November 3rd, 2008 by 
Chandell Asuncion
Join Steve Dembo and educators around the world to take the 30 day challenge. Each day Steven will post a new blog tip, and encourage users to share the blogs and their comments with each other. The challenge officially kicked off on November 1st and will run until the end of November 2008. To be a part of this challenge or just pick up a new blogging skill each day mosey over to Steve Dembo’s blog at Day 1: It’s all about the “About” page. Your readers will want to know who the author is and what you will be writing about.
Day 2: Play in the traffic (site traffic). Although this is a very useful tool it is not available on your KS blog at this time.
Day 3: Write a thank you note: When it comes right down to it, a blog is like a business you have to let people know what you are doing, and thank them for their patronage and their references in order to grow your audience.
Day 4: Own your CContent. Protect your intellectual property by establishing a Creative Commons license based on your terms, either “All Rights Reserved” or “Some Rights Reserved”. NOTE: This post is very thorough and offers extended post with more helpful information.
Day 5: Globalize Your Blog using clustermaps and Google Translate. Clustermaps allow you and your visitors to see who is visiting your blog and where they are in the world. Google Translate allows your visitor to translate your blog into their native language, however Hawaiian is not available, yet. BTW, the clustermap widget has already been added to your KS blog at the bottom of the page.
Day 6: Get Some Fresh Perspective: Is your site user friendly, clear and easy to navigate?
Day 7: Invite a Guest Blogger:
Day 8: Comment onto Others:
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