A blog is so much easier to create and update than a website that many people are choosing a corporate blog INSTEAD of a Website. And they are free!
Here is a beautiful example; pembrook.blogspot.com
Susan Hankins
Ask-Susan, LLC
866-380-4972
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Google Analytics for Your Blog
You track the behavior of your visitors on your website, how about the visitors to your blog? Google Analytics provides free code and great reports for your website and your blog.
Here are the instructions from Google:
Where do I place the Analytics code in my Blogspot domain?
In order to place the Analytics code on all of the pages in your Blogspot domain, simply insert the code before the closing tag in the template. Analytics will then be able to track both the post pages for your blog and your homepage. To begin using Analytics to track visitors to your blog, follow these steps:
1. Log in to your Blogger account.
2. Select the blog you'd like to track, then click 'Settings' from the Manage options.
3. Edit your template
Classic Template Users select the "Template" tab.
Layouts Users select the "Layout" tab.
4. Select the 'Edit HTML' tab.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the code.
6. Find the 'close body' tag, which usually appears towards the end of the code in the template.
7. Paste the Analytics tracking code just above the tag.
8. Click 'Save Template.'
Click 'Republish' to update your live site.
Let's generate leads!
Susan Hankins
Ask-Susan, LLC
866-380-4972
Here are the instructions from Google:
Where do I place the Analytics code in my Blogspot domain?
In order to place the Analytics code on all of the pages in your Blogspot domain, simply insert the code before the closing tag in the template. Analytics will then be able to track both the post pages for your blog and your homepage. To begin using Analytics to track visitors to your blog, follow these steps:
1. Log in to your Blogger account.
2. Select the blog you'd like to track, then click 'Settings' from the Manage options.
3. Edit your template
Classic Template Users select the "Template" tab.
Layouts Users select the "Layout" tab.
4. Select the 'Edit HTML' tab.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the code.
6. Find the 'close body' tag, which usually appears towards the end of the code in the template.
7. Paste the Analytics tracking code just above the tag.
8. Click 'Save Template.'
Click 'Republish' to update your live site.
Let's generate leads!
Susan Hankins
Ask-Susan, LLC
866-380-4972
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
There's no time to cook...
This great image is from http://inkysmiles.blogspot.com/2007/07/729-fantabulous-girlfriends-swap.html where a talented artist named Susan Hankins makes beautiful cards. No, it's NOT me.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Half of Internet Users Read Blogs
http://www.technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/:
The numbers vary but agree that blogs are here to stay
comScore MediaMetrix (August 2008)
Blogs: 77.7 million unique visitors in the US
Facebook: 41.0 million | MySpace 75.1 million
Total internet audience 188.9 million
eMarketer (May 2008)
94.1 million US blog readers in 2007 (50% of Internet users)
22.6 million US bloggers in 2007 (12%)
Universal McCann (March 2008)
184 million WW have started a blog | 26.4 US
346 million WW read blogs | 60.3 US
77% of active Internet users read blogs
The numbers vary but agree that blogs are here to stay
comScore MediaMetrix (August 2008)
Blogs: 77.7 million unique visitors in the US
Facebook: 41.0 million | MySpace 75.1 million
Total internet audience 188.9 million
eMarketer (May 2008)
94.1 million US blog readers in 2007 (50% of Internet users)
22.6 million US bloggers in 2007 (12%)
Universal McCann (March 2008)
184 million WW have started a blog | 26.4 US
346 million WW read blogs | 60.3 US
77% of active Internet users read blogs
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Get Your Own Blog!
It's easy!
I set up this blog in less than 10 minutes start to finish using Blogger.com
This is from Blogger.com:
What's a blog?
A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world.
Your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules.
In simple terms, a blog is a web site, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your visitors can read what's new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email you. Or not.
Since Blogger was launched in 1999, blogs have reshaped the web, impacted politics, shaken up journalism, and enabled millions of people to have a voice and connect with others.
And we're pretty sure the whole deal is just getting started.
Engage your friends
Blogging is about more than just putting your thoughts on the web. It's about connecting with and hearing from anyone who reads your work and cares to respond. With Blogger, you control who can read and write to your blog — let just a few friends or the entire world see what you have to say!
Blogger Comments let anyone, anywhere, offer feedback on your posts. You can choose whether you want to allow comments on a post-by-post basis, and you can delete any comments you don't like.
Access Controls let you decide who can read and who can write to your blog. You can use a group blog with multiple authors as an excellent communication tool for small teams, families and other groups. Or as a single author, you can create a private online space for collecting news, links, and ideas, to keep to yourself or share with as many readers as you want.
Blogger Profiles let you find people and blogs that share your interests. Your Blogger Profile, where you can list your blogs, your interests, and more, lets people find you (but only if you want to be found).
Post photos
Sometimes you just want to share a photo. There's a button for uploading photos in the Blogger interface. Just click the photo button to upload a photo from your computer. If the photo you'd like to put on your blog is already on the web that's fine too. Just tell us where it is.
You can also send camera phone photos straight to your blog while you're on-the-go with Blogger Mobile.
Get started
The fastest way to understand blogging is to try it out. We've worked really hard to make it really easy for you. Just go to Blogger.com,and you can be part of the phenomenon that's transforming web and media to a participatory activity in less than five minutes. Seriously.
What will happen then? Who knows. It might be fun, though.
And remember: Blogger is totally free.
I did it - it works!
Susan Hankins
Ask-Susan.com
I set up this blog in less than 10 minutes start to finish using Blogger.com
This is from Blogger.com:
What's a blog?
A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world.
Your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules.
In simple terms, a blog is a web site, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your visitors can read what's new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email you. Or not.
Since Blogger was launched in 1999, blogs have reshaped the web, impacted politics, shaken up journalism, and enabled millions of people to have a voice and connect with others.
And we're pretty sure the whole deal is just getting started.
Engage your friends
Blogging is about more than just putting your thoughts on the web. It's about connecting with and hearing from anyone who reads your work and cares to respond. With Blogger, you control who can read and write to your blog — let just a few friends or the entire world see what you have to say!
Blogger Comments let anyone, anywhere, offer feedback on your posts. You can choose whether you want to allow comments on a post-by-post basis, and you can delete any comments you don't like.
Access Controls let you decide who can read and who can write to your blog. You can use a group blog with multiple authors as an excellent communication tool for small teams, families and other groups. Or as a single author, you can create a private online space for collecting news, links, and ideas, to keep to yourself or share with as many readers as you want.
Blogger Profiles let you find people and blogs that share your interests. Your Blogger Profile, where you can list your blogs, your interests, and more, lets people find you (but only if you want to be found).
Post photos
Sometimes you just want to share a photo. There's a button for uploading photos in the Blogger interface. Just click the photo button to upload a photo from your computer. If the photo you'd like to put on your blog is already on the web that's fine too. Just tell us where it is.
You can also send camera phone photos straight to your blog while you're on-the-go with Blogger Mobile.
Get started
The fastest way to understand blogging is to try it out. We've worked really hard to make it really easy for you. Just go to Blogger.com,and you can be part of the phenomenon that's transforming web and media to a participatory activity in less than five minutes. Seriously.
What will happen then? Who knows. It might be fun, though.
And remember: Blogger is totally free.
I did it - it works!
Susan Hankins
Ask-Susan.com
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