I can’t believe we are in March already. It seems like yesterday we where just coming out of January. Since the month is over lets recap and see how I did on my goals for the month. My goals for Febraury where:

• Finish my blog design
• Get a better logo designed
• 2500 Visitors
• Write 15 posts
• Get 25 subscribers
• Comment on 3 new blogs a week

So how did I do on my goals?

• Finish my blog design - Almost done need one or two minor things but I don’t think I ever will be finished with it
• Get a better logo designed - Completed, I got that setup the last week of the month but I finally got that completed
• 2500 Visitors - I really missed this goal.I only had 873 Visitors for the month.
• Write 15 posts - I had 18 posts not including announcements so I managed to hit this goal
• Get 25 subscribers - Another goal that I missed I had around 11 subscribers according to feedburner
• Comment on 3 new blogs a week - I have been averaging 4 new blogs and commenting more

I started the month strong and was lacking towards the end and I know that had some impact. I am a little sad though on how low my visitors where. I realize I need to digg in and keep working hard to improve these numbers. So how am I going to work on improving the stats on my blog?

• I am going to write longer posts with more frequency
• I purchased 125×125 ads on winning the web and internet babel, and thomas sinfield
• I have started a campaign with Project Wonderful to get my ad on more sites
• Comment on more blogs
• I am also debating purchasing a review from a blog (just not sure which one)

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Another month has passed and it’s time to announce the Top Commenter winner for February. This month I was offering 500 Entrecard credits to the top commenter for the month. Thank you to everyone who commented and left some good comments. I feel this month was better comment wise even though I did not have as many comments. Without further delay the winner is Willhaynes.

Congratulations Willhaynes I know you just barely missed it last month so it was good to see you win it this month. Will please send me a email and I will send you the credits. Thanks again to everyone who entered. Don’t forget the top commenter contest goes every month so if you did not win this month it could be next month.

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I finally got a new header designed with a logo for my site. I also added project wonderful to the sidebar of my side. I added two 125×125 boxes under the entrecard widget.

I did a design like tylercruz and vikingblogger for the header and had myself animated. I also had a 125×125 designed with my logo integrated. Let me know what you think of the design and changes.

If you have wanted to advertise on my site now is the time. Through project wonderful you can advertise on either ad box for .02 cents. How can you beat a deal like that?

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I am sorry about my lack of posting the last few days. It has been very busy at work. At work our payroll server has been acting up and has kept me busy. I am installing a new server today so work should not be so hectic and make it easier to focus more on my blog.

I have been toying with some ppc campaigns with offers from Rocket Profit with some success but need to work on them as well. I will give some updates about that too in the next few days. Also as another side project I am trying to launch a new blog. It will be about my weight loss and how I am doing it. So keep coming back and checking for updates.

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I wrote about Entrecard a little over 2 weeks ago and said how it was bringing some traffic but it was was not quality traffic. I wanted to give an update on how Entrecard was working for me this week.

So far for the month of February my stats are 74 visits, average time on site: 00:00:07, and a bounce rate of 90.54%. As you can see I am getting some traffic but it is crap.

One thing I did change this month is I advertised and used up some credits. So far I have advertised on Slyvisions, The University Kid, and twice on Erik Karey.The traffic I got with advertising has been a little better but not by much. The stats are 106 visitors, average time on site: 00:00:29, and a bounce rate of 89.62%.

So far I find myself not impressed with Entrecard. The bounce rate is still very high even when paying for ads. I am averaging 90% bounce rate and a low average time on time. I think Entrecard will go the way of the blogrush. It is a great idea but I think so many people are hopping sites and dropping cards just to get more credits.

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After my post yesterday on Search Engine Marketing I thought I would discuss Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO is the kind of search marketing where you optimize your web site to rank well in search engine results. To rank be successful in SEO you need to both optimize your site content, known as keyword optimization, and generate links to your site, known as link building. This article focuses on keyword optimization and your site content.Even a web site with a million back links will not get a lot of search traffic, if the keywords it ranks well for are not popular. One the other hand, even if you ranked first in Google for a very popular keyword like “cars”, it would do you no good if your site sold fishing rods. Both of these are examples of very poor keyword optimization.

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