Comments with Real Names Build Credibility

Posted on January 7, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot85 Vibrant Responses

One of my personal blogging pet peeves is the act of people leaving comments but refusing to put any semblance of a real name in the name field.
By replacing your name with a phrase like how to make money online, it tells blog authors that you are a spammer even if you’re not.  Your…

3 Powerful Laws of Getting & Keeping Visitors

Posted on January 5, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot20 Vibrant Responses

There are few things in life as relaxing and as enjoyable as Christmas leave for me.  My two brothers, my sister and our families moved back into our parents house for a week and half of holiday celebrations.
We laughed like hyenas. We broke the buzzer on the Taboo game. We gorged ourselves with turkey,…

Time Management #1: Traffic vs. Influence

Posted on January 4, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot45 Vibrant Responses

I’m convinced that the number one issue bloggers seem to be facing today is the simple challenge of driving traffic to their websites.
We’re driven to believe that more traffic equals more comments.  More traffic equates to more money.  More traffic translates to more everything. This philosophy is driven into our heads and…

Site Sketch 101 Search Engine Goals for 2010

Posted on January 3, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot43 Vibrant Responses

For the last couple of months I’ve been working on ranking as high as possible in Google’s search index for the phrase how to blog.
Rather than chasing after less popular long tail keywords, I’ve been attempting to rank for a very competitive phrase.  According to Google’s Keyword Tool, the phrase how to blog is…

Fix the WordPress ‘Missed Schedule’ Error

Posted on January 2, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot26 Vibrant Responses

Many people have noticed that with some of the newer versions of WordPress the scheduled posts feature has not been working.  Rather than publishing the scheduled post on time it simply displays the post in the backend with the message “Missed Schedule.”  If this is happening to you then I’ve got a very simple solution…

Goals and Resolutions for the New Year

Posted on January 1, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot81 Vibrant Responses

To all of you who read and follow Site Sketch 101, I wish you the happiness and success during 2010.  I hope that 2010 finds you in good health and full of happiness.
What are your goals and resolutions for this coming year? What are your dreams? What do you hope to accomplish with your…

Site Sketch 101: The Best Content of 2009

Posted on December 31, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot20 Vibrant Responses

2009 saw the ascension of one of the greatest new websites available online.  Site Sketch 101 was launched just over six months ago and since that day some amazing content has come to life on it’s pages.
As I look back through this past year, I’m amazed at how far we’ve come and I’m excited…

Is Your Website W3C Validated? If not, Why?

Posted on December 29, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot59 Vibrant Responses

I’m proud today to announce to the world that Site Sketch 101 has been validated by the World Wide Web Consortium as valid XHTML 1.0 Strict.
When I first stopped by W3C’s validator, I was faced with over 180 major errors on home page. Yet after about 3 hours of carefully digging through the…

Beautify Your Home Page With Post Excerpts

Posted on December 28, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot44 Vibrant Responses

You’ve probably noticed that I don’t show the full text of every article on the home page of Site Sketch 101.  If I did, the ten articles that I list on the front page would probably run down for about ten miles before you reached the end of the first page.
Actually, that is what…

A – Z Online Success Winner Announced

Posted on December 27, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot10 Vibrant Responses

Thanks to all of you who jumped in on Growing Our Online Success from A – Z.  We made it through the alphabet 2 1/2 times and we explored dozens of great concepts that we all need to keep at the forefront of our online efforts.
As promised, I’m here today to hand out…