Comments on: I am the “Most Successful Blogger” in the world! http://www.jtpratt.com/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/ Wordpress Consulting, Wordpress Affiliate Stores, and SEO Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:43:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: willi http://www.jtpratt.com/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-8644 willi Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:04:16 +0000 http://www.jtpratt.com/2007/07/19/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/#comment-8644 I think i have the hardest time with the promo. people are always telling me different things to do. .-= willi´s last blog ..<a href="http://basementinsulation.blogsavy.com/advantages-to-insulating-basements/">Advantages To Insulating Basements</a> =-. I think i have the hardest time with the promo. people are always telling me different things to do.
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]]> By: Ian@ Loans http://www.jtpratt.com/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-8484 Ian@ Loans Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:15:39 +0000 http://www.jtpratt.com/2007/07/19/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/#comment-8484 Well I couldn't agree more with you... the basic point is, in the end, treat your blog and blogging like a real business, like you'd treat a business that you must grow day after day after day.... success is never overnight! .-= Ian@ Loans´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.consolidationschoolloan.com/consolidation-school-loan/4-reasons-to-consolidate-your-student-loans-on-or-before-july-1st-2006/">4 Reasons to Consolidate your Student Loans On or Before July 1st 2006</a> =-. Well I couldn’t agree more with you… the basic point is, in the end, treat your blog and blogging like a real business, like you’d treat a business that you must grow day after day after day…. success is never overnight!
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]]> By: admin http://www.jtpratt.com/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-8456 admin Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:21:09 +0000 http://www.jtpratt.com/2007/07/19/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/#comment-8456 @Valentina: best of luck going over your items with your IT friend. That was my only point - people seem to take care of their personal possessions like cars and houses, but put thousands of hours into a web site and don't give it the same consideration. I have 15-20 blogs, and I maintain them myself. I do have people help with certain things, but I do most of it myself. I remember when John Chow was nothing, and he did it all himself - all the coding, the designing, writing - all of it. The other thing too is I advise most bloggers that aren't successful yet to stick with just one blog until they start getting a good amount of traffic, and begin to make money from it. Until you learn to do this from one blog - anything else is just a distraction. @Valentina:

best of luck going over your items with your IT friend. That was my only point – people seem to take care of their personal possessions like cars and houses, but put thousands of hours into a web site and don’t give it the same consideration. I have 15-20 blogs, and I maintain them myself. I do have people help with certain things, but I do most of it myself. I remember when John Chow was nothing, and he did it all himself – all the coding, the designing, writing – all of it.

The other thing too is I advise most bloggers that aren’t successful yet to stick with just one blog until they start getting a good amount of traffic, and begin to make money from it. Until you learn to do this from one blog – anything else is just a distraction.

]]> By: Valentina http://www.jtpratt.com/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-8452 Valentina Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:48:00 +0000 http://www.jtpratt.com/2007/07/19/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/#comment-8452 soooooooooooooooooooo .... I have a lot of work to do on my blog! You should have seen it some three months ago. I had a different template (boring was pointed out to me) and the number of comments could be counted on ok, two hands at most. J.T. I do care about what I do, I'm just not in love with the tech type stuff and as you so aptly put it, it shows. I agree that you do need to know how to maintain your blog. What happens when you have multiple blogs? Some bloggers have them in the tens and for all I know in the hundreds. John Chow has an assistant that does the stuff he's not particularly keen on (and I think now the assistant writes many of his posts as well). Another self made millionaire IM type, Dan Lok, echos what you say, that it is important to know everything otherwise when you outsource you can be easily ripped off but he does support the outsourcing, as he puts it, he made a list of those things he enjoyed doing and was good at, and another list of things that he did not want to do and sucked at. But J.T. you've got me going. I am going to take your laundry list with me when I next meet with my friend the IT/IM type and go over the items. Thank you so very much for taking the time and effort to visit my site and give me the feedback. I so appreciate it. It is with comments like yours that I and others like me grow. Mucho, mucho. best..............valentina .-= Valentina´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.blogincomelife.com/offline-bootcamps-for-online-smarts/">Offline Bootcamps for Online Smarts</a> =-. soooooooooooooooooooo …. I have a lot of work to do on my blog! You should have seen it some three months ago. I had a different template (boring was pointed out to me) and the number of comments could be counted on ok, two hands at most.

J.T. I do care about what I do, I’m just not in love with the tech type stuff and as you so aptly put it, it shows. I agree that you do need to know how to maintain your blog. What happens when you have multiple blogs? Some bloggers have them in the tens and for all I know in the hundreds. John Chow has an assistant that does the stuff he’s not particularly keen on (and I think now the assistant writes many of his posts as well).

Another self made millionaire IM type, Dan Lok, echos what you say, that it is important to know everything otherwise when you outsource you can be easily ripped off but he does support the outsourcing, as he puts it, he made a list of those things he enjoyed doing and was good at, and another list of things that he did not want to do and sucked at.

But J.T. you’ve got me going. I am going to take your laundry list with me when I next meet with my friend the IT/IM type and go over the items. Thank you so very much for taking the time and effort to visit my site and give me the feedback. I so appreciate it. It is with comments like yours that I and others like me grow. Mucho, mucho.

best…………..valentina
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]]> By: admin http://www.jtpratt.com/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-8451 admin Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:48:25 +0000 http://www.jtpratt.com/2007/07/19/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/#comment-8451 @Valentina: If I were you I'd re-think that. You feel the same way as many do - and that's a shame - you can see it here in my comments. Being a blogger, and using Wordpress - but not having a clue how to maintain it mean you don't think much of your work online at all. You don't project it, you don't secure it, you don't maintain it - and just paying someone else to do it only sets yourself up to be at the mercy of someone who potentially doesn't know much more than you. Ever been ripped off by a mechanic or a plumber? How would you even know if they were lying about what needed to be done? Knowing how to maintain your own blog is like knowing how to do basic home repair. Most people can paint, clean out gutters, get ready for winter - and the like. You work online and intend to make money from it. I want you to know I mean no disrespect by what I'm about to say...because I'm going to comment on your blog, I just visited it. In 60 seconds I learned your robots.txt file isn't setup right, your blog isn't secure at all, your using the "admin" account (the first one a hacker targets), you're not using wordpress "pages" at all (except for an about page with no contact form), the links at the bottom of every page don't work (contact us, terms of use, trademarks, and privacy statement - you could get your adsense account shut down for that having a the last one), your adsense ads are the wrong color and in the wrong spots (to make money), and you've been blogging a year - and have yet to get better than a pagerank 1 in google (you get that just for having a web site online). You probably don't even have regular backups and if it was hacked tomorrow all your work would be lost. My point is - if you care about your blog and the time you put into, learn to maintain it. Not only are you protecting the work you do, you'll be more successful as well. @Valentina: If I were you I’d re-think that. You feel the same way as many do – and that’s a shame – you can see it here in my comments. Being a blogger, and using Wordpress – but not having a clue how to maintain it mean you don’t think much of your work online at all. You don’t project it, you don’t secure it, you don’t maintain it – and just paying someone else to do it only sets yourself up to be at the mercy of someone who potentially doesn’t know much more than you. Ever been ripped off by a mechanic or a plumber? How would you even know if they were lying about what needed to be done?

Knowing how to maintain your own blog is like knowing how to do basic home repair. Most people can paint, clean out gutters, get ready for winter – and the like. You work online and intend to make money from it. I want you to know I mean no disrespect by what I’m about to say…because I’m going to comment on your blog, I just visited it. In 60 seconds I learned your robots.txt file isn’t setup right, your blog isn’t secure at all, your using the “admin” account (the first one a hacker targets), you’re not using wordpress “pages” at all (except for an about page with no contact form), the links at the bottom of every page don’t work (contact us, terms of use, trademarks, and privacy statement – you could get your adsense account shut down for that having a the last one), your adsense ads are the wrong color and in the wrong spots (to make money), and you’ve been blogging a year – and have yet to get better than a pagerank 1 in google (you get that just for having a web site online). You probably don’t even have regular backups and if it was hacked tomorrow all your work would be lost. My point is – if you care about your blog and the time you put into, learn to maintain it. Not only are you protecting the work you do, you’ll be more successful as well.

]]> By: Valentina http://www.jtpratt.com/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-8450 Valentina Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:31:28 +0000 http://www.jtpratt.com/2007/07/19/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/#comment-8450 Arrived here via Dennis Eddel's blog ... my but this thread has got legs (or is that wine that has legs :-) I have to agree with the commenter who recommends a lesser percentage be given to setup. I see your point re maintenance but feel that 10% would be sufficient, at least for me. I am a strong believer in working to your strengths and therein perhaps lies the point of contention. Your having set up lots of blogs/sites etc. gives you a familiarity in the techie type stuff and you can put it to good use. For those of us who find that setup/maintenance is a necessity rather than a joy the day of a steadily growing income is eagerly looked forward to ... outsource time! To your point though one should always check things ... whether on your own work or outsourced. Ironically, I just recently discovered - more correctly put, it was pointed out to me that my categories were all bad links. Perhaps there is a basic "maintenance" list that we should all perform at least monthly to ensure that such incidence are kept to a minimum. Would you have any recommendations for such a list. best.............valentina .-= Valentina´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.blogincomelife.com/offline-bootcamps-for-online-smarts/">Offline Bootcamps for Online Smarts</a> =-. Arrived here via Dennis Eddel’s blog … my but this thread has got legs (or is that wine that has legs :-)

I have to agree with the commenter who recommends a lesser percentage be given to setup. I see your point re maintenance but feel that 10% would be sufficient, at least for me. I am a strong believer in working to your strengths and therein perhaps lies the point of contention. Your having set up lots of blogs/sites etc. gives you a familiarity in the techie type stuff and you can put it to good use. For those of us who find that setup/maintenance is a necessity rather than a joy the day of a steadily growing income is eagerly looked forward to … outsource time!

To your point though one should always check things … whether on your own work or outsourced. Ironically, I just recently discovered – more correctly put, it was pointed out to me that my categories were all bad links. Perhaps there is a basic “maintenance” list that we should all perform at least monthly to ensure that such incidence are kept to a minimum. Would you have any recommendations for such a list.

best………….valentina
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]]> By: John Paul Aguiar http://www.jtpratt.com/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-8425 John Paul Aguiar Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:26:19 +0000 http://www.jtpratt.com/2007/07/19/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/#comment-8425 Great post, once you have your blogging plan the hard part is sticking to it long term, even when the results you want havn't really kicked in yet. .-= John Paul Aguiar´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.johnpaulaguiar.com/happy-holidays-and-my-personal-thank-you/">Happy Holidays and My Personal Thank You</a> =-. Great post, once you have your blogging plan the hard part is sticking to it long term, even when the results you want havn’t really kicked in yet.
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]]> By: Darvin @ bestionicairpuri http://www.jtpratt.com/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-8042 Darvin @ bestionicairpuri Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:54:17 +0000 http://www.jtpratt.com/2007/07/19/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/#comment-8042 I have rearranged my focus to align with your suggested priority scale, and it's still early, but I am already seeing some positive affects with respect to commenters and rankings. Thanks again! =)] .-= Darvin @ bestionicairpurifiers.com´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.bestionicairpurifiers.com/do-follow-blog-comment-luv-and-keyword-luv.html">Do Follow Blog, Comment Luv and Keyword Luv</a> =-. I have rearranged my focus to align with your suggested priority scale, and it’s still early, but I am already seeing some positive affects with respect to commenters and rankings.

Thanks again! =)] Darvin @ bestionicairpurifiers.com´s last blog ..Do Follow Blog, Comment Luv and Keyword Luv My ComLuv Profile

]]> By: Darvin @ bestionicairpuri http://www.jtpratt.com/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-8011 Darvin @ bestionicairpuri Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:55:27 +0000 http://www.jtpratt.com/2007/07/19/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/#comment-8011 Wow! This sounds like really good stuff. I'm just starting out in Blogging and I'vee been searching for a good source for tips and suggestions toward creating a successful blog. From what I've learned so far, I would agree with your assessment that promotion is critical. I will be dropping in frequently for some more blogging goodness! .-= Darvin @ bestionicairpurifiers.com´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.bestionicairpurifiers.com/do-follow-blog-comment-luv-and-keyword-luv.html">Do Follow Blog, Comment Luv and Keyword Luv</a> =-. Wow! This sounds like really good stuff. I’m just starting out in Blogging and I’vee been searching for a good source for tips and suggestions toward creating a successful blog.

From what I’ve learned so far, I would agree with your assessment that promotion is critical.

I will be dropping in frequently for some more blogging goodness!
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]]> By: Elizabeth Sheppard http://www.jtpratt.com/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-5275 Elizabeth Sheppard Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:07:47 +0000 http://www.jtpratt.com/2007/07/19/i-am-the-most-successful-blogger-in-the-world/#comment-5275 You really got me. I was sure you were a super-successful blogger - maybe even the most-successful-blogger-in-the-world. =[] I will really pay attention and read your posting carefully, because I am very interested in bringing more visitors to my blogs. I will be following your progress. I wish you great success. <abbr><em>Elizabeth Sheppards last blog post..<a href="http://non-traditional-students.blogspot.com/2009/03/nontrad-secrets.html" rel="nofollow">Nontrad Secrets!</a></abbr></em> You really got me. I was sure you were a super-successful blogger – maybe even the most-successful-blogger-in-the-world. =[]

I will really pay attention and read your posting carefully, because I am very interested in bringing more visitors to my blogs. I will be following your progress. I wish you great success.

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