http://bloggers.tribe.net/thread/14d3824b-d01e-4b25-b3d5-f0b627e83184?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://bloggers.tribe.net/thread/14d3824b-d01e-4b25-b3d5-f0b627e83184#2c076ee4-dd39-4e01-afbc-6a8383f965bf I'm welcome anyone who wants to blog in The Cafe and advertise their own blog / website in exchange. I only need to send a Blog invite if you are interested. Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:59:57 GMT http://bloggers.tribe.net/thread/14d3824b-d01e-4b25-b3d5-f0b627e83184#2c076ee4-dd39-4e01-afbc-6a8383f965bf Sierra 2008-01-07T17:59:57Z http://bloggers.tribe.net/thread/14d3824b-d01e-4b25-b3d5-f0b627e83184#da0b979b-fd42-482b-8d63-f80e4ef7d5e9 When I'm traveling from one city to the next I put a laminated sign adverting the main site www.SierraNightTide.com. That is the home page for all four bloggers. The sign is simple with the website logo and tag line -- I left a bit of mystery as to what is www.SierraNightTide.com in hopes that I can get people curious. I've seen a bigger increase in traffic in the LA, AL & TX than I have in NM & FL. Nice make over! I really like my design but I know I will have to change some things down the line... My hope is to grab some people now and make changes if I can generate some kind of income from it. Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:58:56 GMT http://bloggers.tribe.net/thread/14d3824b-d01e-4b25-b3d5-f0b627e83184#da0b979b-fd42-482b-8d63-f80e4ef7d5e9 Sierra 2008-01-07T17:58:56Z http://bloggers.tribe.net/thread/14d3824b-d01e-4b25-b3d5-f0b627e83184#bc22acee-0f9b-4748-958d-31255eb32c22 Good for you! The best you can do is participate in other blogs to get yourself noticed. When you say you advertised - what do you mean - was it on your car, passing out flyers or business cards? To tell! I recently re-did the look of my blog (http://www.leroux.ca/) to something that wasn't quite so hideous (you can see a screengrab of the old version here : http://xfep.com/appreciation/commenter-appreciation-september-2007/ ), and traffic is up ~10%. Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:35:39 GMT http://bloggers.tribe.net/thread/14d3824b-d01e-4b25-b3d5-f0b627e83184#bc22acee-0f9b-4748-958d-31255eb32c22 WTL 2008-01-06T03:35:39Z http://bloggers.tribe.net/thread/14d3824b-d01e-4b25-b3d5-f0b627e83184#e280d428-4ff9-4dc6-b974-2d304a115d85 I drove across country Los Angeles to Florida and advertised my website www.SierraNightTide.com the entire way. The numbers are still low but they’re growing. Out of curiosity I checked Google Rank and was amazed to see that the url sierranighttide.com has a Google Ranking of 2 in less than two weeks! WooHoo! I spent Christmas sleeping because I drove from New Orleans to Jacksonville, FL in one shot. After that I drove to my friend’s house and having been recuperating from the drive. I leave to go back on the road and throughout Florida Tuesday. Great things have been happening and I’m really excited for the website. I tried eBay and currently have two auctions up at eBay but both times have generated no leads or sales so I think I’m going to dump eBay and use only my SEM methods. Nicola, one of the artists I’m working with has made two beautiful belly dancing headdresses and I can’t wait to showcase them with her bio. An idea came to me as I was looking at them. I’m going to create an Artist page displaying the artist’s picture and bio. Lots of work yet to do Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:04:18 GMT http://bloggers.tribe.net/thread/14d3824b-d01e-4b25-b3d5-f0b627e83184#e280d428-4ff9-4dc6-b974-2d304a115d85 Sierra 2007-12-30T14:04:18Z