New Link Up - Your Most Visited Post

It has been a while since I have posted a link up. I want to do some visiting on your blog as well.
Put your a couple of your MOST VISITED posts in the link up! I'll be sure to stop by and leave a comment. 
Want to be extra awesome? Visit some of the links listed too. 
Even if you don't have time to leave a long comment on a post, by typing JUST VISITING we know you took a moment to get a glimpse of someone else's blog and it's appreciated.

Easy Tricks To Get New Blog Views - What The Web Wednesday

Wanting To Be Noticed

You spend all that time writing, editing, and cropping photos for your latest blog post only to be frustrated by the lack of post views.  Below are some easy tricks to get your blog content noticed.

7 Tips To Increase Blog Views

1. Start with great content. Think if you would stop and read this post?
2. Have a vibrant image. A bright photo or eye-catching graphic can make people take notice.
3. Link back to another post.  This will help reduce your Bounce Rate and keep people engaged with your blog.
4. Post a giveaway.  People love to enter contests and by using a givewaway widget it can help spread the word about your blog.
5. Share your post on your social networks. Post links to your latest blog post on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram or any website where you have built up a following.
6. Use hashtags on your social posts to find those with similar interests.
7. Join a link-up like the one below to connect with other bloggers that are posting content too!

How To Participate In The Link Up

For this link up there are just a few things to do

1. Scroll to the end of this post click the Add Your Link Button
2. Put the link to the actual post (not just the link to your site) in the first field
3. Type a quick title about the post
4. Your email (not visible on the link up)
5. Then click submit link
6. For every link you leave visit another post on the link up and leave a comment on it
7. Share this post on one of your social networks

As a thank-you for participating in the link up I will be adding all the links listed to my WEB HOW TO's Pinterest Board throughout the month.

Blissdom Canada - Mentors Moments And Memories

I Am Thankful For ...

As I am sitting in front of my desktop computer this 2013 Thanksgiving weekend, I am trying to sort out the best of the best from last weekend's Blissdom Canada experience.  Trying to break it down into the most memorable events is very difficult making me realize just how thankful I am to have been part of this year's conference.

Blissdom The Second Time Around

The last Blissdom Canada event I attended was in 2011.  I was unable to go last year because I was in Las Vegas for work.  That was an opportunity I did not want to miss!  When I read the follow up from Blissdom Canada in 2012 I had realized that the blog conference had changed quite a bit from the one I attended the year before, so I was very curious about the new format.

Being what I like to call a serial volunteer, I was thrilled to be asked to assist with registration at Blissdom Canada this year and to be able to meet and greet so many of the attendees!

When I arrived at the registration desk I quickly scanned the name badges.  I saw that I knew about half of the people that would be attending and the other half were new names to me.  I remember thinking "what a great mix" because I love to reconnect with those from other events and meeting new people is something I enjoy as well.

 

Mentors Moments And Memories

Instead of writing my takeaways from each seminar that I attended I decided to do a roundup of all the events that took place during my weekend at Blissdom Canada. (give it a minute for all the pics to load)  

• Smelling scents of the wonderful soaps that Jeannine of Wlyde Rose Soaps created for the Handmade Marketplace in the car ride there.  Yes we carpooled!
• Arriving to the wonderful smiling faces of friends
• Meeting many at the registration desk

• Seeing Anna snapping pictures out of the corner of my eye (majority of the pics in this post are embedded images from the Blissdom Canada flicker account which Anna snapped)
• The arrival of my roomies for the weekend
• Running around the hotel trying to figure out which meeting room to be in and when
• DRIVING A CAMARO!!!
Post by Lisa McDonald.
• Wearing Our Tiaras!

• Not Wearing Our Tiaras and almost being incognito
• Conversations around tables whether it be in a workshop, a keynote or a meal
• Learning how bloggers can change the world
• Seeing Jully Black perform for the second time that week! Then getting to go on stage with her!

• Jamming as many people as we can in for the last photo of the night
Post by Lisa McDonald.
• Finding a way to get a picture with Jully Black.
Post by Lisa McDonald.
• Late night guests
• Being taken a-back by a gut check moment
• Knowing where Team Naked Polo Perfume originated
• Hearing about the Power created by others
• Lollipop Moments

• Swimming! Hello Hot Tub!
• Dancing in my PJ's

• Being part of a stealth mission for beverages and snacks
• Once again Finding My Bliss

And these are just the ones off the top of my head.  If I was to really stop and reflect this post would become a journal of just one weekend.  I would love to hear your most memorable moments! Leave them in the comments and I'm sure it will help spark more memories for everyone! Then we can all be thankful for the time we spent together at Blissdom Canada.

Klout Changes

Did You Get A Boost?

I like Klout. I know many of you dislike it, delete it etc. but as far as social media sites go, I like it much more than Google+ and LinkedIN (even though I can be found there as well).

I am an over-sharer on Twitter and Facebook and Klout seems to appreciate that. 

I don't really care if my score goes up or down. I think of  it as another fun way to interact online.  Last summer my Klout was locked when they switched how the score was calculated, so I'm just happy to be back on and be able to return all the +Ks that were bestowed upon me.  Many said I should delete my account and restart, but I'm glad I didn't because I earned this

So worth it right?!?!

I could write a long post about how Klout is changing but I figure I'll let you watch this quick vid to make it much more entertaining.







You can learn more about this on the Klout Blog.
Did you know I was once in a video with Klout's CEO Joe Fernandez?
He summoned Diane and myself to rescue Chris Farais from Scott Stratten.

Don't believe me? Then watch this




Okay so it was a fictitious promo based on a bunch of 007 movies, but still it happened.
It will be interesting to see what happens next with Klout, and all the new postings that will come along with it. You can log in to the new look Klout here http://preview.klout.com/#/those2girls and you can see what my most popular posts have been.  I'm sure it will work for your profile as well once you are logged in.
If you're not on Klout yet, I suggest you give it a try. Just click the link to get started http://klout.com/?i=56818&v=dashboard_opt_in&n=gn

Let me know when you're on and I'll send some +K your way!