October Recap: Nothing Scary Here!

I am seeing a common trend on some blogs these days — a post is added that highlights or recaps some of the articles for the past month. I like this idea because there are times when weeks will go by before I return to that blog — why not help your readers find your “best of” articles by putting them all in one place?

7 Articles You May Have Missed

Thanks to Google Analytics, I can tell which articles have received the most traffic and which ones could use a boost. Instead of highlighting the Top 7, I’ll share with you some personal favorites of mine:

Grammar Gremlins — There is nothing more scary than reading a final copy of an article posted for all of the world to see and finding grammar mistakes that should have been caught prior to publishing. A pet peeve of mine is loose v. lose.� Aaack!

PageRank Penalty — Yuck, not another article about PageRank! Actually, I wrote three of them this month, but I’m only highlighting my warning article. Unfortunately, I believe that Google already had the penalties in place so if you took action back when I posted this article on October 9th it probably did you no good for their most recent update.

About.Com — Several readers were intrigued by what I shared regarding About.Com and their writing guide positions. I still haven’t heard back from them and have since learned that this is a long, drawn out process.

Work Smarter — I like to offer words of encouragement without sounding too instructive. I hope that this article helped somebody to begin working smarter.

Thankless Blogging? — Blogging can be tremendously rewarding or absolutely thankless. I think most bloggers have experienced both sentiments over the course of time.

The Blog Police — This one was just for laughs, but I know some people took my words seriously. Then again, do you flout conventional blog rules? Hmmm?

Your Blog: R.I.P. — All right, I confess — this post was written on September 28th, but it got a lot of traffic well into October. Since it is Halloween, it could offer the inspiration you need to boost your blog or at least find a really cool outfit for trick or treating!

The Best of the Rest

There are a handful of other articles I would have mentioned, but time and space is working against me. Feel free to visit my October 2007 section to find the best of the rest!

Back On The Blogging Trail

The past few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind for me as I launched an all new blog, kept this blog going, and laid the groundwork for starting a pair of additional blogs. I am not feeling overwhelmed, but definitely “stretched” would be an apt description of what I am going through!

I Am Thankful For Your Overwhelming Support

I’m still trying to digest everything that has transpired regarding Monday’s launch of the SayEducate blog. I asked the majority of my stumbling friends to visit the site to give it a thumb’s up and you did — many more people responded than I could possibly expect.

What’s more, Andy Beard — and you may very well know how helpful a guy he is — took it upon himself to stumble a different page, mentioning that Tim Nash had discovered that sending everyone to the same page at once could have a negative effect on one’s stumble efforts. I am happy to report that with more than 1000 uniques on its first day the blog did just fine, but I appreciated Andy’s advice.

A Quiet Launch and Then Some

I also launched CabinManagers, a small resource site for commercial and corporate flight attendants. Although it isn’t complete, I wanted to upload what I had with more pages to follow within the next week.

Two more blogs are under development as soon as I decide what I will do with them. One is definitely “flip material” while the other one I might hold onto for awhile. I expect one or both will be internet-ready by early November.

Still Writing For Clients

I had to forward some work to a writing colleague last week as my writing load is fairly stacked. Naturally, I’ll be catching a break in a few days, but I know that when it comes to writing press releases people cannot wait. These were new clients, but I know the recipient needed work and she is a skilled writer.

I can’t pass work on all that much, but when I do I make sure that it goes to the right person.

Photo Credit: Sophie (scol22) from Quebec, Canada.