Blogging and Black Pantyhose
So far this month, the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette has gotten 16, 625 hits.
Hello, bloggers everywhere. It’s the Old Soldier with another report from the blogging front. No, I will not be talking about Twitter. But I will be talking about social media. Blogging is very much a part of social media and online marketing. I know some of you have blogs.
I use my blog mainly to send traffic to my Triond content.
Recently, the blog took off after I started adding photos of female nude celebrities to some of the post. That was really a painful lesson for me to learn about blogging, about catching the attention of the public. My blog is a niche blog. It is about flash fiction and writing flash fiction. I have a MFA in writing. But before I added the photos, the blog seldom got 100 hits a day. After I added the photos, well, the blog has gotten over 16,000 hits so far this month. The lesson was very humbling; but, more people are clicking on the links to Triond than ever before. The following is a list of the titles that are on the front page as I write this. The above photo is some of my old amateur work shot with a disposable camera. It is one of the more tame photos on the blog. It gets a lot of hits.
- Sex At The University Of Pittsburgh
- You Can Get Published Here
- Flash Fiction And Nude Female Celebrities
- Help And Hope For New Writers
- Writing: How Real Are Your Characters
- Flash Fiction: Young Lust And Other Erotica
- Writing: Ideas And Inspiration
- Help For Serious Short Story Writers
- Naughty Pittsburgh: How To Write Flash Fiction
- The Gospel Of Flash Fiction
- Pittsburgh Pirates: Another Losing Season?
My blog is the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette.
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February 19th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Congratulations on all the extra hits, Guy. It seems to be a good way for you to get extra views.
Christine
February 19th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Happy for you Guy.
February 19th, 2011 at 2:18 pm
If it works, why fight it. Good luck.
February 19th, 2011 at 3:04 pm
Kipp going
February 19th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
I hope the blog can help me to promote my Ebook, too. I finally figured out how to do it.
February 19th, 2011 at 6:11 pm
Congratulations for your achievement.
February 19th, 2011 at 8:28 pm
Sex sells. Congrats! You have some pretty good stuff written. I read your articles on twitter.
February 19th, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Face it Guy Sex sells!
February 19th, 2011 at 9:21 pm
I have to agree with the group. Sex sells.
February 19th, 2011 at 10:21 pm
Good to read that you are getting the extra hits on your blog.
February 20th, 2011 at 4:03 am
good share
February 20th, 2011 at 6:28 am
You are doing very well my friend!
February 20th, 2011 at 8:12 am
You have it all worked out Guy but I first read the title as “Blogging in black pantyhose” LOL
February 20th, 2011 at 11:19 am
I’m glad your blog is doing very well.
February 20th, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Lol, I’ve been trying to figure out how I could be controversial without losing all my real life friends! I figured something but my husband won’t let me
February 20th, 2011 at 2:27 pm
It seems to be working for you, Guy, congratulations. I’m very happy for you.
February 20th, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Great
February 20th, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Anything that pulls in the bucks, congrats.
February 21st, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Congratulations, thank you for sharing
March 6th, 2011 at 9:53 am
The final number of hits for February turned out to be over 24,000.
March 20th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Glad for you Guy well done cheers
May 17th, 2011 at 12:32 pm
Great share.