FriendLoLDesign.com is about 2 month old now. And, have successful reach over 100 unique visitor today with PageRank 2. Today, I am very satisfied with the result I have achieve and try to figure out what I have not done to really get my blog out to as many people as I can. Through out the time of my reading and studying in blogging. I finally make a plan for myself to get my blog promotion in systematics way.

1. I use a stand alone domain name www.friendloldesign.com. You can even use it as a sub directory of existing site www.mysite.com/blog. Sub domain is also an option blog.mysite.com.
2. Obtain and install customizable blog software - WordPress and TypePad are my favorites. If you have trouble to setting up yourself. Try to get a hosting company that provide an auto installation wordpress for you.
3. To customize blog look and feel templates will take a lots of time and effort if you are started from the ground. So, I prefer to use other people theme that you can easily get one at theme.wordpress.com and just change the graphics or images will do.
4. I really not do keywords research at the beginning. Because this is a personal blog for me to meet and know more friends all over the world. But, since I have blog for 2 month. I have just try to research and develop a glossary that will suit to my blog. Some of the tools I use will be Google Keyword SandBox. However you still can do other keyword research with others tools like keyword Discovery, WordTracker, SitePoint, SEOBook Keyword Research with you need to paid for it.
5. To Optimize the blog in search engine and social media will be very important for me:
   • I use template that already optimize and using RSS subscription options, social bookmark links, HTML code, Unique title tags, URLs, Sitemap generator to make my blog better optimize.
   • You can find those optimization plugins specific to WordPress
   • I have to create keyword rich categories but I don’t. Because it was not a business type blog. (reference your keyword glossary)
6. Enable automatic trackback and ping functionality.
7. Create Feedburner Pro account and enable feed tracking.
8. Setup a Google account for Sitemap, validate and prep for future submission.
9. Identify authoritative blogs, web sites and hubs for outbound resource links and blogroll.
10. Format archived posts, related posts.
11. Enable statistics for tracking - Google Analytics, ClickTracks.
12. Submit RSS feed and Blog URL to prominent RSS and Blog directories / search engines.
13. Engage in an outgoing link building to discuss other people content in my blog.
14. Submit to Podcast and Vlog directories.
15. Submit blog url with a signature ads in forum.
16. Optimize and distribute a press release announcing blog.
17. Request feedback or reviews of your blog in relevant forums, discussion threads. If you have a resourceful post that will help others, point to it.
18. I found some blog that relevant to mine and wanted to post comment and be the top commenter there.
19. I found a hot news in various topics to drive unique and high value traffics.
20. Monitor inbound links, traffic, comments and mentions of your blog - Google Alerts, Technorati, Blogpulse, Yahoo News, Ask Blogs and Feeds.
21. Always respond to comments on your blog and when you detect a mention of your blog on another blog, thank that blogger in the comments of the post.
22. Make contact with related bloggers on AND offline if possible.
23. When making blog posts always cite the source with a link and don’t be afraid to mention popular bloggers by name. Use keywords in the blog post title, in the body of the post and use anchor text when you link to previous posts I made.
24. Use social networking services, forums and discussion threads to connect with other bloggers. I hope they will like my stuff and they will link to me.
25. Remember when web sites were a new concept and the sage advice to print your web address everywhere.
26. My blog’s goal is to promote me as an authority, interview other prominent bloggers in my related content. My own credibility will improve by association.
27. Build out your online networks through services such as MyBlogLog, Twitter and Facebook and leverage them to promote particularly useful content on your blog.
28. Once your blog has 1000 or more subscribers, show your Feedburner badge
29. Host images with Flickr making sure to include an anchor text link in the image description back to the post where the image is used.
30. Use my blog to gain press/media credentials at relevant industry conferences and use the event to create content, connections and increase my knowledge. Which currently I though only some friends networking and dating network will help for this blog so far.

Within the 30 tips, I found only few I have done so far. I still have long way to go to learn from other blogger. Since I am a newbies here.

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I want you to get informed in real time of articles, news and how to in relationship and social networking. I came a cross a very useful tools where you can create your own widget too. The widget let your blog readers can subscribe to feeds to get the latest information in one convenient location. You will able to lets your reader keep up-to-date with the most recent threads of content.

I have make one for my blog. You can code below that show RSS feed directly from friendloldesign.com blog to your website weblog, facebook, MySpace, HTML, Blogger, etc.

See how it will look, you can also adjust with and length of the widget and color:

Embed code for a widget:

Click on the ‘Options’ button underneath the widget in the bottom-left corner. Next, click on the ‘Customize Widget’ button and it will take you to our SpringWidgets ‘Share It’ page for that widget.

There is an area to the left of the widget with various icons that represent different code formats (i.e. MySpace, HTML, Blogger, etc…). Click on one of the icons to show the relevant code and directions on how to use it.

Sign up and Share It!After you have create the widget. You will come across a step by step instruction to ask you to copy and paste the code into your blog as below:

Put it on your blog, social site profiles, email it.. It’s so easy!

1. Click on the <h> icon below
2. The box will open with your code
3. Grab the Widget Code
4. Go Crazy!!!

Now, your reader may easily add the widget into their website by clicking an option button to get the exactly format that are available here. Once they click on the button of their choice, they will get a form of code that suit to the format of the platform.

Widgets built on the SpringWidget platform don’t just work in a web page; they also work on the desktop!

Once you have downloaded our widget platform (click the “Download” button on this page), you will be able to spring widgets to your desktop using a single click. Just look for the little green widget icons on web pages - any time you find one, just click it. If your platform is running, that widget will “spring” ready to use to your desktop!

In order to use SpringWidgets, you will need to download and install the SpringWidget Engine. The SpringWidget Engine contains NO Spyware, NO Adware, and NO Malware. It’s easy to install (and remove, should you ever want to) and is your key to getting the best of Fox and more delivered right to your desktop.

System Requirements
Windows XP with Service Pack 1 installed or Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 installed, or newer. A connection to the internet. 512 megabytes of RAM is recommended.

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