You may be wondering, “Hey, Tammara - where art thou?” Lol - well maybe not exactly in those words, but you may be wondering why we have not yet launched the blogging community in it’s full platform as promised? As you may recall, originally we had anticipated to announce the opening for registration on our full platform by the first of the year, and that is obviously past and gone. So, what’s the current scoop?
Here’s a member who has caught onto the game quickly! Our newest member Cornflower hasn’t wasted any time learning how to complete a Link & Blog Challenge! For doing so, her blog was added to our blog roll too! 
What was the challenge?
One of our newest members has already completed her first challenge and is ready for more! She was eager to get started and finished her first one quickly, and I’m sure if you sent Cornflower a pm she would like to challenge you too!
Cornflower already had a post written up about Craigs List, and I did too! So, Craigs list was the key word that essentially provided us with the ability to link our blog posts. Although we both already had the posts written, it still is just as valuable for link exchange so here’s the scoop on what we did.
Hello everyone! We have several members to announce this week. Like Cornflower, those of you who are beginning with Link & Blog this early have a huge added advantage - more exposure for your blogs! So without wasting any additional time, our latest member Julia, who you will get to know by her user ID Cornflower has quite a few eggs in her blog basket! Let’s take a snoop and see what she blogs about.
Are you ready to get fit and trim this new year? If you’re not sure how to get started you may want to take a look at this blog:
Stay Fit
Once you are fit and trim you may want to treat yourself to a new auto or fix up the car you have. So drive on over and check out this blog to get some ideas and auto tips:
My Ride
But wait…hold on there now! Before you make that new auto purchase you may want to take a look at her other blog and get some tips on credit and other financial matters:
Smart Divas
Three blogs down and we are not yet half-way through because Julia is a busy lady! Next in line is to find out how you can prepare for the various holidays! With her holiday blog you’ll find out how to make them much happier by learning some great new ideas.
Happy Holidays
If you’re single and you’ve researched her blog on how to stay fit and your sporting around in your new car you might be looking for a hot date! Her online dating blog just may be what the dating doctor ordered!
Smart Divas Online Dating
By now you should be getting some great ideas on some Link & Blog Challenges that you could create with this member, but even with your head swimming with some great new inspiration, here’s her next blog up to bat. Are you looking to build a better website? Then check this one out:
A Better Website
Next is a blog to help you overhaul your life! With topics such as “Don’t Look Back” and “Dare to Dream” anyone is sure to pick up some great pointers from here:
Brigidsblog
We’re coming up to her last several blogs and this one will give you some good information in regards to various things going on in the world of the Internet at sites such as ebay.
MegaSite Mania
If you’re like me you may be getting some spring fever! I’m currently looking out my window at our yard, which is under a fresh blanket of snow. I’m green with envy over any gardening blog since I love gardens. If you need some tips to make your thumb greener then you will enjoy:
My Garden @ House N Style
Now that you have had a chance to get to know the blogs this productive lady has it’s time to get to know her a little and communicate with her to do a Link & Blog Challenge. Be sure to contact her so you can exchange ideas for writing a post on each of your blogs to connect to with a completed challenge, and become a link exchange partner with her!
In that she has nine blogs surely there is some way you can create a Link & Blog Challenge with her! Hey Cornflower - check your pm box because I’m sending you a challenge!
How to Contact CORNFLOWER
Our member, Cornflower registered with our community site and you may reach her there. If you have not yet registered, you may do so by going to our community site at this link.
Once you have registered at our other site, send off a pm to her with an explanation of which blogs you have, and what creative and challenging ways you can put your writers creativity together!
Are you posting any news topics on your blogs? If not, you may want to consider doing so! If you are like me you may be thinking, “Why do I want to post news topics on my blog? People can go anywhere on the Internet to read the latest scoop on the news for the day!” That was exactly the way I felt as I entered the world of blogging, so I never placed any breaking news topics on my blogs.
Suddenly, at the close of 2006 I learned my way of thinking was terribly wrong. My failure to place breaking news on my blogs resulted in a huge traffic restraint, which I was not aware of! Have you placed the same traffic restraint upon your blogs with the same attitude?
What is your blog all about, and from which keywords do you want to drive traffic to your blog? I’ll be the first to admit I’m not an expert, but I’ve learned some tips about keywords by watching the results from organic traffic to my blogs.
A primary place to make sure your posts contain your keywords or phrase is within your post title. When someone does a search for a specific keyword or phrase you have a much greater chance of them landing on your blog if it is contained within your post title.
You can run a simple test on your blog using that strategy by simply publishing numerous posts containing your targeted key word or phrase within your post title, and see where you end up in Google Rankings or by watching your organic traffic referrals.
