I recently talked about the 3 steps to building a successful blog, and most of that is centered around good content and building your community. I have been blogging for just over 3 months now and in the blogosphere, that is roughly the equivalent of being an adolescent. Now I am going to sound like the Miss USA winner here and thank everyone who helped to build my blog and my community. So without further adieu, here are all of the people who have contributed to my blog. Drum roll, please!

Lindsay LUCKYLADY Robert cash boy Rachel Janet Jeannine Blake blogzilla Ty Hurd aeirin tyclayhope Tawna MarketingDeviant Joe Lundell wyche128 Ten Things Mark tazdog Susie Theresa laketrees Max Shanker Bakshi Gaje Master Mike Huang RPM Millionaire ravi karandeekar Ramona Iftode wtricks.com Filipino in Canada AdJingo Margaret BigPappa emarketed Aromatherapy Essential Oils Diane Jena Isle Louie Laurent Larry Brauner Metroknow – AlmostFit.com boris Michael Aulia Andy The Realtor – Cecilia kent Tom Chetan Adam Ruchit Surati MAGGIE AT COFFEESHOPMAFIA RegretfulMorning Robert MacEwan tony dee Jake Loraleigh Vance aliman Melo steve vladi Felix Mrs. Mecomber Deimos Tel`Arin Bryan Adrian Corscadden Jason Zedomax guinness416 Richard Dawn @ Coming to a Nursery Near You Chelle Cynthia Blue theaffiliatepost androo SiteHoppers Popular Wealth baldeagle kgaihc Rob Schultz Townboy danandmarsh Eric P. Martin Dave from Welcome Back Rosenthal Dennis Edell Shravan Jonathon Diane Scott guardian angel CindyS Justin JTPratt’s Blogging Mistakes arnold mikey777 Cassie Alfred Saforo Luke Ian Mandi BoBo Roxiticus Desperate Housewives Blue Licorice Jeff Millman Reena waterrose Jodith Marty ksc7 Sean Buvala curryegg Debt Free Revolution nabinkm Nicola Pedley Bill Stanley Wade Balsdon Saphrym Patsy ( Patricia Sawyer) Luke Charles NaijaEcash Jasko Karlonia Matt Ellsworth Carlo Dette Beth Amber W Scott Pooler jtrigsby.com MindBlogger Curt jamesd Ben Health Is Wealth Miranda ideasandmoney Cynthia Susie B Carter Mark stewartallyn Lafeeu John Lockwood John Bougearel Jeff Millman Sue Mrs. Mecomber Brazen Lass Crystal Chris Moran Brian Fitzpatrick Gary R. Hess issa Woody Morrisah Spears ukion Adam Doolittle A. Tim PinoyProducts 1 Million in 365 Day Enchanted Crafts Mike Roo Stewart Schatz Susie Octavia Zopito DiGiovanni Robert MacEwan Shaun Jacob Share Coop Jon Christensen Tina Su – Think Simple Now Amy Shane Lowry PinoyProducts Kimberly Clay heidi ATV Style Jackie Matt Marty ATV Urge TL money making blogger Nikolai Shanker Bakshi StanHayes sukosaki Frank Kanu Ohio Realtor WillThink4Wine David TYPELiFE JoNathan Blogsters Guild Look 4 Dream Girls Reward Rebel

If you are wondering if I copied and pasted all of those links and name the answer is yes. These are all of the people who have commented on my blog in the last 100 days or so. I would also like to thank everyone who subscribed to my RSS feed. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Kiss, wave, kiss, wave. Now all the world needs in a few more puppies to give a way.

First I would like to say thanks for bearing with me on this slow posting week. I left Fargo on Monday and headed to northern California to stay with and help some family. I will be in California for about another week until I depart for Washington state. I am making the most out of this trip and visiting my mom in Ephrata, WA, for a couple days on my way back to Fargo.

HOT!

Everyone knows California gets a lot of sun (at least in most areas), but 94 degrees in the middle of May? Due to the lack of air conditioning where I’m staying, not much gets accomplished in that kind of heat. I did manage to build a shelving unit before noon and called it quits. The temperature is dropping slowly, so the next week should be nice. Here are a couple of pictures.

(This is the view from my grandparents’ front porch in Weed, CA)

RSS Feed

Last week I did a blog review of Marcus Hochstadt and mentioned how he doesn’t rely on FeedBurner because at any moment they could delete your RSS feed and all of those who were subscribed. About two days later my FeedBurner wasn’t showing the email subscribers I have. So my number for a couple days was down below 100 . I was about to get worried and then the email numbers kicked back in and were much higher than before . After last months unsuccessful attempt of acquiring a specific number of subscribers, I lowered my expectations for this month to 170. Then yesterday I was at 173 with a lot of May left to go. Serves me right. I try and meet my goals right at the end of the month knowing they were just high enough for me to reach.

Also if you subscribed to my RSS feed by email and want the 300 Entrecard credits I advertised, you need to tell me either by message at Entrecard or email me at: Josh@JoshWhitford.com so that I can get you your credits. Otherwise I have no way of knowing you subscribed.

Review of Marketing Blogs

I really enjoyed reviewing different marketing blogs and probably will continue to do so every now and then. If you want me to review your blog or marketing blog, either comment or send me an email, and I will try to do so shortly. Here are the reviews I’ve done so far:

• Internet Business Guide by Marcus Hochstadt
• Marketing Deviant on Marketing Strategies
• Make and save money with Moremerchant.com
• Talking about 1 Million Readers in 365 Days