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ProBlogger shared an interesting articles. Where I’m also amazed that I’m doing most of the things not frequently by trying to do so. Lets see what you’re doing and how you’re measuring the metric and statistic of your blogs or websites. Need better focus first and then keep going and keep growing…

• for some it’ll be mainly about traffic – for some it is visitor numbers, for others it will be page views.
• other bloggers are more interested in subscriber numbers – against there is variation here, RSS and/or Email subscribers.
• some bloggers are more regularly checking the bottom line – earnings. This might be affiliate earnings, advertising earnings or even the sales of their own products.
• another group of bloggers are more interested in reader engagement – so comment numbers, ReTweet counts or Facebook ‘likes’ might grab their attention
• some bloggers are more focused upon the social media space and are monitoring Twitter or Facebook follower/friend numbers or how often they are replied to or interacted with.
• other bloggers get more into the more detailed stats – looking at things like bounce rate, time on site, page views per visit, referrals (where traffic is arriving from) or looking at what the most popular posts are doing in terms of traffic.
• further still, other bloggers are more into SEO and are always analyzing how many links are coming into their blog, how their blog ranks for certain keywords etc.

Leo Babauta has been a reporter, editor, speech writer and freelance writer for the last 17 years. Leo writes for numerous blogs notably including LifeHack.org and his own blog about simple productivity, Zen Habits,net.

It’s amazing how we can while away our days by doing practically nothing, and feeling busy and stressed while doing it.

And then, at the end of the day, we are so tired we zone out in front of the television or Internet until we’re ready to drop off to sleep.

If any of this sounds familiar to you, it’s possible that you’re the victim of time and energy drains — things in your life that drain away your energy and your time without you really thinking about it. Eliminate those drains, and you’ll find yourself much more productive, much more energetic, much happier. In fact, even if you’re pretty productive already, it’s very likely that you still have time and energy drains that you could eliminate to improve your life.

What are your time and energy drains? It’s different for each person, of course. The best way to find out what your time drains are is to do a little time log. Now, before your eyes glaze over at this idea, I don’t recommend a detailed log, unless you’re good at doing that. For the rest of us, it’s easier to just keep a blank sheet of paper or notebook by your side and just jot down what you’re doing. You don’t need to write down the time or keep track of the minutes — just write down the activity. At the end of the day, look over your list and you’ll see the kind of things that are taking up a lot of your time without giving you much benefit in return.

Energy drains are a little tougher, but if you go over a list of the things in your life, and give it a little thought, you can probably identify some of the things that are draining you unnecessarily and find ways to change your life accordingly.

Some of the most common examples are listed below.

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From this post of Leo, I’ve learned something essential things and every freelancer should know about that too. The 10 Signs You Should Drop a Client Like a Bad Habit. Enjoy

Written & shared by Carson McComas, founder of WorkHappy.net — where you can learn about Killer resources for entrepreneurs.

It was a check for 2 months because the first check they sent was so big it was rejected by his bank. (I hate it when that happens.)

I asked Markus to share a few thoughts with us, and he was kind enough to oblige.

You’re a one-man show running a very successful dating site. Tell us how you got started.

Back in 2001 after my birthday someone in the office introduced me to online dating sites.  I went back to my desk and checked out udate.com and kiss.com and lavalife/web personals.    I was bored and I wanted to chat with people.  I was really annoyed when I found out you had to pay for everything, I ended up telling the girl who introduced me to the sites that I could do better and make them for free, so I went and registered Plentyoffish.com.    All I ever ended up doing was creating an index page and forgot about it. Fast forward to 2003… [Find the rest of Markus' answer over on his blog]

Your site, if you’ll forgive me, isn’t terribly attractive, it isn’t “web 2.0″ it isn’t even a terribly original idea. Many entrepreneurs today think that without those ingredients in the recipe, they’ll never make it. You’ve clearly proved otherwise. What’s your secret and what are your thoughts about what it takes to be successful?

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This post is written by Nury Vittachi at The Jakarta Post , 29 January 2009.