In this 35-minute video I address why blogging is still the King of Social Media. And Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and that other one, oh, Google+ are just princes.

I also cover:

4 items that all writers/web owners want.

4 problems a blog can solve

and the

4 next steps all bloggers and web site owners should take if they want to get more web traffic.

The Traffic Professor knows.

Wilby checking the currency converter

Where can someone find a good currency converter?

And why does a blogger need to know?

I am not sure why you would need currency converter but I know why I need one.

I have writers who work as part of my network that live in India, Romania, Bangladesh and Indonesia.

I also have tech support in India, Peru and Mexico.

All these workers want to know how much they will be paid. And for that reason…a currency converter will come in quite handy, no?

The best currency converter.

I also lived in Japan for nearly 20 years…it is one of the things I blog about.

My wife is ‘made in China’ and we have money going back and forth across the big pond from time to time.

Yup..you guessed it. We need a currency converter.

We also need to know what banks are going to steal from us when we make the exchange, too!

No wonder Jesus overturned the tables in the Temple. It wasn’t just because they were doing business there. It was because they were stealing, too.

Wilby applying for free tickets to Japan via the Tourism Agency

I have driven Jaguars, flown across country, interviewed…. all because I am blogger.

Here’s another perk for an influential blogger – a free round-trip ticket to Japan.

The Japan Tourism Agency is trying to pump some life back into an industry that has been devastated by a very strong yen, earthquakes, tsunamis, melt-downs and 20,000+ deaths.

Yup, sounds like Japan needs some help.

Bloggers who have reach in the search engines as well as a presence in other social media types are encouraged to apply.

I was in Japan earlier this year and if I went back….I’d stay with friends and eat out less.

Successful applicants must take care of their own accommodations and meals. Not much chance for me.

Here’s the link to apply – Japan Tourism Agency.

Let me know if you get picked…and I can tell you where to go eat and what to bring me back as a souvenir.

Lots of people ask me, “Bill, what’s your Google Page rank?”

“I dunno.”

“You don’t know your Google Page Rank?”

“Um, no.”

Checking your Google Page Rank

“Why not? Doesn’t everyone want to know their Google Page rank?”

“Beats me. What I care about is how much traffic I get. And is it relevant or not.”

“What do you mean?”

“Who cares what Google thinks of me. I am sure they don’t want to know what I think of them. I care what my readers think.”

“Don’t you care if you can be found or not? And doesn’t Google control that?”

“Yes, I care whether I can be  found or not. But Google is not the only search engine. And there is something that is better than Google search engine traffic.”

“There is! What?”

“I answer that question in TheTrafficProfessor.”

But for those who want to know their Google Page Rank….you can start here.

But, in the time it takes you to check it…you’d have been better off writing another post, adding another image, reaching out toe a fellow blogger or doing more research on another blog post.

That’s what I think about Google Page Rank.

Traffic Professor Teaching Blog as a Platform for Writers

Blogging is the platform of choice for writers/authors.

Even if I do say so myself, I made that point quite clear when I spoke to the High Desert Branch of the California Writers Club this past weekend (October 8th.)

How to Get Good Web Traffic in the High Desert

and a link to the audio part 1 and part 2.

The participation was great. There was quite a buzz after I was finished as the 70-some authors and writers learned what it would take to make a blog their platform of choice to get more readers, to get an agent, to get published, to get paid to write.

They learned why a blog is the social media of choice, why a blog trumps Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and Twitter.

We covered a LOT of ground in the 75 minute lecture and 25 minutes of Q&A.

All 20 books I carried with me disappeared in a matter of minutes. Thank goodness I got paid for them, too! That does NOT always happen. I mean, people do NOT always pay for them.

Here is the link again to the power point presentation for those who attended.

How to Get Good Web Traffic in the High Desert

and a link to the audio part 1 and part 2.

Need more information?

Go to TheTrafficProfessor and buy my online course. It’s a small investment with HUGE possible returns. Really. It works.

Is there common ground for a Christian blogger, atheism and communism?

Indeed there is. There are not a few atheists who are bloggers. And not a few bloggers living in communist China. Oh, there are Christian bloggers, too. I am unashamedly one of them!

My in-laws were born in China, (made in China I like to say) 75 and 70 years ago. As an infant my father-in-law survived the Rape of Nanking of 1937. Both survived the founding of modern China by Mao Zedong in 1949. And again, my father-in-law survived exile during the Cultural Revolution of the 60′s. That’s a lot of survival!

Yet, there was an even greater attack that both Gong Gong and Poh Poh survived. These two fine people through years of diligent study and self examination (especially my father-in-law) made the decision to forsake their combined experiences of 145 years, and start over. That is, to be born again.

Grandpa Hu and Grandma Sun became Christians, were baptized into the faith on September 11, 2011.

Indeed it is a big deal.

I learned a long time ago to respect the decisions of the aged, the wise, the experienced.

If after 75 years Gong Gong concludes that atheistic science and forced communism come up empty and that only a Creator God can satisfy his intellectual curiosity and his emotional voids, then ought we not all take notice? Indeed we should. I should. I am.

Listen to his testimony for yourself. The translation is a bit rough, but accurate. The translator offered, unprepared, on the spur of the moment to allow English speakers in the audience to listen in to the testimony.

I, a blogger, offer you the opportunity to listen as well. And I invite you to make the same decision my in-laws did.

For 4 months, I wished they would go home. Now, I face the prospect of spending eternity with them. And I couldn’t be happier about it.

The Traffic Professor will be speaking at the High Desert Branch of the California Writers Club (scroll down) on October 8th, 2011.

If you live in/near the area, please come out to meet me, ask questions, learn more about blogging, platform building or to just chill.

Traffic Professor at High Desert Valley

My topic is

Blogging as a platform for writers, still the king of Social Media

In this one hour presentation, including 15 mins for Q&A I will cover the following topics:

1. Four reasons why a blog is the social media platform of choice for writers.

2. Four biggest obstacles to getting a blog started.

3. Four key ingredients to attracting significant traffic to a blog/web site.

4. Four next steps every writer must take to bring attention to their work.

I have taken 10 different and unrelated blog topics to more than 1 million unique visitors each, and well over 50 million views overall.  I have two published books, and have addressed Mexico’s largest Writers’ Conference, Asia’s Largest Publishing Convention, and have spoken in Thailand, New York City, as well as to many of the California Writers Club branches.

The event will be held at the Apple Valley Branch Library at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 8, 2011.

Call Carol Warren at (760)242-3367) or email to califcarol@verizon.net

President Bob Isbill at  (760)242-4148) or email to risbill@aol.com

20258 Hwy 18 Ste 430-PMB 281

Apple Valley, CA 92307

I created this video – 5 most important SEO tips for blog posts for subscribers to TheTrafficProfessor.

Wilby applying 5 most important SEO tips for blog posts

After applying these 5 tips to the post I created, within 2 days and for 2 terms the post showed up on the first page of Google search…one was #8 and just below the fold (depending on the size of your screen) and the other was #3 above the fold (scroll down) no matter how you look at it.

To view this video – 5 most important SEO tips for blog posts, you will need to be a subscriber to TheTrafficProfessor.

That’s easy enough by clicking through and jumping through the hoops.

Then…you can apply the same 5 most important SEO tips for blog posts to your blogs and watch them appear on the front page of big G, Bing,  Yahoo as well.

Happy blogging.

One wonders what it takes to be a successful travel blogger.

Some wonder what it takes to be a successful blogger in any niche.

Travel blogger Wilby discovers traveling light

Problogger Wilby knows the answer…what it takes to be a good travel blogger, what it takes to be a successful (choose your niche) blogger.

1. Experience counts. Lots of bloggers what to claim authority in their chosen niche when in truth they just read and regurgitate stuff from elsewhere on the net. A real travel blogger has experience. NomadicMatt is a good example of an experienced travel blogger. He has a good following but could use some SEO help.

2. Sitting in a chair counts. It’s one thing to have the know how and (more…)