I got a great question from Marc the other day in a comment on my post Ten Ways to Crank Out Killer Posts in Ten Minutes or Less:
Hi. I’d like to suggest a blog post topic for you. It has to do with where a blogger draws the line about posting someones comment. This is [...]
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In business blogging the “little things” add up to a cumulative effect. What little things have you overlooked on your blog? Here are ten little things that add up to a better impression on your readers—if you’ve paid attention to them. If you’ve missed these, well, you may not be making as good of an [...]
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The Wealthy Freelancer: 12 Secrets to a Great Income and an Enviable Lifestyle (affiliate link) is a book worth getting if you are a freelancer of any kind. Check out my video review below:
If you can’t see The Wealthy Freelancer Book Review video in your email or reader, watch it on the blog.
The Wealthy Freelancer [...]
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This is a guest post by Sheryl Sisk.
Once upon a time in the golden days of yore, bloggers made money hand over fist (or so it seemed) simply by showing up and blogging. A handful of particularly lucky ones got lucrative book deals, and the rest raked in the dough with Google ads peppered all [...]
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The Business Blog Funnel (affiliate links in this post) by Skellie of Skelliewag and Envato just might be the best overall book you will ever read on how to create a thriving freelance business from an existing blog. But before I get into the what I think about the book itself, let me tell you about [...]
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This week’s links are pretty darn useful if I do say so myself. If you especially like any of them, let me know in the comments and by all means, please share this post with your friends!
Out-teach the competition – Training, education, teaching, whatever you want to call it, you can also call it something [...]
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Here’s an interesting question: what are you most afraid of about blogging? What scares you silly? Is it something you’re afraid to do? Or is it some catastrophic event you’re afraid will happen? Is it something you think is so ridiculous you’re afraid to even say what you’re afraid of?
If that’s the case, then [...]
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This is a guest post from Ankesh Kothari.
Writers block is a common problem bloggers face. Getting new ideas everyday is not easy. Sure you can keep an “idea journal” to save half baked post ideas and develop these ideas to stay ahead of your publishing schedule. But after a certain point, jotting down fresh ideas [...]
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WordPress Defender (all links in this post are affiliate links) by John Hoff will show you 30 things you can do to protect your blog from malicious attacks. These attacks happen constantly. Often they are completely automated and the attacker does not know you or care who you are. It doesn’t matter if your blog [...]
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I love to share great links, and I do a lot of that on Twitter. But many folks will never see those links for many reasons: time of day, different social media site than what they prefer, they don’t use social media quite so much… whatever.
So to bring you yummy links I’m creating a weekly [...]
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Scribe SEO (affiliate link) is a combination WordPress plugin and Web-based service that kicks all kinds of SEO ass. Really I could not be more pleased with it. Brian Clark asked me via Twitter if I was using it and I told him I wished I had it years ago.
You see, even if you know [...]
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What is blogging, really?
Absurd as it seems, I think this is worth exploring, even if you’ve been doing it for a while already. We all have our conceptions about it, and you’d be surprised at how many ways there are to look at it. So humor me as I go over some various ways we [...]
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I found myself grumbling a little bit with the advent of Google Buzz. This isn’t like me: normally, I’m an early adopter and I’m gung-ho about new tech for its own sake. But even I have to admit to being a little exasperated at the pace of change, sometimes.
How about you? Are you fed up [...]
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This is a guest post by Ari Herzog. Be sure to let him know what you think of it in the comments!
Blog comments are the lifeblood of bloggers. I delight every time I see a new comment, recognizing people are taking precious time out of their day to thank me for inspiring them. That’s what [...]
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Can we even succeed online anymore without a blog? Certainly many websites are successful without blogs. There are still some thriving retailers and artisans out there who don’t have blogs (but their number is shrinking, as a walk down any small town’s Main Street will show you by all the empty storefronts).
But you have a [...]
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New Training
Headline Fisher
I’m working on a course that will be a paid membership level of Blog Traffic Fisher. This course will cover what is the most important skill any blogger can have, period: writing irresistible headlines. Headlines that suck people in make a huge difference to your traffic. I’ve worked intensely with my one-to-one blog [...]
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This is a guest post by James Hipkin.
Is traffic to your blog important to you?
“Sure it is. But, with so many blogs competing for traffic, how do I get some?”
There are lots of things you can do. Many, many blog posts have been written about generating traffic. In fact, Michael has written about this, [...]
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There are SO many blogs about blogging and online marketing out there. Many of them are much bigger than mine. What I want to know is:
Why do you read this one?
What do you get here that you can’t get anywhere else?
In what ways do I help you that no other blog helps you?
What [...]
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This guest post is by Dan H., the founder and editor at Maciverse.com. Maciverse is a Mac Help website with tips, tutorials, and news for Mac users both new and old. Follow Dan on Twitter: @Maciverse.
Maciverse.com is a website that covers everything about Apple’s Mac computers. It has been almost 2 years since [...]
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On February 1st, I attended the Burlington Social Media Breakfast in Vermont, where Adrian Ho of Zeus Jones gave a really smart presentation on social media marketing. The video is below. If you can’t see it in your email or reader, come on over to the blog to watch it. I think you’ll find watching [...]
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