Increase your blogging.

New sites to visit listed in column to the right.  I will post up to ten a week to see if it creates hits on those sites.  Stampinwhenican.blogspot.com   posted my site on her blog and it really increased visitors (38) to my site.  Thank you. 

Google Reader

Google Reader is the best for me and what a time saver.  Below is a sample of the left side of the google reader page.  The item numbered in red is how I first began.  Now I just begin with #2 All items and scroll down.  When I want to make a comment I hit the box 'share with a note'.

I grant you it took a long time to enter all my bookmarks, however if I had known about google reader first it would have been a piece of cake.  On my blog site I chose to only show the first twenty-five updated sites, but by clicking all sites you can see them all.

Hope this works for you.

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• Home
• All items (4)        2.  Then yesterday, I discovered highlighting (hitting, 
• Starred items       whatever) from here  and I could scroll down the 
• Trends                  ALL items as far back as I wanted to go.
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• Your stuff
• Shared items
• Notes
• Friends' shared items
• Manage friends »
Discover »
Add subscription
Refresh
Show: updated - all
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• My Blog (1)                         1.    When I first check out the updated sites I came 
• My Creative Corner! (2)      here... one by one and this was better that going                                

• Techno Stamper (1)             to each site I had bookmarked which I never did.         

Manage subscriptions »
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What turns you off a blog?

Check this forum out.  There is good info here if you are just beginning to set up a site. and even experienced blogger also.

egads I just disturbed my husband's sleep again when I researched blogging sites and music begins playing before I have a chance to find it and turn it off.  Silly me never thought to turn off sound on computer

P.S.  Ctmh consultants if your site is not listed email me at heartfeltexpres@aol.com

Oh My Gosh.....

The things I have learned...
1. Google reader
2. blogging
3. analytics
4. Adsense
5. linking back
6. subscribe via email
7. traffic feed
8. splitcoaststampers... i 'll fix this one later
9. How to change fonts and colors

And places to go...
How to make Blogspot look better http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=229756

Hey, this blogging thing is great.

This site in one month has had over 500 hits. My hubby said 499 of them are mine. NOT, well maybe 498. The previous month was a big zero. I have another site that increased from 0 - 425. This is sooooo much fun. I also signed up for google analytics. I am still learning to understand computer lingo. I probably need to talk to a nine year old.
When I began this quest in January I knew zilch about blogs, blogging, blog candy, etc. There is a whole other world out there.
In blogging, I have come across some incredible blogs, tutorials, and stories. I've checked linked back to check out other sites and how to add a counter, map, adsense, favorite links, traffic feed, guest books, how to subscribe via email, and finally dreams search engine. I still don't understand search engine but I have one. lol
This research is cutting into my crafting time and creating aching wrists however my dog loves this time. Well almost.(She would rather I rub her tummy.) She gets to sit in my lap while I computer which is probably why my wrists are knarled and throbbing on occasion.
In my crafting life, blogging has improved my skills in matting photos, making layered cards, textured cards, die cuts, creating new 3d projects. I have learned soo much from the other sites and will continue to frequent them. It has also cause me to purchase cuttlebug folders, stampin up punches, stamp sets, pretties, spellbinder die cuts, and all of this online.
If you haven't joined the blogging scene consider it. Don't knock it till you try it.

Computer Class and adsense!!!!

We have worked on adding ads for weeks and today would you believe one click and we were done. Hotdog!!! Now to investigate keywords.

I love looking at the live traffic map

It pleases me that people from all over the world can view this site. Come on Africa.
California had a rainy days this week so I used this time to view all of the sites on my blog. What fun and each site lead to another site. I learn soooo much from every one. Should I get a life? This is my life and I like it. Then my order from Gina K Designs arrived so I got to play. play, play.

Big Thank you to those who have links to my site.

I have been tracking who visits this site and how you get here. Thank you to all of you who added my link. I am now researching 'keywords' to get more hits. Hopefully it will bring more people interested in Handmade Scrapbook Albums and Handmade Greeting Cards.

Can anyone tell me how to have all or most of my posts on one page.

I find that as I look around others that my time is taken up going to the older posts however on some sites they are altogether and for me a joy to view all at once. So how to I do it.