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Mini-Session 4: (Why) Navigation is Important to You and Your Readers

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Joe Hauckes

Liz has invited me to be a “speaker” at this Virtual Version of SOBCon07. I’m not really sure why she picked me, but I was more than happy to accept. So, whether you are able to attend the Conference in 3D in May or in 2D Now, Everyone is Welcome to join in Today at the SOBCon07 Virtual Version.

(Why) Navigation is Important to You and Your Readers

What’s the most annoying thing you encounter when you are looking for something specific? Let’s say you already found a Blog that looks promising as a place to get some answers to some questions you may have. You see the original article you landed on, but you have more questions.

You go through “Archives”. You hit the “Previous post” and “Next post” links in search of some specific information but you can’t seem to find what you are looking for. You know it should be there somewhere (and it very well could be) but you just can’t seem to find it.

What do you do next? You go somewhere else to find what you need.

That’s where NAVIGATION comes in…

When someone visits your Blog, especially for the first time, you need to give them a way to find other things that could be of interest to them. You want to draw them deeper into your site. In order to do that you should give them access to the places they can find what they are looking for by providing things like Series You Have Written, some of your Most Popular Posts and Posts related to the subject of the post they landed on.

Show them your Recent Posts so they can get a better idea of the overal Theme and Subject Matter of your Blog. Provide a Category List covering the various topics you have covered previously.

Put links to the Most Recent Comments and any Special Projects you have running at the time. Invite visitors to join in, let them know you want them to be part of your community. The more Intra-links you provide the deeper new readers might dig to find information and possibly become Loyal Readers and Friends.

The only way I can achive my objective to help out others working at home is to makeit easy for them to READ what I’ve WRITTEN. And this can Best be accomplished by providing really Good NAVIGATION to other posts on My Blog.

What are your thoughts about NAVIGATION? Can you think of other reasons NAVIGATION is important to you? Your Readers?

Thank you, Joe!
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Visit Joe’s Blog Working at Home on the Internet where his main objective is to help others through my experiences in Working at Home by writing helpful articles. .–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Let’s open the Q&A . . .

I’ll go first, Joe, what’s your biggest frustration when navigating blogs?

During the Virtual Conference today, you can take $100 off registration to SOBCon 07.

Joe Hauckes, Are You Really Coming to SOBcon 07?

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Will You Be . . .

counting the comments during the LIVE OPEN MIC NIGHT, and will you write a poem like you always do on Tuesday nights?

I can’t wait to meet you, Joe Hauckes, in person at

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to hear about your home renovation and the alien on your dresser. Is the alien coming with you?

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The Secret’s Out: SOBCon 07 Is in Chicago May 11-12!

The nGen Works Team Is One in a Million!

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Joe Says So

One-in-a-Million by Trée George and Sandy Renshaw

For the One-in-a-Million-Category of:

Planning ahead so that when a Tornado or Hurricane or Any Natural Distaster strikes their Virtual Warehouse will be up and running within 24 hours to help get goods and services to those most in need by connecting the right people on the ground with the donors and volunteers who want to help as they did in Central Florida

The winner is The nGen Works Team

This award was submitted by: One-in-a-Million Cohort: Joe Hauckes

Thanks, Joe, for seeing the one in a million in another blogger! Thanks Trée George and Sandy Renshaw for the logo that shouts it out!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Blogtipping the Three Stooges

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They Aren’t the Three Stooges Really

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They aren’t the Three Stooges really, but they sure did talk about them on one Tuesday Night comment night. By the time they were done, we knew more about the Three Stooges than I thought I ever would. So today being Blogtipping Day, July 1, I tip my blog to them.

Here’s how it works.

  • Choose three or more bloggers you admire and link to them,
  • List three reasons why you admire each one.
  • Then add a tip at the end.

That’s all there is to it.

1. Mr. Mark Wade of R Webs Designs I tip my blog to you because

  • you blog with passion and research you’re saying.
  • you know the meaning of blogging community.
  • you fill the blogosphere with color and laughter even when you don’t bring along crayons.

    • My blog tip: Work on that stutter around that stupid W-word.

    2. Mr. Chris Cree of CREEations

  • you balance blogging and life in a beautiful blog symmetry.
  • you share your thoughts with power and gentleness.
  • you always share your Klondike bars and welcome new friends into the community.

    • Tip: Jack is not a good name for a code-writing donkey.

    3. Mr. Joe Hauckes of Working at Home on the Internet

  • you put yourself so fully into every detail of every thought you blog.
  • your new blog reflects your strength and commitment to what you’re doing.
  • you always show up to support the community.

    • Tip: Don’t sweat the small stuff. It works itself out.

    Introducing: Working at Home on the Internet

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    SOB Hall of Fame Entry: Working at Home on the Internet

    Everyone Knows Joe

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    Working at Home on the Internet offers something new every day — advice, links, articles, general information and tips — for anyone who uses a home computer to make a living on the Internet. SOB Joe Hauckes readers include self-employed small business owners, telecommuters, and folks who work part time and work at home.

    Notes from Liz: Anyone who spends time around Successful Blog knows that Joe is a guy who’s here for all of us, and he’s here every day cheering us on. Joe’s a champion of all Internet folks who work at home. If you are one, spend some time getting to know his blog. Working at home can seem like not a job at all and unsocial sometimes. Having blogs like Joe’s in your favorites can make an at-home work situation seem a lot more like the real thing.

    –ME “Liz” Strauss

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