Mixing Business And Pleasure (Blogs)

I have nothing against business associated with pleasure but the only thing that goes between them is the outcome. It depends upon the sole reason of why connecting the fun part into business. Though as said, work should be fun, yes I agree, it should be fun but not beyond the limits that work has already been left behind. It's a matter of balancing the two.
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I agree that balance is important Short sale Agent. BTW, Brad West (first comment above) is near Las Vegas.
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Brian, your personal views can never be considered as extreme, arrogant, self-righteous because I second you on your thoughts. For me work should be fun and I believe in Steve Jobs's statement about keep looking for what you love to do and do only what you love to do for your profession too. So I work on things which I feel as fun. fun = pleasure. therefore work = pleasure.

Regards,
Mack McMillan

Thanks Mack, I need all the support I can get. I agree with you and Steve because I love this stuff.
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Hi Tom, I was just reading a related post on Daily Blog Tips called Generic Blogging Could be the Right Choice for Newbies. Pretty cool

Some guru´s say that you should keep a blog strictly on one topic for best results and build several niche blogs instead of talking about 50+ different things on one blog.

Also, the page rank is a mystery for me.My PR went down to zero from PR 3 and my traffic has increased and I rank really well for lots of my keywords.So, it appears that "The Big G" looks at lots of different factors.

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@ Sheryl, yep, and combine that with the 100% Italian blood flowing through my veins will definitely do something to my DNA! :D

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You're sweet Sheryl :)

That's a great point too. That would apply with business deals to. I hadn't thought of that.

I was just reading about how many employers are looking potential employees up online. What they find can make or break you a hire. I understand that if you are totally socially unacceptable on line that it could cause a company to question if you are a good fit. Yet, I think that no one can be perfect 24/7.

I just don't see how having no personality (individuality) is good. I think that is what draws us to some people.

@Brian, yes, you have a higher form of inelegance! I also consider anyone that has an opinion to be of higher level.

@Sire, Now you are being sarcastic. I think that is in the Aussie DNA. ;)

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@ Sheryl - You were being sarcastic? ;)

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Thanks Sheryl, You said I had a higher form of intellect didn't you? I think that's what I read LOL

That's a great point on not being able to please everyone. I'm just amazed anyone at all reads what I have to say. I just keep trying to act smart and hope nobody discovers the truth ;)

Well, I try to keep my personality out of all I do. Seems I am the only one that appreciates my sarcasm. (Oh, I was being sarcastic there). It has been said that someone must have a higher form of intellect to understand sarcasm. Damn, I did it again! My bad!

For real this time - no more goofin'. I have for the most part tried to stay somewhat professional online. I do however have my moments when I have to state my thoughts. I try to refrain from being disrespectful or name calling. But, I have been saying for over a year that I want 1 place where I can be me. That will be coming around soon, I think. =)

I have never know of anyone that can keep everyone happy so it is always taking a chance when you say anything about anything.

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Ah, that is so true Brian, but even if they visit my blog will they be astute enough to find the right posts that will open their eyes as to our conversation?

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That's funny, everyone that hasn't been to your blog
will be scratching their heads wondering what in the world we are talking about LOL

WOW, a whole hour, man that is a great compliment if I've ever heard one. Thanks mate. You know, I have a lot more fun with those posts than the serious ones but I still enjoy the whole blogging experience, especially because I don't let the SEO and other stuff get in the way.

Brian the Barbarian sounds like a nemesis I ran into over my 600 years of traveling the globe. Man, I reckon that perhaps I can turn that into another post. ;)

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I am like you Sire, that's why I just spent the last hour one your blogs. It's hard to pull away and I wish I had written most of it ;)

As far as pissing people off, well, that's kind of what I do. Perhaps I should get an alias. Brian the Barbarian has a cool ring to it. Hey, I could write from the future. Say from 2598? Oh, wait, that's already been done. LOL

Shit Brian, you sound a lot like me when it comes to blogging, its all about the enjoyment factor first and hopefully the rest will follow and it doesn't, heck it's all good as long as we are having fun.

As to your question I would say no as long as you don;'t make a ass of yourself. By this I mean that you don't piss people off as that would definitely be bad for business.

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Thanks Brad, you're funny. And you have authority here so your comments count.

I don't worry about SEO as much for myself as I do subscribers and visitors. You can probably tell by my PR and Alexa. If you look at most of my pages I don't normally even bother with key words. On sites where I get paid like my ad tracking site it's a different story. I work SEO like my money depends on it because it does. On my blogs I'm satisfied to have friends visit and comment. It's the part I enjoy and doesn't feel like work. I want them to continue growing of course, and eventually make money but I'm a very lazy person :)

Well Brian, don't know if I can speak with any authority here, I don't personally own a blog.

But then again I build the Blogs the girls have and I'm pretty intimate with them. As a matter a fact when we set Sheryl's Blog up a few years back her insistence was to defy the SEO laws. She now has 7 blogs on the same domain, no keyword URL, just slerylloch.com.

Her Alexa keeps dropping just over 200 K right now. But after the last Google ranking her front page dropped to a 1. Her front page actually went backwards. She Was Hot to say the least. Then she got looking around. Due to the testing that we had been doing on the Blog Co-Op we had been submitting perma links that lead directly to articles. Knowing yourself a little about how the Blog Co_op works, I will just highlight a little. When submitting to the Co_Op you submit a mini post or the first paragraph of your blog article with a perma link in a topic specific thread.

Look back at what I just said, you are submitting content not just a link to a topic specific area. I will just let your imagination take care of the rest.

The result on Sheryl's blog after looking closer was a big increase in PR on the interior pages there are now a minimum of 6 pages with the PR of 1 and one page at 2, weird enough that is the sales page. Also a bunch of pages went from an NR to a rank of 0.

People say well it's only a zero, Don't be fooled my friends a zero is 100 times better than No Ranked at all.

Take a look at some of the blogs out there that the front page rank at 6 or 7 they have worked so hard at pushing the domain. they never thought to hook up the content, there interior pages allot of times are not even ranked.

What is more important the site or the content.

So the theory of following strict SEO laws goes on. Do you stay focused on one subject and don't contaminate your blog with anything fun. or do you have fun and increase your keyword count so you get not so targeted traffic coming to your site also.

I may not have answered any questions, I got a little off topic. I think it is a personal preference of where you want to go, and using your educated imagination to get there.

Hope I helped a little Just creating another question helps sometimes.

I am totally crazy I am out writing this stuff on everyone else's sites and neglecting my own. Sorry I'm stealing this for a post. LOL

Brad West ~ onomoney

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