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Any successful person will tell you that achieving goals begins with setting them. Back on the fourth of August, I posted a list of Four Blog Goals for August. I am happy to say that I accomplished three of the four goals, but four of four would have been nice. Luckily, the three that were accomplished happened to be the top three in importance.

Success
1. Encourage Personal Networking and Link Building - I have spent WAY too much time on MyBlogLog this last month. MyBlogLog is a great networking site that can lead you to hundreds, if not thousands of blogs in your niche. I am calling it a success because I have met a lot of people online this last month, and have improved my traffic directly from networking. As far as link building goes, I didn’t do any link-exchanges or paid links. I can still call it a success because…

I have had a dramatic increase in readers lately, so I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone that has subscribed to my RSS Feed! I hope I can keep you around with some good posting. ^_^

There has been some buzz going around about the BlogWorld Expo coming up in November. I figured that I would add to it and give you five reasons to show up!

1. Networking

At an expo like BlogWorld, you can expect to find some of the leaders in blogging, some of the stragglers, and a lot of people in-between. This presents great opportunity for anyone looking to network. You will be able to get your face out there and actually talk to people that might be reading your blog, which is a very powerful tool when building long-lasting relationships. You can meet Nate, Josh, and I there, for sure!

2. Seminars
Experts in blogging will be presenting…

Lately, I have been pondering exactly how I want to go about marketing the blog. I have thought about doing things like expensive ReviewMe’s and grandiose contests, but I am going to save that for when the blog has reached epic proportions *crossing fingers*. Waiting it out for something like 75 RSS subscribers and higher daily visitor and pageview states seems to me like a better option. Why?

Credibility Counts

I often base the credibility of the blogs I visit on the longevity of their blog, how many feed readers they have, and the quality of their content. If I feel like I am visiting a new blog that is more interested in opportunistic advertising than really giving their readers something useful, I won’t be subscribing. I know I am not the only person out there in the blogosphere that feels this way. On this blog, I will be building credibility and…