Bush Mackel

A lot has been going on with me and the site(s) lately, and I feel like over the last week or so I haven’t really had that web presence/connection with a lot of you. Most if not all of that was from me pulling double duty on here and my new site, so I wanted to take the time to pause and get my feet firmly planted on the web again. The first part of this is letting all of you know what’s “real good on the streets”, and the second part is resuming my normal behavior of visiting all my friends on the web on a regular basis. (It feels like I haven’t updated my sage feeds since last Thursday!)

So first up to bat is a little recap on this site. June was a great month for me because I feel like I really got a good grip on here…From my RSS feeds, themes, and other customizations – I just feel very comfortable with how things are working now which is a bit of a contrast with not too long ago when I was just getting my feet wet in the blogosphere. On a different side of things, I’ve also started paying attention to my Alexa rank and I enjoy watching it get lower and lower the harder I work.

I used to not really pay it that much attention until I signed up for Sponsored Reviews (thanks Opal!) and Pay Per Post as Alexa is a factor in how much money you can pull in for reviews. And that is also something I hope to work a bit and discuss on here this month – sponsored posts. As you know, I’ve signed up for both and you should expect to see my first sponsored post sometime this week and I’d like to tell you guys not only how it’s going, but how both of these popular services work from a publisher point of view. But don’t worry, this site isn’t going to become a sponsored post landfill! – I’m really going to make a spirited effort to continue to serve up quality posts and information! – So if you guys think I’m slipping, let me know!

And on a final note in regards to the site, I can’t wait to meet new people this month and continue to learn all about the friends I’ve already met! I’ve said it before but it bears mention again, I’m definitely a people person. I love meeting new people and the conversations I’ve had with you all through comments or e-mail have just been FANtastic! I can’t wait to continue this into a new month…And I hope you can’t either!

P.S. Even though my wife never gets on here to see what’s going on (so she probably won’t read this), she has put up with me on the computer a lot lately – Getting the new theme up to snuff and working on the new site has taken a lot of hours and virtually the whole weekend. This would be something to applaud in normal circumstances, but she hasn’t said a single word about it and with a month old new little guy, I gotta say she’s a special kind of person.

P.P.S. Check back later as I’m finally introducing my new site!