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Hi folks,

What is gbana in English? Is it the same as cocaine? I'm writing a new book and need to put the correct translation.

Also, what is the difference between gbana and igbo?

Thanks

Hiya,

I like the concept of your website and I can definitely see you growing

You need to make it clear what visitors will get out of your site and why they need to visit regularly. Will you just be broadcasting the artistes or will you have special offers? Visitors need to have a reason to come back.

I think you are not utilising the space you have. There are some gaps that you can fill.

I personally don't like home pages that requires a lot of scrolling down. You need to set up categories, so people can choose what they want. No need to fill up the home page

As an author, I don't see a section dedicated to us. So you need to fix that sharpish also feel free to add me on

MAKINGWAVES247:
Hello Friends, please help me check my site : www.weerize.com
It is aimed to promote up and coming artist, song writers, poets and writers.
About 3weeks old

financial freedom

radragan:
I'm curious...

If you could experience a breakthrough in any area of your life, what would it be? And why?

For me, it would be to experience more personal fulfillment.

I'm a workaholic, and have a tendency to overwork myself to the point of exhaustion. I also have a bad habit of viewing personal freedom as wasted free time, and something you do only after all of your work is done. Which for me, sadly, is almost never.

I don't prioritize my personal well-being, but lately I've made some significant changes and put in a tremendous amount of effort to rectifying that problem. A person should have a life outside of their work, and should always view rest as a necessity and vital component to your overall well-being.

So what about you?

If you could experience a breakthrough in any area of your life, what would it be, and why?

There are no wrong answers. Feel free to share whatever is on your mind.

Be blessed!

Ra

I see . . . but this is only actionable because you have registered users

it is not doable for a site that does not

radragan:
To put it simply, I use the identifier associated with the user IDs assigned by mixpanel, and link them to the user's corresponding member ID on my website. This way, when a certain user logs into their members account, I can track them through Mixpanel using their member ID. I then use that same ID to notice any behavior through some of the other scripts and tracking codes I employ on my sites.

I monitor which devices they are using with the help of some custom scripts and snippets of code that I add to the Mixpanel tracking scripts on my site.

It sounds simple, but it's very tedious to setup. I've been working on a way to simplify it all to pass on to other users because I believe it will help them better understand and leverage their analytics data, by giving them a more definitive and real-time overview of how people interact with their sites.

It's just not going as easily as planned, but I'm confident I will figure it out eventually.

One of the tools I use to manage all of my scripts and data is a service called Segment (www.segment.com). It allows you to link multiple services to a single dashboard for convenience. If you navigate to their integrations page, https://segment.com/integrations, you can view a list of the analytics and tracking companies and softwares that are compatible with their platform. I use a combination of Mixpanel and Google Analytics for most sites, but also use a variety of others. However, I will only employ 2-3 per website.

Depending on what the site offers, will determine which trackers I employ.

thanks

radragan:
I will pass this along to a few friends. You never know from where help may come.

are you able to download plugins?

if so, do a search for one

akashi01:
I use Blogger

I have a wordpress blog . . . I use the adsense plugin by google. pretty simple to use, just install, activate and go to settings

akashi01:
Hello guys, I just got approved by Google Adsense but I'm having problems pasting the code to my blog.

Please help me with the procedures on how to use the ad codes on my blog

I like the part about conversions and revenue . . .

radragan:
I assumed that was a given.

So I've been doing an extensive amount of research and experimentation to be sure I provide interested parties with strategies that actually work.

I'm also reconsidering my focus and concentrating primarily on increasing conversions, traffic and revenue through a blog. Lots of ideas floating through my head, but I intend to have them well organized within the next few days.

Hello folks,

Are you or someone you know an experienced manager or booking agent? Are you looking for your next client to represent? If so, read on.

UK based children's author and top podcast host is looking for a manager or booking agent to represent her nationally or internationally.

Some basic duties of the manager include (but not limited to):
Booking speaking engagements (ideally paid or negotiate some alternate form of reimbursement)
Booking school tours or workshops
Booking library and or bookshop events

Ideal candidate should (amongst other things):
Have a proven track record and a few years experience
Be proactive
Be able to communicate effectively in English, both spoken and written

To apply, send a message here http://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/contact/ with your experience and how you feel you are best suited to represent the author.

Thanks for your time,

Segilola

I think most bloggers would like to know how to increase traffic to their blogs

trailer jam pesin . . .

Ra dear, how does mixpanel track a person across devices?

radragan:
Mixpanel provides more detailed insights than Google does because it associates a unique identifier to that user that I can use to track across multiple sites within my network. Google Analytics does not allow me to do that. It only tracks users as individuals as they use that site specifically. The same person could be viewing 5 of my sites, but with GA I won't be able to differentiate their actions/behavior as they move across sites.

Also, Google analytics does not permit the use of tracking via personally identifiable information. Which is why I use Mixpanel.

Other reasons I don't rely on Google Analytics are:
1.) It does not offer real time reporting. The stats you view in your dashboard are aggregated over a period of time. Probably the previous 24 hours. It's not an accurate representation of what's happening as you view your data. And even the "real time reports" it does offer, are very limited.

2.) It doesn't reprocess your information. Goals only track data from the time the goal is created and forward after that date. They do not include previous traffic and activity, even if it fits within the goal's parameters to record.

3.) It doesn't differentiate between users and devices. It tracks mainly using cookies. Which are tied to a device, not a specific user. So you can have data supporting the use of your site from 2 different devices and 2 different times, however, you have no way of knowing whether or not that was the same user. You think you're getting more views, when in reality, it's the same person, just using multiple devices.

I agree that Google Analytics is useful, however I think people should stop using it as their sole means of measuring analytical data because it is far from accurate.

I also believe people should consider heavily what their needs are and what it is they want to track, and find solutions that do just that. And sometimes, that means using more than one analytics software.

For many people Google Analytics is enough, but for me, it's not. I need a lot more data than Google provides its users. An effective tool, just not effective enough for me.

Also, please do not take this as a dismissal of your input. It's not. I just like to argue a different view point to provide future readers with as much information/opinion as possible. Also, I've taken a look at your site, and would like to discuss a potential collaboration in the future. I'm in the process of building a new site, and I think your services could greatly benefit future readers.

thank you for your kind offer. here's my blog http://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/blog/

GabrielObinna4:
Good day,

Ever wonder the impression people get when they browse your site?

I will review your site using 16 yardsticks like HTML Coding, Meta-Tag, Keywords, Designs, SEO, Security and Plaglarism etc

Kindly drop the Url of your site as a comment and after going through it and running it through different parameters I will post a detailed review here.

This is to allow every passer-by to learn and improve their site too.
Do not feel awkward or proud when the review is out. If possible, I can offer solutions to problems found on your site.

Thank you!

trailer jam pesin . . .

seoconsultant:
"while Mixpanel allows me to identify and track individual users"
Google help you with this, you can set up property that will define Goals and you track how your web visitors behave when they get to your site.
You have to set up or assign properties and elements using tag managers to measure and track engagement on your site. Google now provide details like interest of your web visitors so you get up and personal in profiling your web visitors.
By the way sites giving you HITS are simply telling you how many kb of your websites were downloaded and loaded in a browser, eg if you have a 1mb webpage am sure all the files, images, and external url are all loaded on to the browser, now each of them are called hits...so your page could have 100 hits when download a single page by a single visitor.
Catch the drift?
I wrote something old on Google analytics, How To Analyze Your Website Traffic don't know if you find some things useful on it, since Google itself has evolved.

thank you . . . you are a super star

radragan:
I sent the review. Just waiting for Amazon's approval.

yeah that's why I posted it on here too . . . but I am not on whatsapp at the moment

VocalWalls:
I think you should start one up on whatsapp for nairalanders. A lot of Nairaland bloggers are looking for help.

OK that's kool . . . let me know if you find a platform you would like to recommend.

I think in the meantime it would be great to work via monthly emails to update the list of members and regular tweets with a dedicated hashtag

VocalWalls:
That's good, I don't have any platform, I'm just searching for one that can really be effective

Do you have a platform you would like to recommend?

Sometime next week, after I have a few more people sign up, I will send out an email blast to everyone with details of everyone who signed up. Monitoring the effectiveness is pretty easy. You will know whether or not someone comments on your blog. If that person goes on to share your post on twitter, if they tag you in the post, you will know. If you comment on a blog or share a post on twitter and the blogger does not reciprocate, if you inform me I will remove the person from the list.

VocalWalls:
What happens after the signup?
We need a platform where everyone can contribute. How do we monitor everyone's effectiveness?

VocalWalls:
Something like this can kick off from a WhatsApp group. I'm more interested in those who want to increase page rank

Hi VocalWalls,

It definitely would . . . however, page rank is being phased out now in favour of page authority and domain authority.
By being part of a community of active bloggers, this would greatly help in ones online presence.
For instance, if there were 101 active bloggers in the group, it means that every post you publish would have 100 comments and 100 shares as a minimum, then when you take into account the followers of those 100 bloggers . . . I am sure you can imagine the potential this has.

Pending getting a new phone, I am not available on whatsapp.

It's been less than 5 hours since I made this post and I have had almost 10 bloggers sign up and my twitter post has already been shared 15 times https://twitter.com/iyayetunde1/status/733894211062337536

So my recommendation is that you sign up

thanks for letting me know . . . here it is http:///forms/gZj8pCs5K4FSQZOD2

EDIT: Nairaland displays it funny so it doesn't show up correct even though I enter in the correct link.

Please get the link from my website http://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/bloggers-wanted-new-blogging-community/

radragan:
The link to the form is not working. Not sure if it's correct or just unresponsive. I was planning to forward it to my newsletter list to see if anyone wanted to join.

radragan:
Not a problem. Hope it makes tracking and managing your analytics a lot simpler.

sure I hope so too . . . still waiting for my review :p

ps join my blogging community here http://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/bloggers-wanted-new-blogging-community/

Hiya,

Just wanted to say I have just signed up for GA and added the tracking code to sumome.

It was so simple I am asking myself why I even bothered with slimstat before. I think the thought of installing the tracking code really put me off.

Now I can do a comparison of both and see how accurate slimstat is.

Thanks again

Hi everyone,

I am looking for bloggers who would be interested in joining a blogging group.

The purpose of the group would be to visit each other's blogs, comment on posts and share posts on twitter.

Ideally you post things that can be used as discussion points. Sorry no gossip or other fickle type blogs. Ideal blogs are internet marketing, food and cooking, parenting, technology, books etc etc do you see where I am headed at?

If you are interested, please read here for more info http://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/bloggers-wanted-new-blogging-community/ and link to the sign up form

All the best,

Segilola

where are the pictures? can't comment without seeing them

from the top it looked like stew, from the side, I am not sure . . . maybe ogbono?

sent

oladeledave:
Please send me an email wtechybloggers@gmail.com.

Thanks