Given how things are working out, at home, it has made me rethink some of my priorities. I mean, what good is it, to have a ton of projects on the go, when one simply no longer has the time, to properly address them. Blogging takes time, more if you are doing each blog post individually, custom.
And that too, is something to keep in mind, when one begins to advance into the world of the Adult Industry. I have said it before, but one needs to keep in mind, what one can handle, not what we hope we can muddle through with.
So how do you choose, what to cut out, and what to keep?
Partially I think one needs to consider a few factors. One of which is the age of the site. The longer it has been up, live, the more important it might be, for the various search engines. There is no proof of that, just conjecture, but hey, its something to keep in mind.
Then too, when you are beginning out, pacing yourself, works well. If you get a few domains, at least put something up on them, just for the old aging benefit.
Time Management is more crucial for me these days, and it brings home how lax I have been. Blogging does require reqular work, and when you fall down on that, you suffer, both in rankings, and in traffic. If you find your ventures too much to handle, then you need to look at other means to either keep them going, or drop them.
Hiring a good writer is one method, of insuring your blogging is kept on schedule, but be warned, it is not cheap. Depending on who you hire, they will need ‘permission’ to post on your blog, and I think you need to make sure NO ONE has administration rights, other than yourself. To that end, you can use a secondary level of permission.
Now that is also a good way to make your blog look or feel, more active. While you hire a writer, who posts under their own name ( one you select for them ) you should still manage a few posts under your own name. This creates the illusion of active members, posting, which also helps with the Search Engine aspects.
IF you decide to drop a few properties, I’d suggest you simply keep them up. Especially if they have affiliate links on them, as you never know, it might bring in some added bits of revenue. I really wouldn’t simply sell them off, unless you are really desperate for a few bucks.
The thing is once you have a site live, it is hard to just le t it go. Who knows, things may improve later on, revenue increase, so you could always re-activate it. The point is, you still have to determine which one’s to keep, which one’s to let go.
For myself, it is the traffic levels that are worth taking into account. If a blog isn’t cached, isn’t ranked, then perhaps it should be the one, or ones, to let go dormant. Unfortunately, I do have a few of those now, thanks to my lack of keeping to my schedule.
to be continued…
Apr 11th by Malcontent