Lets Not "Peter Out"

Most blogs share the same fate...they "peter out". There are a couple inspired posts getting started, maybe a comment or two, and then...nothing. In our case, hopefully this means sale and rental activity is picking up.

Since we're in blog format vs. forum format with this website, only registered authors can start conversations. Lets not limit ourselves. Lets start more conversations. The more running conversations we have, the more topics we can touch on and the more our members will feel obliged to post a comment and get involved.

Yes, it can be tough to think of anything to post, let alone actually author something.

If you have multiple blogs, profiles etc it can be even tougher.

Me, I have my own site I try to keep up to date (and fail miserably), sitesbyjoe.com, I also try to maintain my own personal blog at onewebguy.com, I have my myspace profile, my facebook profile, my linkedin profile, I am a contributing member of the CodeIgniter discussion forum, a member of the Web Standards Group, I post on twitter too. I may have more, but thats all I can recall at the moment.

I try to keep each of them fairly updated. Its not something I spend my days doing, mind you, but at night for a few minutes before bed is a great time to update a couple things real quick.

The point is, everyone of these posts/comments/anything you place online contains a link back to your main website (it should at least).

The more you post, the more you comment, the more you do anything online, the more doorways you create back to yourself - which is one whole (self-serving) reason for doing this in the first place. You build a reputation for yourself by sharing information.

Don't be shy! Help yourself! Help others! Gain google ranking on your website just by talking to people online in this fashion! It does work.

Don't believe me? Try doing a search for "south jersey web designer". I guarantee you'll find me in the top 10. Its mostly because on the web there are literaly thousands of pages that have a small link to me somewhere on them.

I can dive more deeply into this concept, buts thats for another post...SEO is a monster topic to which I'll be more than happy to share my knowledge on.