28 Days of Blogging

by Scott Bishop on January 31, 2010

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February is here and time to start a torrid pace of blogging. Here at the Real Time Marketer I like to set experiments and try tactics and techniques to record and analyze results. This makes reporting new strategies that have been tested, easier for you.

So February will be an entire month of blogging. Each day will have a new blog post. I intend this to dramatically ramp up traffic to the RTM (Real Time Marketer), RSS Subscribers, and general awareness to the blog. I’m excited to see what results will come from this fast paced month.

I’ve been very pleased with the results of this blog up till this point, but every now and again a change of pace and increase is necessary to give some momentum. Throughout the month I’ll be trying different strategies to help boost both traffic and subscribers. At the end of the month, I’ll report back with the results.

To help make this month easier, I’ve already established at least 20 different topics to write about. The remaining eight I’ll think of sometime within the month.

So get ready for a wave of new information and marketing related posts.

*Think my ideas are solid and may work well for your business…let’s chat!*

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Scott S. Bishop is editor for Real Time Marketer and a marketing strategist with a specialty in social media. He is an avid blogger and active across the net. He is @thescottbishop on Twitter

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Scott Bishop is editor for Real Time Marketer and is the Director of Social for an integrated marketing firm. He is an avid blogger and active across the net. He is @thescottbishop on Twitter

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http://tdhurst.com tdhurst

We should compete.
sbishop

There's no way I”ll win that challenge. That's your normal pace anyway!!
http://tdhurst.com tdhurst

Eh, but you're way ahead in readers. Perhaps we should each come up with a list of 5 things we're going to do this camp to gain blog readers. We can reveal them tomorrow and see what works better.

Five things, come up with separately.
sbishop

I don't think my ideas for attracting readers are revolutionary…pretty standard stuff. I need to get WAY better at SEO though. I have made that a low priority. I have the plugin but dont really do much else on SEO. I figure just posting more this month will help out a lot. We'll see I guess.
LittleTechGirl

Hmm… I might try that challenge! I have the first 2 days posts scheduled already.
http://www.BeyondThePedway.com Tim Jahn

Excited to see the results, Scott. There's so many techniques out there for building community and traffic, and I think different things work for different people. But I feel there's some common threads we can all use as a base. Thanks for experimenting and sharing your knowledge!
sbishop

Hop on board!! Maybe we can see how many people want to join in and post each day…and all share our success and challenges! Nice, that's 3!
http://tdhurst.com tdhurst

You could just be truly, truly outrageous.
sbishop

Trust me, I've thought about just going crazy and completely calling out folks because this whole social media thing can get slimy and feels a lil like selling used cars sometimes. They give us reg folks bad names and I've felt like going on the offensive. We'll see.
http://tdhurst.com tdhurst

Scott, I'm pregnant. It's yours and I'm keeping it.
sbishop

Yeah, for me this will be fun just to get a bunch of content out there. I figure it will force me to wrap up points faster too because I can go loooooong sometimes. I plan on incorporating video into my blog. Obs not as much as you but people like to get content in a variety of ways. I also think video is the best way to insert your personality into a blog too. After this month maybe I'll figure out SEO. That's the next journey. So much I want to do!
sbishop

That's impossible. There's only one rational way to ever determine that situation…Maury Povich
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thatgirlnena

Love this idea. I'll be #4!
sbishop

Sweet! Actually I think you're number 6! Let me know what blog you're using and I'll check it out. We can all report back what's working, what's not too. Glad to have u on board!
http://www.rosssimmonds.com/ TheCoolestCool

Saw a post about this marathon on ColbyWG's blog and was pretty intrigued. I think you guys can make it four peeps on board for this one! Just started a new blog – Why not start it off with something crazy… Looking forward to the challenge…
http://mattstratton.com mattstratton

I'm in. I've already decided I need to make a very concerted effort to ramp up my posting (my main blog has fallen off my radar in the past few weeks) so a challenge like this is pretty well awesome.
http://mattstratton.com mattstratton

To clarify – the blog I'll be doing this on is http://mattstratton.com
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http://rockbandaide.com/ Tommy

I'm in. It's going to be tough on the weekends, but I'll give it a shot!
http://www.rosssimmonds.com/ TheCoolestCool

The blog — http://www.rosssimmonds.com
jenn_if_er

Alright, I'm in! 28 days of posting…here I come. Tho, I'm a personal blogged so I may not count
sbishop

Sweet! I just posted another post with more details. It's cool how this one has got on a lil bit. I added your blog to the list. Thanks for the interest!!
sbishop

Awesome Matt. I just added your blog to a new post with a few more details. Looking forward to hearing about your progress and successes!
sbishop

Personal blogs def count…It's a blog right!! What you choose to write about is your call. I added your blog to the list on a new post. Thanks Jenn! Looking forward to hearing what's working for you. We can all learn from each other
sbishop

Got your Rock Band blog added to the list on a more detailed post I just published. Weekends are def going to be tough. But not every post has to be super long. I imagine some will be quite short.
http://mattstratton.com mattstratton

Awesome. Minor detail in your post – the name of my blog is Good Old Rock,
but I'm not terribly picky if you don't update the hyperlink to say that
instead of “Matt Stratton”
sbishop

The devil is in the details, it's corrected. Thanks for the info.
http://tdhurst.com tdhurst

I hope personal blogs count, because I'm screwed if not. We don't actually have to research though, right? That takes, like, effort.
sbishop

I don't care if you blog about pocket puppy birthdays…a blog is a blog. The content is totally up to the individual. The last thing I'm here to do is judge or start putting on stipulations. As far as the research, it's up to you. But if you have a sense of what's working, I'd love to hear it.
http://tdhurst.com tdhurst

My topics will be “How to be a ladies man in Chicago if your name starts with “the”"
http://www.rosssimmonds.com/ TheCoolestCool

It's harder than some people may think….and I'm not even from Chicago.
http://twitter.com/lferrari2 Leia Ferrari

I'm in! I'm not very experienced but I'm diving into this headfirst, it's a great way to stimulate conversation and get some great content out there. Great idea
sbishop

Welcome aboard Leia. I added you to the list on today's post…we're at 19. Don't worry about the experience level, the most important thing is just to write. You can tweek the rest as you go. Let us / me know how I can help.
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http://www.rosssimmonds.com/ TheCoolestCool

It's harder than some people may think….and I'm not even from Chicago.
http://www.leiaferrari.wordpress.com/ Leia Ferrari

I'm in! I'm not very experienced but I'm diving into this headfirst, it's a great way to stimulate conversation and get some great content out there. Great idea
sbishop

Welcome aboard Leia. I added you to the list on today's post…we're at 19. Don't worry about the experience level, the most important thing is just to write. You can tweek the rest as you go. Let us / me know how I can help.
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