Increasing My Blog's Popularity--Rejected By Blogitive

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:00:05 -0500

I've recently begun to figure out ways to monetize my blog. I've had this blog since the fall of 1998. I started out on a free server, and then moved over to my own domain in 1999. Since then, which was really before the whole blogging phenomenon caught on, I have simply paid the annual hosting fees and not thought that much about it. But now I see that blogging can be a good way to generate revenue, so it makes sense for me to take advantage of that. I learned about blogitive.com from seeing it on other blogs, so I figured I'd look into it. I filled out an application a week ago and here's the reply I received: "Sorry your Blog doesn't qualify for Blogitive. You need to increase your Blog's popularity and I would start by submitting your website into FeedBurner.com. You can also visit here to learn more ways of increasing the popularity of your Blog, http://www.blogitive.com/2006/10/30/make-your-blog-more-popular/." Sincerely, Blogitive Customer Service customerservice@blogitive.com So, while it is a rejection, it contained some useful information for me. I went ahead and set up an RSS feed for this blog, which was a learing experience in itself. I am now learning how to pimp out my rss feed and publicize it as well.
Also following their advice I set up a google sitemap.
Building up a blog to attract more traffic is a process. I am learning more every day, and just when I think I've got the hang of it there's something new to learn, which is very exciting. So keep your eye on this blog 'cause it's about blow up.

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Increasing My Blog's Popularity--Rejected By Blogitive