If you want people to read your blog, you have to reach out to the blogosphere and comment on other people’s blogs…right?

Well that all depends, but generally it’s a good practice but only if you do it correctly.

WHY COMMENT ON BLOGS?

When you comment on blogs the right way you get your name out there, and perhaps you’ll pick up tons of backlinks and a great amount of loyal readers. However if you do it incorrectly you’ll simply have wasted your time and you might even get your domain blacklisted.

HERE’S WHERE PEOPLE GO WRONG

I saw this comment on one of my blogs and something was a little odd about it….it just didn’t fit.

I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts.

Tina Russell

So being the nosey person I am I decided to Google the entire comment, and what do you know there are 80,600 results.

Come on, who gave you this advice? You are spamming blogs with the exact same comment?

That’s too bad because this persons name and domain name are probably set in a lot of spam filters. In fact, they are because today I’ve gotten made the same comment on other blogs of mine and they went directly into spam moderation. Ever heard of spam karma?

MY ADVICE

Dear Tina Russell,

Somebody gave you some bad advice. Here’s a tip, comment all day and all night, but only if you have something useful to say. Save the copy and paste job or automated software for the real spammers.

Signed,

A Very Busy Lady

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I didn’t have time to do this, I didn’t have time to do that, I’ve been so busy that I forgot…sound familiar?

If it does, it’s time to cut it out and start being more productive.

No excuses! The time is there if you make it.

I’ve gone back and fourth between having a schedule, and not having one and there are some big differences.

No schedule

I get a lot done but something usually gets left behind. I’ll invest a lot of effort into a few key tasks, tasks that I enjoy. The things that I don’t want to do, I put off…and off…and off yet I feel so productive because I’m still getting things accomplished.

Schedule

I get a ton of work done and it gets done quickly. The day goes by faster because I have a checklist already set and there’s no time to twiddle my thumbs. Best of all nothing gets neglected. My day is filled with variety and my overall bottom line increases because I’m not only focusing on what I like to do, but I am also focusing on what I need to do.

If you find yourself just floating along flapping your wings, here’s what I recommend you do.
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