Next Level Blogger » ferriss blog http://www.nextlevelblogger.com Blog tips and internet marketing strategy from Christian Russell Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:48:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Tim Ferriss Blog Talks About How to Blog Without Killing Yourself http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/ferriss-blog/ http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/ferriss-blog/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:00:35 +0000 Christian Russell http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/?p=317

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Perhaps you’ve heard of The Four Hour Work Week. It’s a bestseller and for good reason. It’s just one of those books you have to read. The author, Tim Ferriss, talks in this video about how blogging has played a crucial role in his book’s success, and he talks about how to build a massively successful blog without killing yourself.

I highly recommend this video. I credit Darren Rowse for making me aware of it by posting it on his blog. It’s 50+ minutes long, but it’s worth it. And I know everyone who reads this post is concerned with maximizing the results they get from blogging, so I know you’ll make time to watch it. I learned some great tidbits from this that I am going to apply to this blog for sure, and in case anyone’s interested I’ve included my notes below. Feel free to steal all you like :)

Even if now is not a good time for you to spend an hour watching a video, bookmark this page and come back later if you like. I spent a good bit of time with this video this afternoon, and I’m convinced it’s worth everyone’s time.

This Tim Ferriss blog post is definitely worth your time. Have fun!

A few notes I took from this video:

  1. http://crazyegg.com/: great tool for tracking vistors’ usage of your site. Heat mapping, etc.
  2. Best day/time of day for posting: 7am pst, 6pm est… Best days: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
  3. Changing “categories” to “topics” significantly increased his click through on his category links.
  4. Put up a page called “7 reasons to subscribe”…promote email subscription, not RSS.
  5. Remove date stamping, or make sure dates are not displayed if the post is older. Visitors are biased to current content and tend to bounce off a post if it’s been around a long time.
  6. Post comment rules…use your real name, not your business or keywords. Be nice, no links in comment body, etc.

Also, I highly recommend going to Tim’s blog. I’m surprised that I’ve not been on his blog until this afternoon. It’s great :)

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