Today I’d like to introduce you to the great blogger (or if to say better – the bloggeress), Ileane Smith, who is also known as Ms. Ileane Speaks.
She won the «Most Influential Commenter» competition in January, so it’s time to make a review of her outstanding blogging way and her ways of getting web traffic.
Before I begin, I’d like to add also, that what I’m going to speak about next, is written with all my respect and sincerity. It’s not just because of the prize for the competition, it’s not just because I promised to write a review for the winner. It’s about the reason to write about her. And I’m glad, that the winner is Ileane Smith. So, let’s look at the way Ms. Ileane is blogging and getting visitors to her blogs.
First of all, Ileane Smith is an extraordinary multi-tasker. I hope it doesn’t sound bad, because I think of it, as of a really positive factor.
Where you can find her?
I know 5 main blogs, that she has.
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msileanesblog.blogspot.com – The one I like the most. The atmosphere of this blog makes you relax.. somehow.. and find the way.
Oh.. and how she describes it:
Need help choosing between wordpress.com and blogger for your free blog? I’m MS. Ileane the blog queen with the pros and cons of blogger and wordpress to help solve the mystery.
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ileane.wordpress.com – This is probably her #1 blog. Ileane shares there everything she learns about blogging and social media, creating interesting podcasts.
You can find out a little bit more about this blog on her about page.
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bloggingwire.com/msileanespeaks – Speaking about this blog, I can say, that it was created as symbol of engaging with BlogEngage blogging community, where Ileane takes very important role.
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bloggingwire.com/podcast – This one’s her latest blog. It’s about Ileane’s favorite topic – podcasts.
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msileanespeaks.posterous.com – If you want to know about Ms. Ileane a little bit more, you should check this blog. It’s about her achievements and places, where she was mentioned.
Well, not bad, huh? I cannot imagine, where she finds the time for them all, but she definitely does, and all of these blogs bring her very nice amount of traffic!
Why Ms. Ileane differs from other bloggers?
She, actually, absorbs social media trends. What’s so special? Well, you can do that as well for some time. But it will take a huge peace of your energy. Not everyone can handle it. She’s the one, who can. And I really admire her from this point.
By this moment we know, that Ileane is the podcaster and the social media follower. Did I mention, that she comments a lot and engages with other bloggers.. very successfully? It must be like this because of her passion for blogging and for being a part of blogosphere, which is crucial for achieving success. Within the last month she deserved (yes!) several banner spots on various blogs. And it’s not about being lucky. I think people simply love her, because of her openness to everybody.
Did I explain her way of getting web traffic?
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Wow! I am an avid reader of ms ileanes blogs and I can tell that she blogs from the heart. I think that’s the most important first step. It allows her to run 5 blogs efficiently and still find time to interact so much in the blogging community. This is great that her “syperwomaness” is being recognized by her peers. Thanks iwoodpecker!!!
Thebondgurl,
It’s my pleasure to hear so kind words about Ileane. Thank you for stopping by!
WOW. Allan, any other blogger would be speechless, and even though I’m sitting here with my mouth wide open from shock I feel like I should make an acceptance speech or something. LOL
I think when I hear the words “FREE BLOG” some sort of alarm goes off in my head and I just start writing. When I joined the Blog Engage community I met so many awesome and inspiring bloggers that I wanted to live up to the high standards that I found there.
I even remember when I found your blog and you had some long lists of blogging resources, I was thinking – I sure have a lot to learn. So I wanted to share anything that I have learned in my blogging journey with my readers. I also know that it is best if you can speak from experience so I try to experiment with different things (I’m really a scientist at heart so I love to experiment)and using different blogging platforms is another part of my huge blogging experiment.
I’m glad that you mentioned my Blogger blog as your favorite, because I really thought that Blogger was a waste of time until I started finding out about all of the cool things that you can do with Blogger that you CAN’T do with WordPress.com. So there are some days that it becomes my favorite blog too.
Well, I don’t want to turn this into another blog post but I just want to thank you again for your support and encouragement. It really means a lot to me.
Thank you.
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Although this week was the first time I actually visited one of her blogs, I’ve noticed her gravatar everywhere, between Ileane and Freemanlegacy (another everywhere blogger) I know I’m on a noteworthy blog when I see her face.
And you’re right she does go out of her way to engage with everyone – she must have like 5 clones of herself somewhere because I don’t know how she finds the time. Now that’s a blog post I’d love to read by her (she’s probably already got this one hidden somewhere) – “How to manage 5 blogs and have time to comment, tweet and meet other bloggers” – I’ve see time management posts, but I want to know how the pro does it.
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Allan, this was a nice write up about a friendly lady.
I have to admit and not as a boast but I know and have known Ileane (personally) for years, and iWoodepecker you have her PEGGED. For more than 20 years, she has always demonstrated if she’s going to do something…..she is going to do it. There won’t be breaks (like the ones I take), it won’t be a mediocre job in the least with her name on it, and the passion will not go unnoticed.
But more than anything, I’m glad you wrote this post because it allowed me to find the following words in her comment …..
I’m glad that you mentioned my Blogger blog as your favorite, because I really thought that Blogger was a waste of time until I started finding out about all of the cool things that you can do with Blogger that you CAN’T do with WordPress.com.
I LOVE IT!!!
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Ileane is indeed a busy bee, I usually see her tweets popping up and she comments like a proper trooper, with all the work she puts into blogging and commenting I just don’t where she finds the time ;)
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I have been to her blogs and i think ms ileane is great.
What do you do for a living miss?
Nice blog Allan. My first time here.
Thanks for all of the kind words everyone.
@Olusegun I work for a technical book publisher as a promotions manager. I’ve been with the company for 27 years (of course I started there when I was 2.) LOL
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Olusegun,
Welcome! And thank you for your words!
Wow, this indeed is a well written review. Thought you were only going to review her linked site but you did more than that.
I’ve visited some of her sites before and I must say your review gave me more insight to the person behind the blogs.
You’re great!
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