You have something to say – something to offer this world that is unique, helpful, life-altering. The problem is no one is listening. It’s not that they don’t care about your blog, it’s they don’t even know it exists.
The issue isn’t what you’re saying, but how you’re saying it.
You need to make your content irresistible.
You know that nervous feeling when you finally hit the… Continue reading
In a recent interview, Steven Spielberg, the famous Hollywood film director of hit films, Jaws, E.T. and The Color Purple, admitted to a strange habit. He said he liked to seek out distractions while working on a film.
“I’m more lucid about my own work if I have got something to distract me” said Spielberg of his peculiar practice. “I can be making a movie and then I can… Continue reading
If you enjoy writing and have great things to say, becoming a popular blogger is as simple as putting your content in front of others.
The best way to expose yourself is through guest blogging. Yet how many new subscribers should you expect from a guest post? Twenty-five? Sixty?
I recently Skyped a good friend, and in the course of conversation, he shared an alarming statistic: He had… Continue reading
If you haven’t discovered Fiverr yet, it is a marketplace where users sell and buy services and products worth $5. People get registered and broadcast what they are willing to do for $5. While some of them are for pure fun (like one user offering to make a prank call), others mean business.
With a large number of users offering various services and products, you can find a… Continue reading
The first one, hands down.
In fact this is an issue I faced on one of my websites recently. I hired a new editor to take care of the content, and he asked me if it would be fine to break long posts into smaller ones, and publish them as “Part 1″, “Part 2″, “Part 3″ and so on. My answer was that publishing the long post in one… Continue reading
Something terrible happened.
I got lazy and stopped attending to my daily writing and reading duties as an online entrepreneur.
On one of my blogs I haven’t written a single post since December 2nd.
To say I’ve dropped the ball is a massive understatement.
What the hell do you do when you have a few sites going that have tons of potential and are even gaining… Continue reading
I started blogging in January of 2010, and I’ve decided to give what it takes to make my blog successful. This great desire and determination of mine has led me to do a lot of things, some quite surprising, which includes writing almost 300 guest posts in one year. After writing tons of guest posts I’ve learned a lot of lessons, and I wanted to share them with you.
Most people try to persuade you into writing by telling you how rewarding the art of writing is, and how although it’s challenging, it magically becomes easy over time.
That’s a load of bull.
Writing does not get easy over time. In fact ask a serious writer whether or not they love the act of writing and they’ll usually tell you they don’t. Writing is strenuous; it’s never… Continue reading
I don’t run ads on my blog; I don’t do a lot of affiliate marketing. The primary way of monetizing my blog is selling my own products and coaching services in the area of communication skills.
I’ve learned that when your strategy for making money with your blog is to sell something you have created or something you do, then your credibility as an expert is crucial.
People… Continue reading
They were so excited about starting in blogging. They tuned their themes and placed RSS buttons, they wrote their posts and submitted guest posts. They’ve done everything themselves to make their guests feel at home.
The only thing that didn’t do right was outsourcing the reason to blog to the Goal.
Now nobody knows their names and their blogs are sitting quietly waiting for time to take their… Continue reading
