To be true analytics are not my favorite part of blogging. However, it is good to track how things are going. I’ve started posting a lot, I think the original goal was once a week, but for whatever reason content is coming to me in droves.

I use google analytics to track how my site is doing. Since I’ve started blogging more, my site traffic has gone up exponentially. Today the percentage is that I’m up in traffic 721.18%, woah!

So, tis true, more posts = more traffic.

I’ve also started using networked blogs on facebook instead of importing my posts as notes. This is for several reasons.

1. It requires users to actually go to my site, instead of just reading the post within facebook.

2. It drives the conversation up in my site up!

3. It’s a network of blogs!

Eventually, I’d like to be a tent blogger and make money off this blog, but unfortunately right now, this is what I’ve got!

Do you use analytics to track your blog? If so, have you noticed any trends?

Now, to improve that bounce rate!

I know this isn’t anything especially new, or in beta, but it’s been so cool to use tweetdeck for chrome the past few days.

This little program (opened in your browser – chrome) will somehow combine your twitter accounts & your facebook into one feed, flawlessly. The notifications in blue above are from facebook.

Here are a few more things I love about it (so far).

1. Because of the flawless integration of facebook and twitter accounts mentioned above this prevents me from having to open facebook 16 gazillion times a day just to see if I have any notifications.

2.  I can refresh it by using the browser’s refresh option.

3. Notifications for facebook & twitter come through as little pop ups, a bit reminiscent of growl.

4. It’s all tucked up into my browser, so I don’t have an additional program running.

5. If I close the tab, opening a new one is a cinch, and I don’t have to wait on the reload process.

6. It may take up the whole screen (something that previously intimidated users about tweetdeck), but it’s inside the browser, making it less intimidating. I hope.

7. Uploading media is faster than the original tweetdeck.

My only dislike so far is that I can’t see my facebook messages. Once there is a way to add these to the feed, I won’t have to open facebook ever again. Okay – maybe that’s a bit dramatic, but at least I won’t have to open it as much as I used to.

What do you think? Have you tried tweetdeck for chrome? Or, if not, what is your twitter client of choice?

I’m here at a SoundSide Group Technology Event, called Your Ideas, Our Solutions – (hashtag #YIOS2010)

There are many great solutions and suggestions being offered up today at the event in Rocky Mount, NC.

Customers are saving money and are learning about new technologies that will help efficiency and productivity.(I, too, am learning quite a bit.)

I got to work on the Marketing for this event. Here are some of the mailers we sent throughout November and December (click on the thumbnail to see the image larger).

Pictures from the event to come soon!