Mogul Mom quotes Tim, “Why should [your readers] subscribe to your blog posts, newsletter or free ebook? What do you offer them? Exclusive products? Advance notice of sales? Discounts? Free shipping? Fresh content they can’t find anywhere else?”
This so inspires me to revamp my Suscribe Page to reflect the WHY of subscribing here. And maybe you can help me with it!
Is “Ye Olde Jannie Funster Blog” subscription-worthy? And if so, why?? Please share any ideas you have, however nutty they may seem. Don’t be shy — just let them fly. We’re all friends here.
And whichever ideas I use from your comments, I will credit you for – and link you up FOREVER on my Subscribe page!
Whoo-hoo!!!
(I could use some help with my still-lame About Page too, but I guess that can wait for another day.)
Imagine if you woke up tomorrow and your blog was gone. Totally gone. Forever.
How much would you pay to recover your site? $500.00? $1000.00? Thousands? A LOT more thousands?
I’d probably pay at least several hundred bucks to get all my precious bra-flinging tales and your wonderful comments back. And all the contact information contained within my blog — lost? Devastation.
Hey, don’t believe a malicious hacker would ever try to get into your blog? Think again. A site attacker does his evil deeds…
Because he can.
Because it’s there.
Because it’s thrilling.
Because it’s a challenge.
Because he thinks it’s fun.
Because he can brag about it.
Because he’s training for bigger attacks.
Because he doesn’t like you or what you stand for.
But blog invasion can be prevented in the first place!
Today one of our own, and a really good guy — John Hoff — is launching his “Wordpress Defender” Blog Security E-Book with its companion 1.5 hours of video on how to implement many of the security features. There’s even a bonus — an affiliate program through E-Junkie to earn “Wordpress Defender” owners a 40% commission. Cool, eh?!
John learned the hard way from his wife’s site vanishing that he never ever wanted himself or another person to go through the agony and the fury of a hacked site. So he poured his heart and soul into writing this 150 page book and producing the videos.
How would you feel if you could be 100% confident that no spammer or hacker could attack your blog – EVER? John Hoff’s “Wordpress Defender” blog security package will put your mind at ease.
“Wordpress Defender” gives you 30 security strategies you can implement today to fight back, defend and protect your blog from malicious hackers out to destroy what you worked so hard to build.
Some of you may already know John through his WP blog, or from his WP Blog Host site. Follow him on Twitter here. John is a good guy. You can’t go wrong with his program.
What you’ll glean is GOLD. And easy to use. And at $39.00 it’s a gift.
Most of us put off blog security. I know I did. Don’t YOU put it off, PLEASE!!
Any questions you may have — I’m sure John will be happy to speak to directly in the comments.
The above I took with my iPhone Monday on our Hike ‘N Bike trail. Something’s putting out blossoms, not sure what, but its puffy white sweetlings sure are nice to behold.
(Notice the city across the way? That’s the Lamar Street bridge too. )
And sweet friends, thanks so so much for “baring wit me” as I start to occasionally close comments. This is really freeing me up to create wild new posts for you — ones you CAN comment on. Like the one I’ll post tomorrow! (And the one 2 days ago. Wait. Was the one 2 days ago wild? I can’t remember back that far.) Plus, I’ve got more time now to get around and read your wonderful blogs!
THANK YOU for sticking with me! I love you all SO SO MUCH!!!!!
Jannie-Muffin
xoxoxo
P.S. To see more photos of the beautiful Austin Ladybird Lake Trail, I posted some of my pix on it several months ago — ‘way back in the ancient days when my blog photos were a mere 500px wide.
Blogging Addiction Sign 1: If you are not first commenter on your favorite 20 blogs you are depressed all day.
Treatment: Design and implement a subcutaneously-implanted device connected by wireless to your feed reader to shock you the moment your friends post. Make sure it has tons of voltage if you’re a deep sleeper!
Blogging Addiction Sign 2: When you lock your keys / baby and / or laptop in the car, your first thought is… OMG this will keep me from my blog!
Treatment: A “hide-a-key” on the outside of your car, preferably 3 of them at various points on the undercarriage. This can also apply to locking yourself out of your house, for which I recommend the following placed by your front door – no one would ever think to look for a key in this ultra-realistic-looking rock…
Blogging Addiction Sign3: First thing in the morning, do you log on and check your blog’s status even before going to the potty, only to end up peeing your pyjamas?
Treatment:No liquids for you between the hours of 1:00 p.m. to the following noon (Yes, that’s a 23 hour stretch, but well worth it!)
Blogging Addiction Sign 4: Does the mere thought of a raindrop on a cloudless day strike terror in your heart, as a storm could temporarily disrupt your Internet connection?
Treatment: Move to Yuma, Arizona — sunniest place on Earth.
Blogging Addiction Sign 5: Is the main reason you keep yourself super-healthy so when your youngest is finally off to college you’ll be able to blog for 16 hours a day, rather than your current paltry 5 to 8 hours?
Treatment: Keep eating right, exercising, taking vitamins, learning, loving and laughing. People blog well into their 90s and beyond!
Blogging Addiction Sign 6: Have you created a fictional but handsome (pretty?) “bloging manigir” who now roams the Blogspot realm leaving kommints with his (her?) own “teknologee grabatar??”
Treatment: Recent comprehensive studies show the optimal number of fictional bloging manigirs is at least 3, so go ahead — create some more!
Blogging Addiction Sign 7 : If one of your beloveds is ambling in the general direction of the household computer (even if they are only going to fetch a donut or a beer) do you suddenly sprint from wherever you are to flop yourself in front of the screen before they can?
Treatment: Separate computers for each household member at all times.
Blogging Addiction Sign 8: Has a loved one accused you of loving your online peeps more than you love them?
Treatment: Every time you see your actual flesh and blood human companions, smile at them. Jump up and give them big hugs. Write them love notes constantly. Bake them an occasional cake.
Blogging Addiction Sign9: Do you sit down at the computer for “a quick 10 minutes” to arise 3 hours later in a glazed-eye stupor?
Treatment: That’s fine and dandy, as long as those 3 hours are spent at MY blog! Just kidding! just kidding! So many WONDERFUL blogs, never enough TIME.
Blogging Addiction Sign 10: Do you sometimes feel guilty about recommending fellow bloggers to each other because there’s a good chance they’ll end up as addicted to blogging as you?
Treatment: Don’t worry. Be happy. There will always be more than enough blogging love (and time!) to go around. And then some! (Hopefully?) (But, of course!)
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Don’t be shy to hit the olde “Stumble It” button if you think other bloggers could benefit from this highly scientifically researched and helpful post.
Oh, and feel free to share your own blogging addiction signs and we’ll see if we can come up with a solution.
I am so rude to not remember who memed me with this… so Mystery Blogger, please forgive me and identify yourself so a little “ding” will go off in my head. Then e-mail me and I”ll send you a bag of your favorite potato chips or cookies, a new pair of socks (yes, matching ones!) and some Additional Fabulous Prize.
THE MEME…
Where is your cell phone? in a golden holster under my right bosom.
Your hair? a bit like Larry’s only blonde and longer.
Your mother? laughing.
Your father? fair-minded.
Your favorite food? steak!
Your dream last night? scary — spam took over my comments.
Your favorite drink? Himalayan holy water with lemon (I so lie — margarita, frozen, no salt with a sangria floater.)
Hey, I just read that Google says the more often you post to your blog, the better your page rank. So maybe I oughta publish my Highly Exciting Polls here in my regular posts instead of wasting all that tasty Google juice on sidebar antics? I actually have no idea what my page rank is, (nor how to find out) but whatever my PR may be, I sure don’t want to upset what I imagine to be its delicate eco-balance.
Plus, how much Really Interesting & Potentially Funny Stuff can I actually come up with on me EVERY day, anyway? 365 days a year?! For the next 55 years?! Oy.
So the “Daily Polls” will be posted HERE in my regular posts, and occasionally – not daily.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh, sighs with relief.
Edit: Check back Thursday morning for the plane-jumping answer in a comment at the bottom of that poll. I know you’ll not feel like sleeping or eating until then, but try to okay?!
And below, the scintillating polls that have come before, may they rest in eternal sweet peace.
Well hey, Lovely Peeps: I have actually veered a bit off the Daily Poll Sidebar Plan. See here. And now… back to this post below, as it appeared in its original form…
Has Jannie ever jumped out of a perfectly good airplane?
Does Jannie sleep in her bra?
Does Jannie love or hate pickled beets?
Which did Jannie study for 2 years as a child — pan flute or accordion?
How old was Jannie when she took her first private singing lesson — 10, 16, 22, 34, or 41?
Well, guess what, Peeps!!? You will learn the Absolutely Truthful answers to those and many more never-before-asked Jannie questions!
Yes — more Jannie tidbits than you ever dreamed possible or probably ever wanted to know are coming to this blog in the form of my new — ta da — Daily Poll.
Whoo-hoo.
A new Jannie poll will be posted every morning at or near the top of my right sidebar! (Notice one up there now?) And right after I post my new Daily Poll, I’ll post the Absolutely Truthful answer to the previous day’s poll question. And how do you find the previous day’s answer exactly? Great question! Well, just click the button on my sidebar — the one that looks exactly like this…
Then follow the easy directions laid out on that page. Simple, eh? (I hope.)
Does Jannie want you to pop in here often for some silly stuff? Yep!!
Does Jannie hope to grow her readership like Thomma Lynn Grindstaff grows corn and tomatoes? Yep!!
Does Jannie yearn for her Google Adsense revenue to skyrocket from $100 a year to possibly $105? You betcha!!!
But mostly Friends, I’m instituting this new 100% PTS (poll transparency system) because I feel a little bad about that whole weekend in Bulgaria thing. Tho my recent poll showed most of you realized I was kidding (I thought a Mach-17 private jet might have been the first tip-off.) I do apologize to those of you who either thought or weren’t quite sure if the President of Bulgaria whisked a bunch of us away for “the flaming marshmallow toss, the trampling of the moldy tomatoes” and other time-honored Bulgarian camping traditions.
I’m thinking I might even start adding some kind of “this post was created with considerable leg-pulling in mind” disclaimer at the bottom of any future fanciful flights, because you are all such dears and deserve the Absolute Truth in Jannie Blogging, unless otherwise specified in the Funstering Codebook — page 47, section 12, article B-21.
And just so you know, I am not privy to who clicks what on the polls or from which I.P. address the votes come, so don’t be shy to pop in and test your skill on information that will amaze and astound, if not change the very course of cosmic arrangements.
Yes, folks! All this, in addition to my regular blog postings every 2 to 4 days! Could blogging wonders possibly get any better?!?! I don’t see how. (Well maybe if I finally get an iPhone, but that’s another story.)
Isn’t this all too exciting?
I’m going back to be [edit: bed. I'm going back to bed, -- thanks Chrissy for pointing that out!] now.
Well… I’m sure you now need a nap or a tranquilizer, after the sheer excitement of what’s just been revealed here. And as soon as you recover from the bliss and shock of all this I bet you’ll rush out to tell two friends, and they’ll tell two friends…
You can’t go wrong with his program.
who now roams the Blogspot realm leaving kommints with his (her?) own “teknologee grabatar??”
Just kidding! just kidding! So many WONDERFUL blogs, never enough TIME.
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