What?!?! You’re not interested in $100 CASH or a TON of prizes??

OK today’s post is not JUST a brag post about reaching the 200 mark (small dance, woohoo!) but a lesson for all, including myself.

You may recall the happy dance we did together when I hit the 100 subscriber mark on November 5th 2008. This post may be a wee late, but I first noticed 202 subscribers on January 7th, this year.

If you really want to break it down, that’s approximately 12 subs per week…not to shabby, eh? Although I never really looked that closely. What’s my secret formula? Well, unless you live in a bubble I really shouldn’t have to tell you, but I will .

Some may feel a bit slighted, but I believe the majority will be OK…or even better. I’ll get straight to the point with explanation to follow. Unfortunately sole Twitter followers (those not subscribed to the blog) will NOT have their Twitter link permanently in place, as originally planned.

This is something I have been thinking about since before I even put up the original post. Among other things, my one worst fear has come to life even quicker then I thought it would…..those attempting to cheat the system by un-following as if I wouldn’t know. Such silly people.

My reasons in full are as follows…

1. Email Subscribers show A LOT more trust and faith in a particular blogger then anyone else, and should be rewarded for it accordingly.

YES a special super-duper treat for my regular readers and especially email subscribers. A Top Commenter plugin prominently displayed and cash contests (possibly more) every month!

A bunch of you have wondered and asked why I haven’t installed the plugin before now (especially since link love seems to be my thing). The fact of the matter is, I’ve held off for a while to be sure I had what I consider to be consistent/decent traffic.

Seriously, top commenter contests are a little, well…..lame, with 20 subscribers and 50 visitors per week; don’tcha think?

I will be having a top commenter contest every month starting on the 1st of each month, starting Thursday, January 1st. Just easier that way, ain’t it? Makes sense to me .

This isn’t another sales tip on how you should follow up an initial sale with a back-end off. Nope, this is more important and more personal.

Honestly, I wasn’t even going to post today; so much to do ya know.

However, I received an email today (Nov. 4th) that nearly knocked me off my seat…and a big bang that woulda been!

The following email is from Nick at romandock dot com, and that’s all the lead in it needs. Read the email and quickly see why I think Nick truly has what it takes…..

“You may or may not remember this, but on October 11 you left a comment on a post of mine inquiring about subscribing to romandock dot com via email. Well, I finally got that set up and the option is now available.

The following guest post is from Andy, who writes for and manages DaBlogger.com. What I like most is the fact that he writes it all from Personal Experience as you will see. This is after all, the best way to write an article when applicable .

In the past few years, I have watched many social bookmarking sites grow and have huge effects on the internet. Many people don’t realize that they can use these sites to promote their own sites and get vast returns. Below are benefits that I have seen these sites have on other websites.

#1 - Instant Traffic
Social bookmarking sites can give your site an instant traffic boost. Getting one link of homepages of digg, StumbleUpon, del.icio.us or any other bookmarking site can give me huge traffic boosts.

Most traffic will be targeted since your post will be under specific categories and you can attach keywords to your posts.