One of the main reasons I switched to WordPress was because of this sweet little graph they give you on your dashboard that tells you how many people have visited your site. This friendly little graph is also the reason I regularly contemplate leaving ... »

Hooray for Friday! In celebration of the weekend, why don’t you take an hour of your work day and write what you know / want to share about statistics and analytics in relation to blogging? We know your little secret: You check your numbers daily. Twice. Once you’ve published your thoughts on your own... »

Today’s post is a part of the Springfield Bloggers Association “Take It and Blog Fridays.” The  theme today is Statistics and Metrics. In my experience, it doesn’t take long for your website to be live before you begin wondering if people are... »

What is your name? Ian Scott Paterson What is your blog’s title and URL? Ian Scott Paterson – The Year of Betterment: http://www.ianscottpaterson.wordpress.com What is your blog about? Currently I’m blogging my way through my year long experiment of using 2010 to better myself by doing (or not doing) things that I have personal discomfort from... »

Eight of Springfield’s most awesome bloggers ventured onto the icy streets Monday night to meet at Patton Alley Pub and talk shop. A shout-out to our server Kimmie who took excellent care of us! We talked about how to advertise on our blogs, taking time to blog, and analytics tools. These fine bloggers were... »

On Friday, we asked you to blog about Taking Time to Blog, and tomorrow we’ll be talking about the same topic at our blogger meetup, so today we want to know what occupies the bulk of your blogging time. Pick one of the tasks in the survey below (or add a task of your... »

This is my second post in the “Take it and Blog” assignment from the Springfield Bloggers(‘) Association. I’m not sure if I missed a memo, but the prompt for today is, yet again, “Taking Time to Blog.” Last time we talked, I basically confe... »

Two weeks ago, we announced a new feature on SGFblogs: Take It and Blog Fridays. (Yes, we skipped a Friday, but we have but one lone editor who last Friday was out in a snow storm recording video for her full-time job.) Anyway, today our topic is Taking Time to Blog. If you have... »

Today is Take It and Blog Friday over at SGFblogs.com. This is my response to the topic Taking Time to Blog. Time. Right. You may have read Monday’s post about the top 10 things I should be/want to be doing while I am letting online teaching take ov... »