I listened to Yaro’s interview with Collis Ta’eed this afternoon and thought I’d take a quick look at his blogs. Funny how giving out the address in an interview helps traffic!!!

There’s a great article on NorthXEast setting out 9 things a new blog should do to avoid looking brand new. Great advice – how many blogs have you visited that show the number of readers as zero? Maybe I should disable comments here for a while!

I mention his other blog, The Freelance Switch, for the simple reason I think it is visually stunning – since it is about freelancers I’m not surprised but when I have wsome cash maybe I’ll get a design done like this.

I’d love some comments here about blog design and your thoughts as to how a great design helps stickiness.

Just stumbled across a post by Tray Gamble at her blog Success Chronicle which really endorses my feelings of “Nothing Changes Without A Change”.

The post starts:- “Change Your Focus, Change Your Life” and examines manifestation of thoughts into your life. A little spiritual for some but for me this works mainly because of the focus you give to what your really want rather than concentrating on what you don’t want. It’s difficult to think of negatives when you are smiling and looking up. There some good positive posts at Tray’s blog you may want to review.

No sooner do I just about get the hang of one piece of software, learn about this technology, fathom out what Web 2.0 is and something changes. I’ve only recently started this blog and I learn today from Mike Paetzold at Word Press Made Easy that there is a new version of WordPress I ought to be thinking about.

Like Mike (read his review at Word Press Made Easy) I like the current feature of scrolling down to see a preview of the page before actually submitting. However, some of the other features Mike mentions sound good.

More learning by the looks of things!

As I develop my thinking on the 6MProfitMethod I find myself drawn more to strategic thinkers rather than the “quick buck” product peddlers. I’m a fan of Rich Schefren and was reading a  great post on his blog today.  In my current business I encourage people to save for the future but advise them also that they should be living for today.

Rich Schefren suggests “…it’s no longer safe to assume that your tomorrow will be like today or yesterday, no matter how excellent you’ve been or how long you’ve been around”. How true that is. Despite passionately desiring a “better” future I believe it is essential to enjoy today.

I’ve heard far too many times people telling me they regret working all the time when their kids were growing up and not having time for them. So excuse me please I have to make time for mine right now. Catch up tomorrow.

I talked earlier about the WordPress Adsense System I’m now using.

Gobala Krishnan, the author, writes his own blog, surprisingly called GobalaKrishnan.com, that helps you start your own internet home business. Must be great to have an unusual name like that for Search Engine Optimisation.

Gobala promises he’ll link back to your blog (see rules) and send you a ton of traffic if you write a review of his blog.

Apart from the obvious potential for this blog, as I’m so pleased with his product I went over to his blog which I have to say is really good.

The first point to make is that he is using one of the theme’s he provides in his product (always a good sign) and there are some really interesting articles.

Unlike some internet gurus, Gobala seems very humble and honest – would you actually admit to earning less than US$0.30 per hour from your web business? Things have clearly improved for Gobala.

There is a particular good post about Keyword research which is an activity that I find an absolute bore! The reason for that is probably because I read it is essential but no-one has really explained the best way to do it. Gobala has a great way of explaining things, however, so maybe it is time I really got into this subject.

Take a look at his blog, do a review and see if you do get an increase in traffic. If you do let me know and I’ll post a link to your blog from here. Every little helps!