop comments on blogs and go your merry way? Or do you check back to see if the blog owner responded? The best way to show you’re interested in a real dialog is to subscribe to post comments. Imagine the frustration of the blog owner who gives a meaty response to your comment [...]
Do Not Give Your Readers a Choice, Place Exit Points Intelligently!
by Ishan on June 24, 2009 · 15 comments
Do you get good traffic but very few comments? Do you get very few submissions to social sites? If you are not converting your readers well, then this post is for you! As a blogger, I have always been concerned about Exit Points. Exit points are the choices you give your readers to leave your [...]