Comments on: Video: How to Evaluate an Opportunity (when you aren’t getting paid)

By: 7 Ways To Evaluate Art Sites « Kirsty Hall

7 Ways To Evaluate Art Sites « Kirsty Hall — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:51:40 +0000

[...] whether a site is worth your time is by checking their stats. Diane Gilliland has put together an excellent short video demonstrating how to do this. Her video is specifically about judging other blogs but most of the [...]

By: SisterDiane

SisterDiane — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:12:54 +0000

My pleasure! :-)

By: Whim Wham

Whim Wham — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:11:24 +0000

Thank you for the useful information. As a new blogger, everything can be very overwhelming. Posts like this really help. I bought my copy of the Handmade Market Place too. Can't wait to read it! Thanks again!

By: geekxnerd

geekxnerd — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:49:27 +0000

Very interesting…not that I get contacted to do anything for people, but I used these tools to check out my own stats. I have crazy inconsistent stats! My site visits were more than double what they are now for the months of October/November…I wonder what was so thrilling about my content then. Weird?!

By: geekxnerd

geekxnerd — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:49:27 +0000

By: SisterDiane

SisterDiane — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:31:21 +0000

My pleasure, Cynthia! Thanks so much for your comment.

By: Cynthia Devening

Cynthia Devening — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:54:58 +0000

I was just pondering this earlier as I'm just starting out. I have to admit I'm way too obsessed with alexa, but it does make me strive to work harder. I haven't heard of make + meaning yet I'm excited to check it out! Thanks :)

By: SisterDiane

SisterDiane — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:34:18 +0000

You're so welcome, Jen! I'm happy to be of help.

By: Jen {The Craft Floozy}

Jen {The Craft Floozy} — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:27:43 +0000

Prior to reading this post and watching your video, if another site contacted me to contribute something to their site, I would have probably jumped right at the chance without doing the research. You've provided really great information here and a lot to think about for future opportunities should they arise. I didn't know about Alexa and Compete, and I use Google Reader but had no idea you could check the stats of the individual blogs…thanks for that little tidbit of information :)

By: SisterDiane

SisterDiane — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:05:25 +0000

You're so welcome, Jill – and thanks for the comment! I learned a lot of this stuff the hard way, so I hope the info will help others avoid that. :-)

By: SisterDiane

SisterDiane — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:04:34 +0000

My pleasure, Jenn! Hope you find them useful!

By: SisterDiane

SisterDiane — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:04:12 +0000

Very true! This same research can be useful in evaluating lots of different opportunities.

By: SisterDiane

SisterDiane — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:03:17 +0000

Thank you, Kaye! I hope you find it useful.

By: SisterDiane

SisterDiane — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:00:12 +0000

Hahaha! Thank you so much, Leah – I'll totally admit that I had to
type several times to get a nice quick version! Luckily, when editing
still screen shots, it's easy to hide this. :-)

By: SisterDiane

SisterDiane — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:58:45 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Mandi! There are quite a few times in my past
when I wished I'd done this “due diligence” before accepting a request.