• You show the widget on your site (you can see mine on the right sidebar).
• Each time this widget loads, it finds related articles from other BlogRush user’s blogs and displays ads for them.
• Each time this widget loads you earn credit so that your ads are shown on other member’s BlogRush widgets.
• People can sign up for BlogRush under you and you’ll earn a percentage of their credits.

Now, with all of that it seems fairly simple and straight forward. You just put up the widget and forget it, right? Nope, the widget itself will not be enough to bring you traffic. Personally, I use the following strategies to help increase my traffic through BlogRush:

• I advertise my BlogRush referral link. I do this through TrafficSwarm as well as here on my site (this post might actually be one of those advertisements… disguised as helpful information).
• I also visit my website on a regular basis to make sure everything is running smothly, I re-read articles every-so-often and check for spelling errors and what not. During these times I will actually click through to interesting links on the BlogRush widget. If the article is particularly interesting, I’ll comment on it. Guess what? That comment has a link back to my blog! Because I know they are somewhat related through content, it increases the chances that people will be interested in what I have to say, and thusly follow that link back to my site. It also increases the number of links back to my site, which increases search engine ranking.

I can’t stress enough how important it is to get out there and really comment on some other people’s blogs. If they comment on yours, be polite and return the favor. Just think, the more links you build that come back to you, the more traffic you’ll get. It’s worth it. BlogRush just makes it easy. I mean, it just shows you the links to related sites right there on your own site. You just can’t beat that.

If you’re a blogger and you haven’t yet added the BlogRush widget to your site, I would STRONGLY suggest that you do so as soon as possible. It has great potential for increasing your traffic. In any case, it can’t hurt. Check it out, I think You’ll like what you see.

Type to you later,
~Nathaniel

Recently a Nintendo employee was fired for bad mouthing her boss on her personal blog. Although there was no reference to anyone’s name the company still deemed it “unprofessional”. Now, I personally believe that to be an invasion of privacy, the company whether or not someone acts unprofessional when they’re off the clock. I mean, I have a tendency to act unprofessional from time to time… especially if I’ve had a few drinks first. But I certainly wouldn’t do those things at work. At the same time, this woman did bad mouth her boss. If anyone gets caught bad mouthing their boss, anywhere, they’re going to get fired. That’s just the way it goes.

There is no shortage of people who have been fired by their employers for their personal blog or companies who have fired people because of them. A quick google search for fired blog reveals 9,560,000 results! Trust me, companies are doing it everywhere. I would urge anyone who has a blog to take personal responsibility for every word they say or type (on their blog or otherwise). That’s just being smart and responsible. I stand by everything that I say on this site. Some of my images may be unprofessional, some of my blog entries may be unprofessional, but I will not ever bad mouth my company or my boss. I could… but everyone has their gripes about their place of work. If you need someone to vent to… for the sake of your employment, talk to your friends/family/significant other… don’t post it for the world to see.

Be careful, Blog smart, Blog Responsibly,
Type to you later,
~Nathaniel