{"id":242,"date":"2016-09-29T21:16:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T04:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.seattle.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&p=242"},"modified":"2017-10-11T07:58:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T14:58:03","slug":"10-blogging-habits-that-kill-the-competition","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2016\/session\/10-blogging-habits-that-kill-the-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Blogging Habits that Kill the Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Often as bloggers, we get in our own way, slowing our blog’s growth. In this presentation, I will share 10 habits that I’ve developed – expanding on each one with real life examples of how these have worked for me and others.<\/p>\n

7 of the 10 tips are:<\/p>\n

1) Create tomorrow’s To Do list tonight; work on that list before opening email.<\/p>\n

2) Don’t compare yourself to other bloggers other than to gain ideas and inspiration.<\/p>\n

3) Learn how to make self-promotion work for you and not come off as spammy.<\/p>\n

4) Hire a virtual assistant.<\/p>\n

5) Understand how to leverage your analytics.<\/p>\n

6) Start building your mailing list today.<\/p>\n

7) Turn every opportunity into something that works for you (i.e. press releases that have nothing to do with your niche).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Often as bloggers, we get in our own way, slowing our blog’s growth. In this presentation, I will share 10 habits that I’ve developed – expanding on each one with real life examples of how these have worked for me and others. 7 of the 10 tips are: 1) Create tomorrow’s To Do list tonight; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10866455,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1477864800,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B1gt66OtjdzRanZXenU3c3JOcGM","_wcpt_session_video":"https:\/\/wordpress.tv\/2017\/10\/11\/kimberly-gauthier-10-blogging-habits-that-kill-the-competition\/","_wcpt_speaker_id":[237],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[174416],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-242","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-room-3"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7ait7-3U","session_date_time":{"date":"October 30, 2016","time":"3:00 pm"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"237","slug":"kimberlygauthier","name":"Kimberly Gauthier","link":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2016\/speaker\/kimberlygauthier\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3121,"href":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/242\/revisions\/3121"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/237"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/kimberlygauthier"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=242"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}