David Risley has a post on how to Get a Brand New Blog Off  The Ground.  His main focus is generating traffic because let’s face it, you can have the best blog in town but if no one knows it…Of course he includes Social Networking but he also touches on video and what to do with it once you make it.  All in all, it’s worth keeping as a reference.  Have you figured out that I add these blog posts so that I don’t lose the information?  I bookmark stuff all over the place but my Gandree Consolidated blog has become the clearing house for my own promotional efforts.

There are so many people out there with so many different promotional methods that it is easy to start going in circles.  After a while you realize that you have to choose one and follow it through to the end.  That is the only way to find out if it works or not.  Once you have done that, you can add and take away what makes sense to you.  Eventually you will have your own method but it is a process.  Meanwhile, keep your ears open and sift everything you hear.  There are a lot of offers after your pocketbook.  If you take time finding what works for you, you will maximize your budget by finding programs that enhance what you are already doing.

It’s taken me a year to figure this much out but I am finally finding some peace in the midst of the turmoil and I no longer feel like I am going to miss something if I don’t whip out my credit card and join someone’s hot program.  That might be something I dip into in the future but right now I’m happy learning and working on the stuff I already know.  Until I get that down, I don’t want to add a bunch of new stuff.