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Remember the $15 Amazon gift certificate for the 1000th comment here on Website In A Weekend? Lisis scored that one. Actually, Lisis’ son Hunter scored a Lego Manta Warrior from this windfall! Thanks, Mom, you’re the coolest.
Read more Lisis at Quest for Balance. Note well: Lisis takes on the Big Questions. She may well change how you see the world. Perhaps even how you see yourself.
Another blast from the past… Recall “How NOT to Comment on Blogs (Dude, you’re busted).” Here’s more of the same type of commenting shenanigans, now reported by Lee Ka Hoong in Beware Of Comment Spammer In 2010! Some people.
Click thru, do it.
I’m almost speechless.
One thing I can say: Politicians seem to be the same everywhere. One of those things makes you unsure whether to laugh, or cry.
More open loops
Marshall Craw & Family report PR 3 for Real Off Grid Energy and Life. So does Walter Yu. If you have a couple of minutes, go visit both sites.
Here’s what they have in common:
- Tight niche focus.
- Regular posting schedule.
- Very few comments.
- Relevant and targeted outgoing links.
I can tell you for a fact Walter spends about 5 hours per month, maximum, on his web site. He’s got it down to a science. Why do I know this? Because he brings over a bag of groceries for stir fry, picks my brain, and pounds out articles 1, 2, 3.
If you want to pick my brain, show up with a bag of groceries. Just call ahead.
And stay tuned in as we watch Marshall and Walter keep growing.
Updated posts
Probably half (i.e., 100,000 words) of Website In A Weekend is evergreen or pillar content. This means it has to be periodically reviewed and updated. Which is boring, but necessary. With the Website In A Weekend eCourse now underway, keeping articles up to date is more important than ever.
Here’s this week’s crop of updated articles.
Updated Installing WordPress article from Friday Evening. Updated to use Bluehost’s Simple Script system, which I now use myself and recommend. It’s much better than Fantastico, as good as a manual installation.
More WordPress Simple Security: 5 Plugins to help you lock out unwanted visitors. Carlos found a problem. I fixed it. Details in comments.
If you have written a series of articles like Valentina’s MasterMind Power series, check to see whether you have these guidelines covered: Shingle Your Blog Posts To Provide Continuity In Snackable Chunks. If so, get linked!
New articles
If you’ve taken some time off, you might want to check through this bumper crop of really great stuff this last week.
- Help Haiti Blog Challenge: I’m Yours… All Weekend. Here’s the deal: you commit to building your website in a weekend from January 22-24, I’ll personally coach you through the entire process… for $300.
- When B.L.O.G. Turns into J.O.B. – Downshift and accelerate. Sometimes, you just don’t feel it. Writing is hard. Your passion seems to have evaporated. This is exactly when you need to pour it on… read more and see.
- MasterMind Power I: How 5 Boys Achieved Unparalled Success. Read how 5 small town boys achieved unparalleled success by masterminding. If they can do it, you can too. First of a 4 part series, don’t miss any of them.
- Blogging Katamari Style (I’m gonna roll you up!). Let’s revisit Matt Cutts Katamari principle. Never heard of it? Then you need to read, and understand Google expects your blog to be rolling it up.
- MasterMind Power Part II: Napoleon Hill – Father of the MasterMind. Here’s 7 critical principles for growing your MasterMind Power, principles which will return your investment many-fold. Take the time to read and learn.
- DIY WordPress: Thesis Theme Custom Splash Page. It’s easy to make a custom splash page using the Thesis theme for WordPress, just follow the easy steps outlined in this short article.
Upcoming
Look forward to Valentina Bellicova’s 3rd and 4th installments of her MasterMind Power article series:
- MasterMind Power III: W5 Of a Successful Mastermind Group.
- MasterMind Power IV: Some MasterMind Examples.
The Week In Review Series
- Last WIAW Week in Review
- Lurkers, Saboteurs & Gauntlets… it’s Two Weeks in Review! We flush lurkers into the comment spotlight, discuss self-sabotage and take a peek at one’s man’s step-by-step for launching a product. It’s the Week in Review!
- Stay tuned…
Next WIAW Week in Review
Good round up here, Dave.
I love Lisis’ Quest for Balance site. It’s nice now and again to get philosophical and then see how it can fit into our lives.
Also looking forward to the Mastermind series continuation.
Have a great weekend, mate!
.-= Gordie´s last blog ..Six Things You Should Do Daily To Succeed. =-.
No offense but the best part of this article is the picture of the LEGO Manta Warrior! Not because the article sucks but that’s the coolest LEGO thing I’ve ever seen!
.-= Gabe | freebloghelp.com´s last blog ..I don’t target my Twitter followers and I like it that way =-.
Haha! Thanks, Gabe! What I should’ve done is taken a picture of the Manta ARMY my son put together. Once he got this first one (from his new best buddy, Dave) he decided that was what he wanted for xmas. So, he has a bunch of these guys. They have a cool tail, too, that I didn’t capture in the picture… and a trident. Good stuff.
And Gordie, thanks for the endorsement, too. I’m a big fan of getting philosophical from time to time… just to see what happens. :)
.-= Lisis´s last blog ..The Harvard Psychedelic Club Blew My Mind =-.
@Gordie – I write these Week in Reviews mostly for you regular readers. They’re fun, but time consuming.
@Gabe – Yeah, so cool! Bug Lisis for pictures of the whole army.
@Lisis – There’s a lot of people attempting what you’re doing, and not doing nearly as well at it. Most are just a little too self-indulgent. You’re striking the right balance with personalizing things to yourself while inviting the reader to share. If that didn’t make any sense, I don’t know how to explain it!
.-= Dr WordPress!´s last blog ..MasterMind Power I: How 5 Boys Achieved Unparalled Success =-.
Don’t worry… it made sense. It does take a certain balance of sharing just enough personal info to keep it real, so others can connect with you, while not making the blog ABOUT YOU. That’s a line I’m always mindful of.
(Thanks for noticing!) :)
There’s sharing, then’s there’s oversharing.
Some people promote oversharing with “authenticity.”
I’m not convinced.
I’m not sure if pantyliner advertising is brilliant, or just kinda weird.
Also, that manta warrior thing is way cooler than the space men legos I had, that came in yellow, red, or gray.
.-= Deacon´s last blog ..DayJob v ArtJob, Round 1 goes to DayJob =-.
Brilliantly weird maybe.
Good wrap this week Dave, I checked out your article on spammers as well as Lee’s and thats pretty wild, looks like it’s going to the next level in regards to spam creativity.
.-= Extreme John´s last blog ..Everyone Knows Me? =-.
I don’t get who they think they’re trying to fool.
If it’s search engines, it won’t work for very long.