Another year is about to end, and where are you in your online business plans? How’s your blog doing? Not as well as you’d hoped? You want a fresh start for the new year. You want things to change, to be better and different. But you feel like you’re spinning your wheels, not getting the…
Category Archives: Announcements
Why You Should Get Headway before November 25
You guys all know I love Headway and work with them, too. I use it to design all my clients’ sites (here’s the latest). Many of you already use and love Headway. So it is without apology that I am going to shill hard for Headway in this post, because if you’re not using it…
Everything is One
Everything is one. Back when me and the ex were together, we’d have these long conversations about life/the universe/everything that would start innocently enough about one topic and end up at a point that was so all-encompassing that I would just throw my hands up and shout: “EVERYTHING IS ONE!” Because it’s true: everything is…
Do You Feel Like You’re 10 Different People and You Don’t Know What Kind of Online Business to Create?
If so, you may be what Emilie Wapnick calls a multipotentialite. What’s that? A person who does not specialize, but is excellent at several types of endeavor. A person who could never just pick one thing and do that for their entire lives. These people are real. I know because I am one. And so is…
I’m Presenting at the International Freelancers Day Online Conference (registration is free)
On the 23rd (just a couple days) is the International Freelancers Day Online Conference. It costs nothing to register and attend the presentations. If you do any kind of freelance work, this is going to be well worth your time. There is a lot of crap on the net that purports to help freelancers earn…
Warning – The Double-Edged Sword of Success Cuts Both Ways
When people begin an online business, they dream of watching the money roll in as they sip margaritas while lazing in a hammock in a tropical paradise–in essence, the cover of Tim Ferriss’ 4-Hour Work Week. But success doesn’t come from 4-hour work weeks. At least, not at first. And possibly not ever, especially since…
Two Interviews Released Today Featuring Me
So I had no idea that two interviews with me were gonna come out on the same day. But hey, that’s pretty cool. Undeclared for Life I was interviewed by Emilie Wapnick and Abe Cajudo (get that boy a bio on the podcast page!) for their awesome Undeclared for Life podcast. We talk about Renaissance…
How to Move from Blogger to WordPress
I realize that not all of you are using WordPress yet. Some of you are still on Blogger, and I’m sure you’ve been considering moving to WordPress. And if there’s one thing that’s holding you back, it’s that the whole process of moving is intimidating and full of the possibility to commit terrible mistakes. But…
New Ebook for Sale: How to Write an Ebook that Doesn’t Suck (and Sell it from Your Blog)
Note: I’ve modified this post now that a new version of the product is available to reflect the new price and features. Boost your income by writing and selling ebooks in almost no time (how? it has to do with your blog). I don’t even know what to say. If any offer on the internet…
Blogging for Life Coaches – It’s About Time
If you’re a life coach, executive or business coach or similar, this is for you (kinda gave it all away in the headline, didn’t I?). I’m co-creating a live training program for life coaches with life coach Tim Brownson on how to attract clients via blogging. Let me tell you how this came to be….
The Creative Entrepreneur Roadmap
As a Renaissance Person 2.0 (RP2), you care as much about creativity and uniqueness and choosing the right path as you do about meeting your financial goals. You also have a better mental toolkit than most other folks do to help you get there: you understand the web, you embrace the new world of entrepreneurialism,…
The Renaissance Person 2.0 Guide to More Freedom, Money and Time
My post on Renaissance People 2.0 was well-received. More than I thought it would be, since it was mostly me just thinking out loud, but hey that’s cool… I’ll take it. If you read it and you don’t feel like you are a “RP2,” don’t fret. There’s a guide for creative types who need a…
The New Master Business Blog Program is Open
To say it’s been a while since I opened my group blog coaching program would be a masterful understatement. But people keep asking for it so really it is about time I listened and opened it back up. Every time I’ve opened the program up for registration it has sold out, so if you think…
I Quit
This is not going to be easy. I have a tendency toward addiction. I seem to lack the ability to moderate. I have no “off” switch, in other words. Over the years I have become addicted to and then quit both cigarettes and alcohol, and I’m justifiably proud of that. But over the past year-and-a-half,…
Please Vote for Headway in the WPHonors Contest
QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT: Headway is a finalist In WPHonors contest in the theme framework category! If you use Headway, Grant, Clay, and everyone involved in making it the beasty awesome design framework it is deserves just a moment of your time for your vote. Here’s the link: http://2010.wphonors.com/theme/headway/ If you know anyone else using Headway, please…
BlogcastFM Premium
BlogcastFM has been delivering massive value through free content for a long time. Sid Savaras and Srinivas Rao have built it up into a wonderful go-to resource for excellent audio interviews with bloggers. Now they’ve taken it one step further and created BlogcastFM Premium, which has: Audio interviews with some great names in the blogging…
Headway 2 Puts Total Design Control in Your Hands Without Code
Yeah, I know, it’s been a while since I’ve posted. What have I been doing? I’ve been figuring some really important things out for myself, and I’ve also been busy helping the gang at Headway Themes bust out with Headway 2.0 (2.0.3 at this point). I’ll talk about both of these topics here because they’re…
Mindmapping – Here’s One UFO You can Believe In
The Mindmapping/Blogging Connection I’m a big proponent of mindmapping. Mindmaps are a visual method of working with ideas that feels very natural and easy for most people who try it. It’s a great way to organize just about any kind of information–especially for people who think of themselves as “disorganized.” I like it because it…
Announcing: Headway 1.7 Beta (Brace Yourselves)
The next version of Headway is just around the corner. If you currently hold a developer’s license for the killerest, awesomest WordPress Theme Designer anywhere, then head over and download your copy now. Here are SOME of the Improvements and Changes You can Expect: Quick Start Wizard Starting from a fresh install, the quick start…
The Smell of Fresh Pixels: New Remarkablogger Design!
Using the awesomest premium WordPress theme ever, Headway, Sherice Jacob of iElectrify has done a fabuloso job of redesigning Remarkablogger! If you’ve been reading posts in a reader or your email (thank you so much for subscribing), I warmly invite you to come check out the new design. I get asked a lot who I…
Announcing: Start Blogging Today
A project I’ve been involved with is launching today. Announcing Start Blogging Today. Below is a video overview: Think about something you wished you had known earlier. There are common mistakes we often make when starting a blog and I know for myself that if I had a chance to start over, I’d do things…
Question the Rules: The Story of a New Kick-Ass Training Program for Punk Rock Entrepreneurs
Interview with Johnny B. Truant for Question the Rules [ 38:18 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadJohnny B. Truant and Lee Stranahan have teamed up to create something pretty special. It’s a course called Question the Rules: The nonconformist’s punk rock, DIY, nuts-and-bolts guide to creating the business and life you really want, starting with what you already have (affiliate link). Seriously, that’s the title. Yes, it’s very long. The story…
What is the Difference Between Your Blog and Your Business?
The line dividing “what is your website” from “what is your business” is blurring more and more. Used to be a business owner had to ask the question: “Do I need a website?” And it seemed a legitimate question: what was the website supposed to actually accomplish for the business? Many never asked that question…
Visual Blog Design – Headway 1.6.1 Now Available
Headway 1.6.1 is now available. The newest version of the most flexible visual blog designer around for WordPress is faster and has many improvement and some new features based on user suggestions and feedback. All Headway features in the WordPress admin have been moved from the Appearance module to Headway’s own module. Administration panels have…
More Buyers Every Month Mentorship – Insanely Awesome
Dave Navarro of Launch Coach fame has created an online training program that has become my most powerful secret weapon. It’s the More Buyers Every Month Mentorship program (Disclosure: affiliate link). The program consists of thorough training materials (PDFs, & audio) along with a forum. Dave is going to reopen it (it’s been closed after…
New Training Coming: Headline Fisher & Blog Coaching Program
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…
Blog Masters Club: Are You In?
There’s been an issue with affiliate links tracking properly from the launch of David Risley’s excellent income-blogging program, Blog Masters Club. I know many of you either have already joined it or are planning to. Here’s the deal: If you have already joined through my affiliate link, my commissions may be lost due to the…
The Blogging ‘Wealth Gap’
Check out this quick video on the blogging wealth gap. Why should you watch this video? Because you’ll receive the answers to these questions: Why do SOME people make good money online, while many others don’t? Do marketers make more money because they are scammers? How can you turn your blog into a funnel which generates…
New Remarkablogger – New Domain, New Server, New Design
Well, there’s just so much newness all over the place, here. I finally did something I’ve been meaning to do forever, move this blog to its namesake domain, remarkablogger.com and off of michaelmartine.com. I’ve also moved it off of Slow Daddy and onto a much faster server, so I hope you notice the difference in…
Announcement: I’ve Joined Project Mojave as Faculty
I have some great news! I’ve been asked to join Project Mojave as faculty for SEO and blog stuff. But that’s not nearly as cool as the fact that Project Mojave exists at all. What is Project Mojave? It is something amazing created by a friend of mine, named Clay Collins. If you want to…
