It appears that our friend, Darren over at problogger.net, has opened his own problogging community at Problogger.com.  At first when I signed up for beta, I wasn’t sure I was really going to join the forum, or want to pay a monthly fee, but when I got the forum invite and saw the intro price was $1.95 per month, I couldn’t refuse.

The forum is small and concise, for now.  I like that there is a membership fee because it keeps the reality of the community in the back of your head.  There isn’t going to be spammers and link junkies all over the place, I hope.

The community is under 2000 members right now and it’s still only $1.95 to join.  Darren posted an announcement the other day that the intro pricing was going away when the forum reached 2000 members.  Take this chance to get locked in at $1.95 and join.

www.problogger.com is the link

I see a bunch of familiar faces and as many new ones, so that is nice.  I hoped to be able to connect with other like minded bloggers and I don’t see that as being a problem right now.

There is a screenshot of the forums that have been added so far.  There is much discussion in just about all of them and it’s nice to see Darren get involved as well.  I have been following problogger.net for sometime now and really have taken a lot from the blog.  That is part of the reason I decided to join the forum.  I figured the interaction would be more instant and I would be able to take my blogging to the next level.

Have you joined the community yet?

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I have started this post as a part to the challenge at Problogger.com(munity).  The challenge set forth by Darren was to create, a brand new, list post.  If you are not familiar with a “list” post, then let me explain.  Most people that ask about how to get traffic to their blog, or write posts that get attention, will always get the answer that if you write a “list” post, it will get noticed and sent around the web like a bat out of hell.

Basically, “5 things to remember when watching TV“, or “10 things to do when on vacation in Maui” type of post will give something for the reader to read, comment on and pass along to the web.  If you get it just right, you are looking at a possible social media explosion and will win out with a popular post read by many.

For my list post I am going to write about the “5 Things NOT to Do if You Want To Make Money Online”.  These items are from my own experiences over the last couple of years and of the 5 on the list, I wish I hadn’t done any of them.  Enjoy.

5 Things NOT to Do if You Want To Make Money Online

1. When you have a blog that is set up with inlinks and getting paid monthly, do NOT let the domain expire because you are not paying attention to the emails.  (cost:  $100/month)
2. While spamming your blog link all over comment sections, make sure you do NOT misspell it.  (cost:  unknown, but traffic for sure)
3. If you are going to buy an old domain name because it has some awesome keywords in it, do NOT buy one that has been banned from everywhere on the internet.  (cost: $10, to date)
4. When signing up to hundreds of affiliate networks, do NOTforget your login information, especially to the one that has $$ sitting aside for you!  (cost:  ~$100)
5. Whether you are in affiliate marketing on Facebook, using EPN, Google or Clickbank, make sure you do NOT violate the terms of service.  (cost:  can be more than you think!)

So, there you have it.  I have been able to whip up a “list” post in a matter of 20 minutes, by just thinking about some of the things that I have messed up on in the last 2 years.  What do you think?

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You know that you can read your blog, but do you think others read it the same way?  It’s easy to just type up an article and assume that everyone reads it the way you do.  But you have remember that users reading your blog, are not you.

When I am writing up a short post or a long article, I try to keep certain keywords in mind, but I also try to keep the reader in mind.  You may have to keep the reader insterested longer than you think.  That “12 seconds” you have to impress the reader is important.  If you are going to fill a post with a ton of keyword content and forget about the “real meat”, you aren’t going to have to worry about readers, that’s for sure.

I found a website that will check over your website and then rank how easy it is for your readers to read. 

Check out the readability of your blog:  http://www.addedbytes.com/tools/readability-score/

The website is extremely easy to use and you can check any number of variables as well.  For the most part you are just taking your text and pasting it into a box on the page.

Once completed, you will see the readability score of the text, from different scoring systems.  The higher the grade, the more readable the text is.  There are links to the Wikipedia pages of each test as well, so that you can read about how and what they grade the text on.

This post has a 81.70 (out of 100) for a score, so at least I know it is quite easy to read.  It’s useful tool if you are writing long articles for your  blog or website.  Check out how each system grades your text and see how you score.

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