Using your blogs to build an email list is very powerful strategy. But are you using your blog to it's full potential?
Most people just add their opt-in form at the top of their blog's sidebar and never pay attention to it again - sure it will catch the odd new subscriber but...
Why are blogs so effective?
Because it's easy to get ranked in the search engines and because you can get a ton of targeted traffic from all the new web 2.0 sites. But...
What happens when they get to your blog?
They start reading your post. If you are lucky they will like it and read more than one and maybe click one of you links.
But while that is going on they have long since scrolled past that first opt-in form and chances are they will never see it again.
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Before we moved down to the Isle of Wight I used to have a cage with Bengalese Finches. I loved these little birds, they were small, very loud and very sociable. However it was unfair to move them all the way down here to the island with possibly no space to keep them, so we sold them. It was always my intention to get them again, however time, kids, moving house again just took over.
Everytime I go to the pet shop I would go and have a look and see what they had, not to buy but just to look at them. I spoke on many occasions about getting something built outdoors so that I could really have a good setup for them but to be honest I have too many pets around the house.
1 Dog
2 Cats
1 Guinea Pig
1 Hamster
Fish Tank
It doesn't matter what the kids say to get the pets, at the end of the day it's always me that has to clean up and look after them generally. So adding birds to my collection along with 5 kids is a NO GO Area for me.
Then Fathers Day came and what did I get...2 Cockatiels. The big huff and the thought of two more pets whilst pretending to be really happy about it just weighed down on me lol.
The cage when we got it, yeah it looked good, but watching the birds and chatting to them all the time you can tell they were in a bad mood, they were protective of their space, then I read some details and started to work out "How They Worked" and how I could make their lives better with me.
I have learned a great deal, and I always reference the site in what I am doing. So I went and bought them their own cage, I bought them BIGGER and Wider."Bird Cage from Amazon".. the one I bought is 66 x 66 x 155 cm (WxDxH) So it's quite tall and lots of space.
Now instead of the Cockatiels being forced to live with each other they have their own space. Actually they have too much space now, so a friend of my wife had two Quails that are birds that who keep to the bottom of the cage, they "TRY" and keep it tidy by eating what the Cockatiels drop at the bottom, well she wanted them gone, so I ended up with them.
These are brilliant little pheasant from the family Phasianidae. They are really fast and really friendly as well. I now have 4 birds in the cage and they all live and work together. Feeding time is great with them all, I feed the quails keeping everything low and I feed the Cockatiels keeping everything mid height so that there is plenty of freedom higher up. Actually would you like to see a video I did of them?
Not bad, I'm still learning them, I'm still interacting all the time with them. It's great when everyone is watching the television and I start to whistle, all the birds respond and make lots of noise just to annoy the tv viewing pleasure of others lol.
The Grey one I call Mr Grayson, the Yellow one is called Poppit, I haven't name the quails purely because they aren't brave enough to come to me yet. They do have their unique looks, and one of them does like to come up to the bars, he raises his head up and down looking over, he seems to be the brave one, where as the other one will run like mad behind the box we put in there to give them protection if they needed it. I have heard Mr Grayson being picked on when he does venture down to the food on the floor lol. The quails take no prisoners lol.
I lay on the sofa at night, the light from the fish tank gives the birds good light so I can just sit and watch the birds, they do their thing and they do come to the front of the cage a lot, they make their noises and if I engage with them they respond back. As much as Poppit doesn't go down to the ground, I have opened up the cage and she is the first one to come to the door, she is the braver one with the door open where as Mr Grayson is the brave one with it close. He likes to get close and shout at you.
Before putting the powers of positive thinking to work in your personal and professional life, you must first understand exactly what positive thinking is. By definition, the word positive means dealing with matters of fact; expressed clearly, or in a confident or peremptory manner. However, in the concept of positive thinking, the word positive is meant to signify a manner of thinking: a manner that puts emphasis on processing thoughts in a more desirable, upbeat way. Positive thinking can be described as the practice of embracing the affirmative in our thoughts, our feelings, our actions, our reactions and our speech.
Positive thinking can also be described as a type of attitude. Happy, optimistic people are usually described as having positive attitudes and expressing positive thoughts. People who consistently "look on the bright side" are utilizing positive thinking.
Most importantly, positive thinking can be described as a skill that can be acquired by anyone. By learning the process of positive thinking, you can more easily reach your goals, whether they are personal goals or professional ones.
So, now you know how to describe positive thinking, but what is it? Positive thinking is the act of reviewing thought processes and personal actions for areas that need improvement and for areas with negative implications, and then using the appropriate tools to change those thoughts or actions in a positive, goal-oriented way.
THANK GOD my SlimRoast Coffee came. I was going NUTS without it. I actually thought whilst drinking it that it probably wasn't working for me.
Well I had 10 days off because I ran out of product and it allowed me to see the both sides of me on and off coffee.
On the coffee, my mood is better, I'm a bit more upfront and I appear to be LOUD lol. I have an abundance of energy, not happy overly done energy, just the ability to get off my butt and actually take charge for a change.
Not on the Coffee I really seen the difference, so did my wife and kids. My mood was a bit darker, my emotions were a bit all over the place, I could feel myself start to shut the outside out and withdraw back in to myself, I was "Snacking" more, even when my sugar level was high and I wasn't even hungry.
My Energy levels were getting depleted faster than the last few months.
I DO NOT Like who I am, or better still who I have become. Over the years I have let everything engulf me and take over. Politics, Memories, Thoughts, Smells, Music, People, The Kids School, everything that could get me I let it get me.
It is not a nice place to be, there is no break from it, it doesn't stop. Sometimes when I slept, in my dream I could be on a High but then I wake up and it's not the reality I was in a few minutes ago and it would bring me to the ground in a heart beat. Other times, I was so down in my dreams when I woke up, I couldn't come up because it made me so down, it would just carry on, sleeping or awake made no difference.
The ONLY Difference is - Reality. In the real world people couldn't understand what was going on with me because what happened only happened when I was sleeping, so it was kinda hard to try and explain it.
I have tracked my SlimRoast coffee everyday since I ordered it from Valentus. It was in London on Friday and on my table by Monday Morning. Now that is good going considering I live on the Isle of Wight.
and bought them their own cage, I bought them BIGGER and Wider."