Don't Wait to Improve Yourself - A lesson in trackbacking

Over the past couple of months I have gotten into blogging quite a bit. During that time I have learned a lot about the blogging world and what I need to do. For example, you want to blog on a regular basis: once a week, twice a week - whatever your schedule, try to keep it consistent. It's hard to get people to come back to your blog if they have no idea when you're going to post again. Tools such as linking to other sites, adding images and videos are useful as well. One key tool that can be very useful is the TrackBack. Referencing someone else's blog and having it posted on their site is a great way to increase traffic. I knew that this was a good thing to do, but I had yet to use it -- that was until Monday. On Monday I posted an article on Twitter vs. Facebook and had it trackbacked to a post from Seth Godin on his blog about what makes things better. Doing this increased traffic on my blog by a significant amount!

I knew something like this would help me, but since I had not used it, I was just putting it off. Now that I have seen how beneficial it can be, I will use it again and not just to help myself, but to hopefully increase traffic on someone else's site as well.

Communication can do the same thing for you. Being able to effectively communicate will increase your business prospects as much as trackbacking can help your blog. It is a tool that you need to use if you want to be successful. But don't do what I did with trackbacking and wait. Putting things off will only delay the inevitable. Unfortunately, we are creatures of habit and we don't like to change. Why should you get a speech coach or work on your presentations if you haven't in the past? The reason is that it will only help you. In this time of economic turmoil and businesses struggling and unemployment rising, you need to be able to take your speeches and presentations to the next level. Don't wait like I did - you'll only wish you would have started earlier.

Travis