Weekly Round Up
Posted on 01. Feb, 2009 by Benjamin Patton in Weekly Round up
So it seems we find ourselves settling nicely back into a comfortable groove. I can already tell your wondering where I have been for these past few months and in the next few posts I shall outline exactly what has happened so do not fret! Today though I need to start off on the right foot, and that of course would mean it is Sunday, and on Sunday we link to exceptional posts throughout the blogosphere that you should most definitely and without a doubt and no mental reservation what-so-ever read as soon as humanly possible.
That being said this week holds many wonderful posts of which I filtered through to bring you the creme of the crop. I will not run on to much here, but to say that some very large events are on the horizon for Big Ben Patton’s Place, and I want you all, the most dedicated of readers to stick around and get involved. Make sure your signed up to receive my updates via rss or email by filling out the proper form in my wonderful header. If you do this, you will be first to know when the action happens, and that my friends is going to be priceless. Let us hop right into the thick of it now and see just what the blogosphere has been running amok with as of late!
Exceptional Posts From My Part Of The Blogosphere:
As usual Joe from IMwithJoe.com delivers another outstanding gem of knowledge from his hidden stash of super secret sammiches. This one most certainly will not disappoint as Joe reveals a tool that could surely help any of us out in getting organized and putting our ideas in better order digitally and in one place none the less. The name of this program is mindmeister, and more specifically mindmaps, if you are looking to get the edge on your competition and not just let those great ideas evaporate in that so called think tank of yours then I would head over to ImWithJoe.com now.
I was checking up on some old friends, and I discovered a brand new super awe inspiring contest that does not fail to deliver. In tough times we all are thankful for what we have maybe a bit more than when things were better. This being said Jim and Motive network have teamed up to blow your doors off with a new contest that also gives back and helps to eliminate homelessness. If ever their was a worthy cause Jim has definitely pegged it on the bulls eye. If you want to check out the details then hurry up and head over to TheNetFool.com and get involved. The prizes really are amazing and the fact that not only you get to feel good for being a winner, but you also get to know you helped to eliminate homelessness. That ought to score you some karma!
Yet again another home run from another dear friend’s blog, and that would be none other than Mr.Balkhi himself the author of www.balkhis.com. In this most notable article he informs us about the incoming change due to slam the blogosphere near the end of February. It has to do with your feedburner account and Google, and what you absolutely must do if you have a shred of love for your blog and readers. If not you may find yourself with a permanently busted feed at the end of the month with no way to repair the damage that will be done. Head of to Balkis.com and read about how to transition from the original soon to be non functioning feedburner site to googles most excellent remake of the same dam thing. If you don’t the lights will still be going off come the end of February.
What Did I Write About?
Nothing recently, this will be the first post for this site in over two long months. That is an eternity in the blogosphere, the fact that I managed to pull a PR3 out in the meantime is rather unbelievable. It will take some time for the site to recoup its losses and to get back onto the curve of growth that it was previously. That being said shortly I should have the subscriber count from my aweber account as soon as it goes live again. In the mean time I do apologize to anyone attempting to download my free ebook as of this minute it is unavailable until aweber catches up with me.
I will take this time to link to a few posts that really shine for this blog and brought in a great deal of traffic, so lets be nostalgic for a minute and see what we can dig up:
You Need A Custom Robots.txt , So Lets Make One – This post makes it so simple even someone that has trouble with notepad will be able to tackle the very serious and very under appreciated robots.txt. By taking care of this little harlet you will have taken the proper steps toward running a sound and competent blog.
You NEED A Custom 404 Error Page, So Lets Make One – This is something that many themes lack, more specifically wordpress themes. Many of your garden variety free themes including some of the more high dollar premium themes lack a basic much less well design 404 page. You are losing readers and pageviews because of this. Take a minute and scan over this article to make sure your 404 error page is correctly implemented and functioning as it should, otherwise you may be losing traffic.
10 Absolute Must Know Tips For Internet Marketers – If you consider yourself a blogger, internet marketer, or affiliate sales person then you most definitely need to take a minute and read this post. I outline 10 things that you simply must know before you can become a success. Knowledge is power, and sharing is definitely good karma, get your fill and polish up on the basics today.
Content Is King And Linking Is Queen – This post gives your the basic rundown that everyone talks about and hardly ever correctly executes. Don’t discount the two most important factor’s in any blog’s success. This will point you in the right direction and have you rolling with the big boys in no time.
Avoiding Libel While Blogging – A post that anyone who wishes to write online should read before they do. Oh what you have been writing already and don’t know? I suggest reading up on how you can avoid nasty lawsuits and harassment from the likes of the really big dogs out there. It is actually easier than you think to have a problem that you can not avoid come up because of what you seemingly thought was harmless at the time. Be prepared and be informed.
3 Questions… 7 Bloggers. A Short Glimpse Into Successful Mindset - The last post I will link from the archive is one of my first really epic posts, although it had a failure of a title, the content surely did deliver. I interview seven of the best and brightest the blogosphere had to offer, and guess what we came up aces. Check out the answers to the questions we all want to know, but they had never answered before.
TOP COMMENTATORS
Normally this is where I would share some follow on link love to the folks that frequent my place on the interwebs and participate in the discussion within my posts. I look forward to next week having a list of people to thank with that link love mentality for helping make Big Ben Patton’s Place that much better!
In Closing
I want to once again thank everyone that along they way encouraged me to keep going, and to those that helped me make this come back through the thick and thin those that read this blog and comment often I want you to know you are the reason why I do this. I am happy to be back and I hope to start sharing with you all again very very soon. I have some major projects in the works, but in the mean time we shall proceed in helping you be a better blogger and internet marketer.
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Hey Ben welcome back! I tried visiting a few times unsuccessfully and wondered what had happened. It wasn’t until today that I seen your comment on Balhkis and realized you were back!
Hope all is well and look forward to watching the site come back up to speed!
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah boyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…..I’m lovin it man! Welcome back sucka! Thanks for the love on the post too….
I’m looking forward to all the goodies you have planned man.
Alright Ben, Good to have you back!
Let’s get it crackin and flowing with solid information around this joint!!!
Good to have you back, the blogosphere missed you, man!
Oh man. I love it your back!
-Hussein
Glad to see your back man!!
I was wondering where the heck you were, welcome back to the blogosphere! Thanks so much for the link love this week… the contest is definitely a worthy cause
What better surprise than to open up my email and see a subscription from BBP?
Welcome back.
Ben, I can’t tell you how happy I was to see my subscription to your website in my email inbox! Welcome back to the blogosphere, I sure missed ya!
Thanks To Everyone For The Very Warm Welcome Back!!!
Excellent news to see you all back and in the groove, I can’t wait
I just logged into my rss reader and noticed big Ben patton’s Place. Welcome back.
Hey Ben I am so glad you are back! I looked at your site one day and it didn’t work – I was disappointed, but now I hope you can get back to blogging. Great comeback post too, I think if you keep at it the readers will flow in again!
Again thanks to everyone for your support!
Thanks for sharing the format of these. Hopefully I’ll be on that top commentator list. Those three are certainly top blogs, I’m readers of all of them. Nice idea of posting your top posts from the back, that’s a good way to get your readers to see your best work while you make your comeback.
Best of luck!
Jonathan
These link love posts are great source for good read, i wish to start it soon on my blog. lets see when i break loose one.
Ohh yes – i’m new here { visited first time today} but then if everyone is wishing you a welcome back here is mine
WELCOME BACK BEN
Welcome back, its great to see that you are blogging again. Pretty soon it will be back to normal
Welcome back Ben. I know times sometimes get hard and things happen but the fact that your back makes me feel a lot better and it looks like your taking this blog to a even higher level than it was before you left.