My very first blog, Next Level Biz Tips, started in September 2004, is going to be a TypePad Featured Blog on Thursday. I think I submitted it for consideration at least a year ago so you can see it takes a long time.
Why is this a big deal? With millions of TypePad users world-wide, that can be a lot of exposure not only for my blog but for The Blog Squad. There is a potential to attract thousands of people to my site on Thursday and for a few days after that. My job is to make sure compelling information is right at the top with links to other relevant information.
If you use TypePad as your blogging platform, I urge you to submit your blog for consideration. It may take awhile, but it will be worth it.
That's great news! I hope you get many visitors from being a TypePad Featured Blog.
It's interesting that you said you had submitted your blog for consideration at least a year ago. I probably submitted mine that long ago too. I wondered after, as TypePad is likely to have many blogs submitted, if there was more that could have been done on the submission to catch their attention. As you've been successful at doing this, would you consider writing a post giving the rest of us TypePad users some tips?
Cheers
Lois
http://homeexchangetravel.blogs.com
Posted by: Home Base Holidays | Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 07:14 AM
I don't recall that I did anything special other than fill out the submission form. I suppose writing something really compelling about your blog, why you blog and why you use TypePad may catch their attention.
Based on a lot of the blogs that have been featured, I don't think they're too discriminating so it's hard to tell what their criteria is for picking.
Posted by: Denise aka The Blog Squad | Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 10:14 AM