My Blog = My Life: blog pulse

  • Does summer change the timing of your blog posts?

    Does summer change the timing of your blog posts?

    I know I said I wasn't going to write on WW4F until I got back from England, but I had a few extra minutes so I thought I'd discuss an interesting phenomenon that I've seen take place since the end of May/beginning of June. It seems that summer has changed my best time to post on Single Dad Laughing in a big way.

    One way that I have gauged what time is best for posting is how many of my friends are currently available on Facebook chat. Since I started using this as one of my measurements, 8 AM MST has been just as good a time as any other, and often better than any other time.

    The last few weeks though, I haven't been watching it too closely and my traffic has been dropping even though I've been posting at the same time I usually do. I was surprised when I realized this, and so I started looking at different traffic influencers to see where things might be causing the dropping. What was the first thing I noticed?
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  • Keeping a finger on the pulse of your blog

    Keeping a finger on the pulse of your blog

    One of the big differences between the average blogger and an exceptional blogger is that an exceptional blogger always keeps a finger on the pulse of his/her blog.

    Thoughts for the average blogger:

    What would be good to post today?

    Now, take a deep breath...

    Thoughts for the exceptional blogger:
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