Stephan Miller

19 Jan, 2008

The Jamaican Challenge

Posted by: User ImageStephan Miller In: Uncategorized

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

I have good intentions to post every day. The problem with that is human nature. The days that I actually go to my day job, I wake up at 4:45 am, grab everything I need for work and get to the office by 5:30. That gives me an hour and a half to do what I have to do before I punch the time clock. After about four months of this schedule, I know what needs to done and I do it. Sometimes issues get in the way, like random hackers out graffiting the net. By the time my three day weekend comes, I am ready for a project and sometimes I have more than one.

Some weekends I just vanish from here. Those are weekends when I say, "I can always post later" and then I proceed to tackle a project. Instead I think I will start writing my last post for the week on Friday and then timestamp a couple of short posts for the weekend. But even that got pushed off. I was going to write this yesterday.

Sometimes writing my project list down here gets things clearer in my mind.

First I want to send a thanks out to ZeebaStars for such a great review of my site. And I have been meaning to get to my About Me page for a while. It does need some serious updating. A lot of my priorities have changed.

I also am going to be spending a little time researching Jamaican news site. Why Jamaica? I got myself involved in an Alexa challenge. I have to increase my Alexa ranking in Jamaica. It got me thinking and just that is worth taking the challenge. How do I get more traffic from a country? Write about what they are interested in. So off to the news sites to see if I can pick a good story.

Found one

Bajan songbird Rihanna, will be the headliner for “Smile Jamaica-Africa Unite,” the concert which takes place at James Bond Beach on Saturday, February 23, in tribute to Bob Marley.

Source: Jamaican Observer

I also realize that getting a higher Alexa rank involves getting a lot of people who have Alexa installed, because that’s all that really matters. A that tends to be a lot of internet marketers. So I am looking for the #1 make money or marketing blog from Jamaica. I you have a blog from Jamaica, be sure to comment. I give you two links back to your blog with each comment. Not sure how to go about this other than that. I might try a few searches and hunt one down. And I guess I will just use Alexa rank as the deciding factor.

I guess that’s all for now.

Rate this:
2.5

4 Responses to "The Jamaican Challenge"

1 | LinkBaitMe.com

January 19th, 2008 at 6:56 pm

Avatar

Good luck with it. I see that so far, we’re both doing worse for our target countries than before, but I have a project coming after the weekend that should change that. One thing that came from my Welcome, New Zealanders post is that I have made a couple new kiwi contacts, which is where this project that begins next week originated. Ultimately, goal or no goal, I think it’s going to be a growth experience.

LinkBaitMe.com’s last blog post..Display Your IZEA Rank with a Badge

2 | Bruce Hollingdrake

January 19th, 2008 at 7:30 pm

Avatar

Thanks for the mention of the review, it was fun doing it. I find I am learning more and more myself but paying attention to how others are doing things. Congrats again on a cool blog mon.

Bruce Hollingdrake’s last blog post..Stephan Miller - a review

3 | CatherineL

January 21st, 2008 at 5:21 am

Avatar

Good luck. The Alexa ranking thing can be a pain. But, I guess it’s a necessary evil if you want to attract advertisers.

You do start work early. Aren’t you able to blog after work, or are you too tired by then?

CatherineL’s last blog post..107 Great Resources To Unleash The Entrepreneur Within You

4 | Stephan Miller

January 21st, 2008 at 7:31 am

Avatar

There are very active kids at home when I get off of work. The morning is the best time for me.

Comment Form

WTFMO



Flickr PhotoStream

  • CIMG4591
  • CIMG4590
  • CIMG4593
  • DeactivatePlugins

About

This is my blog about building sites, traffic and using those to make money from ecommerce sites, affiliate programs and blogging.