Hi there!
Do you have a blog?
(To extract the maximum enjoyment from this narrative, you might want to play along. Even if you currently find yourself blogless…)
Does your blog suck?
No, of course it doesn’t. It’s brilliant.
But even the most brilliant of brilliant blogs can be improved upon a little…
So would you like to make your blog even better?
Of course! And how would you feel if I told you that you could achieve this with the very simplest of strategies, right now, at home in the comfort of your own pants (or someone else’s if you’d prefer) in 6 minutes a day with a glass of wine in your hand and your cat curled up on your keyboard?
You’d say that would rock, right?
Well, what if I told you could do all this and save the world at the same time?
You’d say JJ, you must have fallen out of the crazy tree. I know you’re totally awesome and everything, you’d say, but I don’t think you could offer us all of that.
And I’d say perhaps not… But I’d like you to meet to very lovely people who can.
They are Darren Rowse from Problogger, and Naomi Dunford from IttyBiz.
They are both very lovely and they both know lots and lots about blogging and small business and stuff like that.
Darren has written an indispensable eBook which gives you 31 simple actions steps towards making your blog really awesome. It’ll take you a month to get through, after which your blog will emerge as shiny as the shiny side of a coin well polished on one side.

Make your blog glean!
If you do the exercises in the book then you will see results. That’s a Jalopyland Guarantee. If you don’t then you can follow me everywhere I go for 24 hours prodding me continuously and yelling I told you so in my face.
And I won’t be allowed to punch you in yours.
Fair?
I thought so…
Now what’s the deal with this Naomi lady? Where does she fit into this grand plan?
Well… the book costs $19.95 (That’s a total bargain, by the way.) And if you buy the book through her, she gets $10.
And why should you care?
Because Lovely Naomi is not going to keep that $10. No, she’s going to take that $10, give it to Kiva.org and then she’s going to double it.
Yep. You can rock your blog and save lives at the same time.
Convinced?
I thought so. Now… go to Naomi’s blog here, scroll down and click on the bit where she says “This is the Link. Click on it.”
Buy it and change lives.
Rock and roll.
Oh… I should probably make it clear that I make no profit whatsoever from all of this. Im fact, it has nothing to do with me at all. I’m just sharing the love. That’s how we roll in Jalopyland baby!
I’m off to the seaside tomorrow. Chat to you later!
JJ Jalopy.
Comment by Bob Kaufer
29 May 2009
Thanks for the introduction to both, I will follow.
Bob Kaufer
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Comment by JJ Jalopy
29 May 2009
They’re super cool folk, Bob.
Funny, too.
The problogger website is an awesome resource for making your blog better. I’ve learned so much from there, that would have taken me a long while to figure out by myself.
I’m glad you’re still posting Bob. I love learning about Z Health.
JJ
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Comment by John Ho
29 May 2009
JJ,
> Darren Rowse from Problogger, and Naomi Dunford from IttyBiz.
Great recommendations!
Spend so much time at their websites immediately that I almost forget to thank you & comment here !!
John Ho
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Comment by Steve Chambers
30 May 2009
Looks like great fun. I especially like the car wash picture.
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Comment by Duane Cunningham
30 May 2009
HI JJ,
I’m with Steve maybe we need to invest in a spa bath for our podcasts with beautiful women invited to attend? What ya think??
Duane
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Comment by Lynn Lane
30 May 2009
Thanks for sharing the love Brother.
Lynn Lane
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Comment by Anthony Lemme
30 May 2009
Thanks my man! I will check that out. Enjoy the seaside!
Anthony
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Comment by Anthony Lemme
30 May 2009
Thanks my man! I will check that out. Enjoy the seaside!
Anthony
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Comment by Christian Haller
31 May 2009
My blog probably does suck so this is good stuff.
Christian Haller
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Comment by JJ Jalopy
1 June 2009
Your blog is the tastiest blog in the world Christian!
If you think fine food and drink sucks then your blog probably does suck… For the rest of us, not so much!
Comment by Lisa McLellan
2 June 2009
Thanks for the recommendations. I’m not sure I’m ready for my blog to stop sucking just yet, but now when I am, of course I’ll know where to go to learn how!!! Actually, its not that I’m not ready, it’s really that I don’t have time. The fact that it even exists is a miracle.
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Comment by Single Boomer Dating Success Coach
13 June 2009
Hey, LOVE the red figured clad chicks. VERY nice usage leveraging of VISUAL, indeed.
Best regards,
April Braswell
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