November has absolutely flown by! Because of traveling and illness, I didn’t blog as much as I intended, but it seems the community has grown in spite of the absence. I’m extremely thankful to every reader and sponsor.
In case you were unconscious for several days after eating too much turkey, here is a summary of some of the best content from this blog during November…
One of my most popular posts so far, If You’re Not on Twitter, You May Not Exist examined the shift lists made in Twitter. I talked about the benefits of preview and review posts (like this one) and gave a somewhat humorous account of why the English language stinks for blogging.
I mentioned some great online hangouts for bloggers and wrote the other most popular post I’ve written so far about what I do when I read a good blog post (which every blogger should read). I questioned why we settle for mediocrity and wrote about the importance of community participation.
I discussed the very best niche for blogging (it’s a trick), how to write great posts from the overflow of your life, and shared five ways to be a trendy blogger.
I challenged you to think about these four little five-minute tasks for building your community and gave you permission to take a day off from blogging. I attempted to provoke some thought about the fact that you don’t just want traffic, you want collisions and posted my list of eleven books on every blogger’s wishlist.
I challenged you about whether your blogging makes an impact and offered some alternatives to the word things in your post titles. I also shared a whole crate full of great links – 76 links here, 80 links here, 50 links here, and 46 more links here.
This month I was privileged to welcome a guest blogger, Derek Jenson who challenged bloggers to write ten posts to ensure the transparency of your blogging niche. You’re going to read more by Derek soon.
Now, on to December! Oh, and did I mention, I became a Mac owner?
photo credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com
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Brandon you’ve got a great list of resourceful posts! I love all the articles you have compiled.
How’s the mac?
Seth W´s last blog ..Reaching New Customers By Expanding Your Vision
Thanks Seth! Let’s just say, I wonder why I EVER owned a PC. :)
Brandon,
Thanks for the mention. I’m looking forward to writing more guest posts.
Best Regards,
Derek
No problem at all – I look forward to it!
Hey Brandon,
Love the way you did this round-up. I just might borrow this idea from you! :)
Keep up the great work.
Design Informer´s last blog ..Ask the Expert – Using Wordpress to Build Large Scale Websites with Derek Herman
Borrow away, bro. It helps with SEO and it helps to squeeze a few more miles out of those posts you worked so hard on.
I agree with design informer – the way you posted that was sensational and think I may have to borrow that in future as well.
Perfectly executed – and all quality posts too. Nice work :)
Sarge @ beginnerblogger.com´s last blog ..Beginner Blogger Stats and Goals – Nov-Dec 09
Like I told Jad, go right ahead. I’m 97% certain I didn’t come up with the idea myself. :)
Brandon,
I love this idea, but all the hyperlinks is a little hard on the eyes. I have a headache right now, so that could be playing a factor too. ;)
Brad Harmon´s last blog ..How to Get Paid by the Church
Haha, I admit it’s true. I like my green hyperlinks, but in bulk, not so great.
Looks like you had a good month, I haven’t been subscribed for the an entire month yet, I’m not going anywhere so I look forward to what your putting out in December.
Extreme John´s last blog ..The Dirtbags Amongst Us
Thanks John – I hope I’m worth it!