Monday, March 10, 2008

Some Suggestions

Well well well .. Happy week for all .. I know you all love Mondays :)
Now I want to say something about your blog and the posts you'll write for Smorty.

It’s important not to miss the purpose of owning a blog. You should write not only for commercial purposes, but for your readers as well. Quality content will bring traffic and in time that will bring you money. So don’t start off being greedy.
Believe me guys, sometimes it's hard to read your posts because of the number of ads in it. Lots of ads, very complicated design, very large image sizes also (impossible to download) background music is not a good idea for your readers. Simply look at your blog from the outside, check the design and the pictures on it. The reader should not have to search for your posts, they should be obvious. I also recommend you to remove advertisements at the top of posts.
You can easily find a lot of useful information about this on the internet, I just wanted to remind you. ...and please don’t forget to use webtools for your blog. Some of you have already spoken on this subject in the Smorty Forum. Please visit the forum and discuss with the other bloggers further. After all, that’s what it’s for!

About your Posts;
What makes a post perfect in Smorty’s eyes?
a) Please think twice before using duplicate content, even to get more posts at once. You all know your blog will be banned with no way to un-ban .
b) Your post must contain min 150 words. While submitting a post please find the box on your admin panel. Simply paste your content in it. You will see an error message if it does not contain 150 words. Do not forget if your post is declined or sent back for fixing, it will affect your rating .
c) Only enter the sponsors link. It will also be declined if the advertiser find any other link on the post they have paid for.
d) You also need to submit your Post URL . Please click here for more information. Submitting your homepage is not a good idea because the advertisers have 5 days to read the posts. Say, they read it at the 4th day after the submisson .. tada! they won't find it on your home page because you already published new posts above theirs!

My last words are; you need to work for your blog, publishing a post is not enough ... Visit other blogs, leave comments (do not leave something like “link exchange?” or "visit my blog". Remember, the blog you visit is not your advertising area.)

Enough chit chat, today is Monday and I have a lot of work! I have a meeting with our engineers about a surprise project for you ;)
See you soon ...
Jen .

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great advise :) Nice reminder, especially about visiting others' blog. I sometimes get so busy with my blogs that I forget about visiting other blogs. Guess I'll have to work on that a little more.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the reminders. It's very helpful for us to be reminded of what we're supposed to do.

Thanks again.

Suggestions I have none. I love Smorty. I just hope I get more opportunities.