Yakezie.com - Topic: How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/ Simple:Press Version 4.5.1 Dividend Ninja on How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p62285 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p62285 20s Finances, Perfect - thanx! Smile

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:30:55 +0000 20s Finances on How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p62282 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p62282 Don't worry - we all had these type of questions. There is a list of people involved in Yakezie who host the carnival each week. The host for that week can choose a theme for the carnival if they want. If you submit your post to a carnival and you are featured, it is expected that you will link back to that carnival within a couple weeks. Most people do this in a round up, but some go back and edit the original article.

 

Feel free to look in the "Yakezie Carnival" forum to see who is hosting the next edition and when to submit.

 

Submitting to carnivals can be a great way to increase the number of links to your site and therefore your rankings. Feel free to email me if you have any more questions about other carnivals.

Dividend Ninja said:

As with John, I'm also new here, and have not participated in carnivals before. I would sure like to get involved and get my feet wet but have no idea what to do. Sorry for newbie questions Smile

1. For Yakezie, I see that Carnivals are held once a week, and Yakezie challangers and members can join in. Is that right?

2. Who handles the Yakezie Carnival topics and organizes them ?

OK, thanks for answering Newbie questions...

Cheers

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:15:00 +0000 Smart Wealth on How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p62235 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p62235 Maybe I'm wrong but different members host the carnivals every week? I have not taken part of the Yakezie carnival yet but definitely planning on it.

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:35:03 +0000 Dividend Ninja on How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p62204 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p62204 As with John, I'm also new here, and have not participated in carnivals before. I would sure like to get involved and get my feet wet but have no idea what to do. Sorry for newbie questions Smile

1. For Yakezie, I see that Carnivals are held once a week, and Yakezie challangers and members can join in. Is that right?

2. Who handles the Yakezie Carnival topics and organizes them ?

OK, thanks for answering Newbie questions...

Cheers

]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:49:55 +0000 John @ Married with Debt on How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p61777 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p61777 Most Carnivals almost seem to be best used as a backlinking tool.

Some are so big (80-100 entries), that if you are in the middle you probably won't get much traffic as a result (unless you've got a killer headline and summary).

]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:17:28 +0000 jonrhodesuk on How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p61735 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p61735 Usually most carnivals prefer recent posts, but they do have their own individual rules. I have only just started submitted to blog carnivals, but have already got a few backlinks, so this should help me if I keep going. I have heard that you benefit even more from hosting, as people often link back to a carnival they are featured in, plus you can end up with a really good authority post with loads of great resources. Like you, I'm probably going to submit to a few for a while, then host my own. When I do, I'll let everyone know how it goes.

]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:20:10 +0000 Jeff @ Sustainable Life Blog on How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60410 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60410 I used to submit a lot, but not so much any more - no reason really.  I'd start out by checking blog carnival.com and seeing what carnivals that your articles fall into (they have a financial category) and you can enter all your information - also, there's a yakezie carnival that I suggest you submit to.  

hosting is a lot of work, but good for your site in the end.

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:18:42 +0000 Miss T @ Prairie Eco-Thrifter on How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60393 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60393 Eric - NarrowBridge.net said:

I use Remember The Milk for carnival submission reminders. It is good for reminders for everything blog related.

I love RTM. I use it to run my life- literally.

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:15:45 +0000 John @ Married with Debt on How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60384 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60384 FreeTicketJapan said:

The Yakezie carnival is a good place to start.

I thought the same thing and submitted. Now I just gotta figure out what tube my request went into and what to do next 

 

Surprised

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:45:43 +0000 FreeTicketJapan on How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60349 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60349 The Yakezie carnival is a good place to start.

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:04:39 +0000 Eric - PersonalProfitability.com on How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60232 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60232 I use Remember The Milk for carnival submission reminders. It is good for reminders for everything blog related.

]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:05:46 +0000 MoneyBeagle on How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60191 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60191 Here's how I do it and I find it's not all that time consuming.

 

1. I only submit articles from the last week.

2. I'll make a list of those articles and compare it to my blog carnival bookmark folder and match them up accordingly.

3. I submit one by one, marking it on a sheet of paper.  I'll also throw the confirmation e-mails I get into a 'Submitted' folder.

4. If I get any e-mails or pingbacks I'll match them up with the 'Submitted' e-mails I get, and enter the link in a draft post for my next roundup.

5. Any remaining ones I will look up manually to see if they included me and didn't send out notification.  If they did, I'll go back to step 4 and add them to my roundup.  If not, I'll bitch and moan about it to myself for a couple minutes then move on.

6. By that point, I'm into the next week and ready to start over.

Sounds like a lot but it actually takes maybe 15 minutes a week for 3-4 submissions on average.

]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:15:32 +0000 John @ Married with Debt on How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60161 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60161 Thanks everyone for your feedback. Sounds like I should just pick one and jump right in. I'll let y'all know how it goes.

]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:59:05 +0000 Dr Dean on How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60141 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60141 Each carnival is unique in what their requirements are regarding the age of the post, the subject and whether it can be submitted to other carnivals.   You should read these requirements before submitting.

 

I try to link back to all carnival submissions once a week, comment a thanks to the blog for hosting, and submit tweets/likes to social media.  Those carnivals who make sure I know they have accepted my posts are more likely to get the link love as trackbacks don't always seem to happen.

I try to submit to several each week.

]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:52:10 +0000 jaicatalano on How to Get Started with Carnivals https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60114 Help Desk https://yakezie.com/forums/help-desk/how-to-get-started-with-carnivals/#p60114 You rock.  Thanks.

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