Thank you Brenda!

That’s the winning formula, Kerri! 👍👍😎

:-) I really do need to figure our emojis lol, yours are so cool.

Hi Kerri

Those are Mac emojis. Press the function (fn) button and they will pop up. 😎

Frank 🎸

I am doing well with Pinterest, but I need to put more time into Facebook and X. I post when I publish a new post on my website and check it, but it has not gotten a lot of traction. I have dipped my toes into Medium ( I have a couple of articles in there). The next steps are to dip my toes further into YouTube and check out Quora and Reddit (it won't hurt to take a look there, too). And, of course, I still post 3 times a week on my Blog. I say quit playing around and jump in lol; get your hands dirty and see where it goes; get those hooks into the wattah :-)

I dont have a Mac I have a Dell :-) someday I'll figure it out, will look better then my stick figures lol.

No worries, Kerri! 😎

👍🤣 LOL, there was another of those obstacles I put in my own way .... gosh sometimes I think my brain is on a permanent retirement.🎶

Haha, you’re doing great, Kerri! 👍👍😎

There I go doing things the hard way lol
I may go the round about way, but hey its all a learning experience right ? 🐶

It’s all a learning experience, Kerri, so it’s all valuable. 😎

Alexa is playing Meatloaf now. If you have more hooks, you have more opportunity, is how I look at it. I'll try to remember to keep an eye out for it.

Here is a site that has a bunch of emojis you just copy and paste.

https://emojicopy.com/

Nancy

.😄℉🎉🚀Push alt and period. or alt . That will get it for you, Kerri. :)

Thanks

I'm sorry, Kerri. Senior moment. It's Windows key . Windows key period.

No worries, I have a lot of those moments myself :-)

So, what is your verdict on your website? I was kidding when I said I was terrified, and in the previous blog post, I was panicking too!! 🤣🙏

Abie

Hi, Abie

Pinterest has been slowly increasing traffic to my site.

I may write reviews for high-end guitars and associated electronics and drive traffic to them with paid ads. I won't care if Google doesn't index or rank them.

I'm also considering sending traffic to my site with instructional guitar videos.

The challenge is to do it all in the 2-to-3 hours a day that my schedule can accommodate. 😎

We'll see; for now, it's all about summer fun! Lol ☀️ ⛱️ 🍹

Frank 🤘 🎸

Hi Brenda

My mother used to love J.J. in Good Times, especially when he said, "Dy-No-Mite!" Lol. She was very cool, and all our friends loved her.

I have a B movie with Jimmy Walker in it called "Super Shark." My wife hates it, especially when the shark comes on land and defeats a tank. Hahaha 😂 🦈

Rock On! 🤘
Frank 🎸

With 'sharks' in mind, your Pinterest is solid!

Yeah, I forgot you mentioned ads in previous communications - I hear you... it can only get better!

I write best to amuse and inform without too much emphasis on Google or what Google wants. My challenge is UGC; I'm not too fond of those sites as sometimes it is hard to dig through the maze... But there's always room for improvement. I can also do ads.

Abie

Haha Thanks, Abie! 😂 🙏

I do think that paid ads are the way to go for anyone who has the budget and markets products that make the ROI worthwhile.

Direct marketing to an email list is another option and a large targeted list can be built with paid ads to a lead magnet.

Both these methods are search engine update-friendly.

Truth be told, online marketing is more of a hobby for me. I'm more focused on enjoying my upcoming full retirement. 😎

Frank 🎸

Thank you, exactly as you say... Except for the latter part, I am committed to content creation lol.

Enjoying retirement is a fantastic endeavor.

Abie

Keep succeeding, Abie! 👍👍

Thanks, Frank! And keep on rocking! :)

Thanks, Brenda! 😎😎

I hated they killed off James :/ It got too much "JJ" and a little annoying IMO. I think we are going down another rabbit hole LOL.

I feel you, Brenda! But with socials, you can get creative and tweak things. Also, listen to what your audience is saying so you can customize. But yeah, it takes effort and time allocation. I lean more to socials vs UGC lol

Hi - if you want to make money directly from Medium, then yes, you do need Claps and Reads from the other members.

But, if you are using it to direct traffic to your website, then you are using the high authority of Medium to rank highly on Google, and don't need Claps or Reads or Followers.

You can directly import posts from your website or rewrite or summarise them.

Drop me a PM, and I will get back to you tomorrow and see how I can help you get started.

haha, we all 'steal' from socials, that's a part of SEO :-) I use it plenty for my blog itself :-)

Great analytics, Lizzy! 👍😎

You're really Rockin' It! 🤘
Frank 🎸

giving it all my best efforts Frank, thanks ;-)

Keep up the excellent work! 😀

That really is the key, Brenda! 👍👍😎

have you checked out Fivver ?

I didn't know what I was doing, but with some training and getting my hands dirty, I actually liked making the pins using ChatGPT, Canva, and Dalle. They look so much better now than when I first started, but I am pretty impressed with myself, lol :-) All my numbers are green and going up up up. It may not be for everybody or every niche, but I found a way to make affiliate marketing-related pins. At first I had nothing in the numbers, now, though I am doing the paid ones like $2.00 a day, I am getting really good results, and I think the improvement on the pins is a big factor. Just a thought, because the pins I am not promoting are really taking off as well. Back to Meatloaf and my post im working on, see ya lattah in class.

by the way, yeah I know that song and Meatloaf. Saw him live once in Belgium, the day he fell on the stage, auwch :)

I have worn out his CD's lol, I played them at work when I was in Receiving and Release, he and the Eagles were constantly blaring :-) My poor custody guys were probably tired of listening to them, lol.

I literally wore them out had to keep buying new CDs :-) Desperado was always one of my favorites, I have so many though lol.

Hi Brenda. How are you going about creating UGC content on your websites? I'm not sure if I missed it or if you explain this better in another post..?

Thank you!