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Mompreneurs blogging journey(part 13) :Blog hops and Alexa

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on August 2, 2018 25

My daughter just turned five.So now there’s a little less nap times and lap times.Cuddle times are as before.What’s changed is she has school for three to four hours in the morning and an evening or afternoon activity.
What this means is ,when I am not busy with professional obligations ,I have at least 3 hours to dedicate to my blog.

Net result:

More reading and writing
Less typos
More useful work
Interestingly even though Alexa is fluctuating madly its still okay.
I am getting ready for the A to Z challenge in April .The theme reveal is on 20th March.Many people Blog a book during this time.Definitely food for thought.But before blogging a book don’t forget to read this.
Plus I host two blog hops every week.So life is busy but good.

So what helps me get all this done?

The 3 Things I do,to manage my time well

I write or dictate whatever ideas strike me.I use Google doc app on my phone,evernote, or even my Gmail to send myself the idea.So I have 3 idea backups.
I schedule like mad .
I use , Recurpost, Hootsuite Buffer, IFTT and a special formula available to my mastermind group.
I post on relevant Facebook groups and a group I manage with my friends Blogging friends and blogging moms.Supporting women bloggers has been the goal from the first .So meeting like minded friends online made the implementation easier.

Another thing that has made the journey this year ,a lot of fun are the blog hops.

I love participating in blog hops and hosting them myself.
I host #MondayMommyMoments with Deepa (Announcement of prompt every Sunday evening 8pm IST)The linky opens on Monday and is open till Saturday 23.55pm
With Tina ,Mayuri and Deepa we host #ThankfulThursdays.(Announcement of prompt every Wednesday 8pm IST)This one is from Thursday till Tuesday.
Both linkys encourage writing by giving prompts and linking up your other posts .

What happens when you participate in blog hops?

The links though no follow help.You will get a lot of people telling you different things.But the content of the blog and Alexa both helps in making a blog earn.Definitely.
It helps improve your Alexa when people click on the link and visit your blog.This might appear like a “you pat me, I will pat your back”.But believe me, everything in life is this way.It’s how you look at it.The perception.Its the best way to socialize your blog , get subscribers and readers for your blog. Linkys get attention and the hosts promote them regularly on social media.
Other people tweet and pinning your posts help get them in front of their followers.So linky is great for promoting your blog, your expertise.
On both our linkys we read, comment, share and encourage the participants to do the same strongly.Read 5 blog posts per day.That will help you get ideas, socialize, learn and do your part to make blogging awesome.

Another favourite blog hop:

#Bloggerspitstop by Kathleen and the pit stop crew

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I recently read the Building a framework by Abby Lawson
It was one big inspiration behind starting the linky. Abby recommends participating in two to three active blog hops.hops where the hosts like reading sharing and otherwise help promote each others content.The review will be up soon.

The point of hops,linkys, whatever you call them is it gives exposure. For you , your blog and your products(services/books/courses) in a different area to your usual haunts.This means socializing in blogosphere. If you do not blog much, not able to do more and are not able to spend an hour a day on it , it’s not a good idea for you.
Blog hops work. You not only you read, share comment the hosts/cohosts post, but you also have people visiting you from the linky. You may have your ideal audience among these readers .

Advantages of blog hops:

It improves your exposure and its free
It lets you reach people you otherwise had no way of connecting with.
It garners traffic to your blog and this can help get you brand attention.
It’s a great way to assess which posts are working well specially if you are a new blogger.
It improves your Alexa. Yes it does.It definitely does!

How to get the maximum benefit from blog hops

Keep a schedule of the hop starting.
Try to b e one of the first ones.Best way to get hosts attention.
Definitely tweet the post tagging the blog hop hosts,
Never forget to follow the rules of the hop.Its your best chance at getting featured.
Comment on the host post for inviting you
Leave comments on other participating blogs with relevant # hashtag (like #MMM) of linky
Answer any comments left for you.Avoid too brief comments(spam)
Writing please follow me back’ is not a good idea.
Tweet about the linky or post on Facebook , pin post whatever .When you do it ,do it well.

Do you want visitors to your blog?
Do you want people to buy your book?
Do you want people to take your course?
Do you want new subscribers?Do you want to work with brands on your own terms ?

If it’s a yes you can’t wait anymore.Start today.

Takeaway:

Join our blog hops(shameless promotion) but remember the bottomline.There’s no easy way out for mompreneurs who are bootstrapping
You need a plan , hard work, dedication, participation and full reciprocation.

Do you like linky parties?Let me know what you think.

Updated :9th July 2017

Hey its okay:10 Favorite Quotes about Being Kind to Yourself

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on August 2, 2018 0

I got this post idea from Amber over at Airing my Laundry

I think she got it from Glamour magazine. Some days you need to say this to yourself.For me it’s today.

Hey it’s okay,

..if you finished up the chocolate.

Hey, it’s okay if you ordered dinner from outside and don’t want to cook.

Its okay if you didn’t do the laundry

If you are not in a mood to work.

If your nail polish is chipped.

If you are feeling sad.It happens to all of us.

When the only creative thing you want to do is daydream.

If you are in a mood for telling the truth to unlikely people.Just be careful it’s not your landlord or your boss.

Hey, it’s okay if it’s raining and you don’t want to go out.Just find some really good truthful reason and skip it!

If you are not anyone’s favorite.You are still your own favorite.

Hey, it’s okay, you just came back from a holiday and want to plan the next.I do it each time.

If writing makes you happy, even if it makes little sense sometimes.

Hey, its okay if the #Basirhat mob violence makes you feel like bawling.It happens to all of us.If you don’t understand why don’t feel weird, I don’t understand either.

Hey, it’s okay if you really want your digital empire and the only thing that got done today was a hey its okay post!

My favorite being kind to yourself quotes

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Hey its okay :Be kind to yourself

Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters.
Dan Coppersmith

Hey its okay :Self love quote

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Howard Washington Thurman

Hey its okay :You need to love yourself deeply because you are beautiful

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassions, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.”
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
George Eliot
When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.”
Jean Shinoda Bolen
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When you love yourself, will find it easy to love others because you cannot give what you don’t have.”
Gift Gugu Mona
Whatever you did today is enough. Whatever you felt today is valid. Whatever you thought today isn’t to be judged. Repeat the above each day.”
Brittany Burgunder

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Thankful for Hostagtor (Headache free Migration to https):Review on #ThankfulThursdays

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on August 2, 2018 0

I am thankful for Hostgator’s headache free migration service to https. But isn’t everyone is giving a free SSL certificate? Don’t know about everyone, but Hostgator just did it for me. This makes July my favorite month till now in 2018. I was worrying so bad about this, that I had a weekly headache on this topic. Yes, I tend to schedule worrying too. It’s not productive, but the worrying acts as a type of highly concentrated prayer or mindfulness exercise. Whichever way you look at it, this helps me find solutions or get gifted solutions.

Let me tell you the story. I was worried about the tech stuff associated with redirecting my entire website after the https migration, July was busy with two of my books being published back to back.I was pushing this torture to August. A very big risk, what with Google threatening to downrank sites. But you have only one head and two hands. Juggling everything and traveling made July the wrong month for this activity.

But God is kind. He magically inspired Hostagtor to give free SSL certificate to all plans irrespective of everything. You have to do nothing except redirect your website content. When I talked to Hostgator support about finding two versions of my blog, like Cinderella’s stepsister, one which Google will love and the older one which Google wants to ignore, this is my exact experience. I am not exaggerating at all.

The story :

First, the customer service person couldn’t find my https blog. Yes, that surprised me too! I had to tell him to type it on the browser separately Guess what, he found https://healthwealthbridge.com after a step by step instruction
2)All through this, he was polite and helpful. But not well-informed.

3)He then asked for my cpanel password, on checking which he confirmed my answer. Good news. A free SSL certificate was installed on my site. I was so happy that my headache disappeare d.His ignorance failed to make me irritated. My next query was, whether they had some resource for redirecting the pages and posts since I didn’t want two version of my blog. It gives faulty traffic numbers, can cause havoc with your rankings.

He politely informed me that no they had no such resources. Guess what I did? I typed the same question to Google and found all the Hostgator resources to help you do everything yourself with zero irritation.

Good news

Hostgator has a great Blog.
Hostgator has a polite support staff.

Bad News

Hostgator need to have more aware support staff. If I could Google and find it in less than ten seconds. I am sure he could too. This could have meant a lot of a headache for some people. Also looking at the blog I realized many faced similar complaints about misinformed support staff. Unusual problem, considering they have one of the best hosting services.

What did I do next?

Signed into my cpanel. Did a virus scan.
Took a full site backup.
Checked the SSL certificate myself again.
Downloaded and activated Really simple SSL plugin for activating SSL on my WordPress setup.
One click activation, no headache, and all my blog links were redirected.
Changed my WordPress login URL for my blog.
This you can check in settings>General on your WP dashboard.
Then I set up my new GA property. I am set.

Welcome, August. Thankful Thursdays are the best time to say Thank you to Hostgator, for making a painless transition to https possible.

News Flash:Hostgator is giving a free https migration to all their accounts irrespective of the plan.

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Warning: Before making any changes you should have a backup present and have some idea about blog tech stuff

Why I wanted to share my experience.

1)Don’t believe everything you hear from support. Support is often outsourced with controversial quality.I am proof of that.

2)You still have a great resource to fall back on, if the service has a blog. Most businesses write about the good news related to their biz on the blog.

3)Never lose hope, when a difficult problem arises. Sometimes the answer is a simple click away.

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Takeaway:

I still like Hostgator and the service they provide. I honestly wish they gave more training to their customer support . In case support is outsourced you must check its quality. The only reason I have managed to do everything for my blog myself is because of the outstanding support I had received from Hostgator.

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#Thankful Thursdays:Childhood memories (33)

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on August 1, 2018 47

Childhood memories are our happiness balance.Those that are kept inside the labyrinth of our memories.They nourish us, guide us, support us and make us happy each time we take them out of their silk wraps, to have a look.

What exactly is a memory?

It is a miracle of God, wonder of science, work of our neurons where sight, sound, textures, tastes, all come together. It creates a vibrant audio-visual, which entirely plays in our brain and can transport us back in time.

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I have beautiful memories of summer holidays, spent lazily reading all day and drinking cups of chai, taking only the very necessary breaks.

Sleeping curled up with a book is the best way to get transported into the parallel story world, the author talks about.I remember the times I went for midnight picnic with the Malory Tower girls.I remember the Land of Birthdays, which I visited with Jo, Fanny, and Beth (I think!), on top of the Faraway tree.I remember the summers spent solving mysteries with Fatty and the Five find outers, of rowing to George’s Island, with the Famous Five.

Sometimes these memories are food memories.

The first strawberry cheesecake my sister baked.The delicious fried sweet she made, which accidentally became garlic flavored.Strangely enough, even the garlicky sweet dish, found several fans!But I can never forget the look on my aunt’s face, when she was offered another after she volubly praised the dish.This was before any of us had tasted it.In all fairness, my darling sis was totally unaware that the cook had used her favorite container for making a garlic paste!Now we all know better than to keep our bakeware in front of our cooks and maids!Lesson learned with a food memory.

During our exams, my sister always woke up early in the morning.We took turns to make tea to get started studying.Guess what?After having my first cup of tea I used to fall asleep.Again .This time with the book covering my face.

When I was caught, I always insisted I was using the ether to transfer, what’s on the pages into my head.For that book to face contact, is important.Always in supine position, with eyes closes. A very high level of mindful meditation. Till date, I have researched it diligently and I can never forget the taste of the tea and the look of surprise on my sisters face when I told her theses theories.

Writing this for #ThankfulThursdays.

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Why I write:Sanity and beyond

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on July 31, 2018 20

Morning habits are very important.It’s the best way to start the day off right.

The last month was very busy.One important thing which helps me is writing my morning pages.

Some times the pages are not used as posts.Sometimes they rarely make sense.But what it does is lets me keep writing.

The writing muscle like other muscles works best when you use it regularly.I have seen writing helps me calm down. Just like music which I listen in loops.On days when nothing seems to go right, when I am not feeling creative, when I can’t share stories, I write. Whatever comes to mind or I research and take down notes.That makes me feel happy again.

Neil Patel in one of his posts had mentioned, if you want to write more, learn to type faster!

That’s such simple advice but one which many ignore.Since going for typing classes is not a possibility, the next best way is to practice as best as I can.I am still pretty slow.But I am getting there.

Being a work in progress has its advantages.

When I write it’s difficult.Not the actual writing itself.The difficult part is making it into a cohesive post which will help someone somewhere.It’s definitely far from a masterpiece.

I am in a perpetual hurry. I mess up grammar, spelling punctuation sometimes all at once. That’s really bad.But inspite of the fear of ridicule. I write.

It still needs a lot of work.I write some more.

Every day I do three things:

Write a lot.That’s one thing I can do.Never give up trying.Whats the worst that will happen?

Will people laugh?People won’t read?Well, I believe there are people just like me, who will read what I write.They will understand my why.That’s why wherever you are if you ever feel you should stop writing because you are not good enough.Stop thinking that!Just write.Learn .Write some more.Just don’t stop.

Don’t worry.If God made you start writing he has plans.Your work is to do what makes you happy.If writing makes you happy, write.But never forget your why.Its the most important reason.

Read a lot about writing:

My all time favorite book On Writing . I read a few pages every day.It’s inspiring, it’s insightful and helpful for people like me.

Read a lot.

When work is fun, it doesn’t feel like work.That’s why book reviews are so much fun!I adore reading Fiction(mysteries and magic.courtroom drama),nonfiction (on writing ,blogging,self-help.small business.home decor ,gardening).The list is exhausting what I can read!But reading has two purposes.Entertainment and learning .until you read a lot can you become a good writer?

What do you think?

Comment below to let me know.

10 Things you must do after winning a Challenge!

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on July 30, 2018 10

Did you just finish with a personal challenge? Overcome a professional hurdle? Struggling with everyday small irritations? What do you do after winning a challenge?

The Super Blogger Challenge results just came out yesterday, and this is the best time to share my best-kept secrets to do back to back challenges.

10 Things you must do after winning a Challenge!

#1 After every challenge, even if you have half a day relax and unload your brain. Physically you can’t pick up the used and stale thoughts. But you can use your mental fingers to delicately lift them up and release them into the ether. Let these thoughts spread their wings and gain new energy, while you breathe and let your brain breathe.

Your brain loves complex problems, but they need those empty spaces to think.Empty it now!

#2 Drink water like a fish. Hydrate till you can’t drink anymore. Water has a role to play in concentration. Try to skip the caffeine.

#3 Go out. Visit a park or if that’s not possible garden.

#4 Cook something sinful for yourself and family. I love making a chocolate lava cake.It has one whole Dairy milk Silk in it and the baking is as much fun as the cake itself.

#5 Read storybooks, which make you forget everything. I have a good stash of this.

#6 Cuddle with your loved ones and thank them. They are the pillars which built your castle.

#7 Lock away your cell phone, laptop and pretend you are on a brain holiday!

#8 Plan your next holiday and daydream.

#9 Thank the universe you survived.

#10 Write a blog post on your experience after taking out the laptop again! Writing is relaxing, right?

Takeaway:

With every challenge, you take part in, you grow. Challenging yourself to push your personal limits, is the best way towards greater personal development. I realized early in life, that the only way to do well in life, is to take responsibility for own actions and choices. While you can’t predict the future or guess hat the next person will do.If you regularly challenge yourself, unclutter your brain and repeat, guarantee your life will have all the colors you always wanted. Happy daydreaming.

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Mompreneurs blogging journey(part 13) :Blog hops and Alexa

Net result:

The 3 Things I do,to manage my time well

What happens when you participate in blog hops?

Another favourite blog hop:

Advantages of blog hops:

How to get the maximum benefit from blog hops

Takeaway:

Hey its okay:10 Favorite Quotes about Being Kind to Yourself

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Takeaway:

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Sometimes these memories are food memories.

Thankful Thursdays prompt this week:(open for 2weeks now!)

Why I write:Sanity and beyond

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