Welcome to 'Transmitting to Earth'. I'm Charssun and I'll be your host. This blog and podcast is a byproduct of VoyagerRadio.com and is intended to provide the most timely information about this Internet radio station. It is also intended to be a fun and accessible electronic journal with commentary focusing on Internet radio, podcasting and webcasting issues and technologies, music, and some of my other interests. I also offer personal perspective about being an Internet radio broadcaster (and podcaster).
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A word about blogging: Getting an audience for your blog seems incredibly difficult. How do bloggers, who may not be Internet marketing experts, learn how to drive traffic to their blogsites? You could buy a manual from someone who knows how to do so, but when your as broke as I am that may not be an option. You could join a webring--but really now, how effective is that? Probably not very, with so many out there. And books on blogging deter you from begging other bloggers to add a link to your blog from their blogsite. They say that's just not cool, and most blogsite owners just aren't going to do it. Which makes sense. I mean, how many links can you possibly fit on your blogsite? But still...
So what's a failing blogger to do? (Failing if you account your success by the traffic to your blog.) Just keep making awesome posts, according to Rebecca Blood, author of one of the earliest blogs, Rebecca's Pocket, and of the definitive weblog guide for blog newbies, The Weblog Handbook. In other words, build it and they will come. I'd love to believe that, but I also know that there are alot of talented bloggers out there without readers. What's the point of performing without an audience? Hey, I'm not griping, or whining, or complaining about not having any visitors. Because I do--I do have a few visitors now and then. But damn, it's tough getting regular readers. I know that through my experience in building an audience for my Internet radio station, which now (thankfully) seems to have a steadily growing listenership. And sure, anyone with enough money can buy advertising, but that's still not going to retain interest in your blog. No, Rebecca is right--you just have to keep posting, and keep those posts interesting--don't bore your readers with rants about the art of blogging. I hope I haven't let you down. If I have, I apologize.
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