Once your site has enough traffic, you will receive automated guest blogging requests. These are sent out automatically by software programs, which scan sites looking for contact forms and which automatically fill them out and submit the message. By the time you reach this point, you’ll also be getting real guest post requests from actual…
Category Archives: Remarkablogging
3 Tips for Creating the Perfect Infographic (Ironically not an Infographic)
If you were to hold the edge of your hand across your throat, just under your chin, that would be the “here” I’ve had it up to with the infographic craze. I know I’m not alone. But I’m not here to rant… I’m here to help. Because people just freaking love the damn things and…
Does Your Blog Need an Alignment Check?
This is a guest post by Tim Brownson, who apparently couldn’t be arsed with putting in links or subheadings, so if he doesn’t like what I did with it, well… tough shit for him. Please note all the links below to his new book are affiliate links. Because I need beer money, of course. Even…
A Bright Light has Gone Out from the World – Thoughts about Steve Jobs from a PC User
I’ve used Macs before and I have an iPod Touch. I use iTunes on my PC running Windows 7. I get what Macs are all about and have Jobs to thank for why Windows is now a halfway decent operating system. Microsoft has always been a systematic copier/usurper. Despite their huge research budget and facilities,…
Are Referrals More Important to Your Online Business than Strangers? Then Why are You Blogging for Strangers?
Where do your clients really come from? And what is your blog doing for them? One huge problem I see time and again is people blogging for and interacting with their peers instead of their prospects. But even for those who are smart enough to not make that mistake, they may be making another one:…
Is Your Blog Niche Stifling Your Creativity? Try Blog Projects
This is a guest post by Neil Matthews I’m running an experiment at the minute on my personal blog, where, instead of having a traditional blogging niche, I am working on a series of blogging projects. How Do I Define A Project A project is a series of focused blog posts on a particular topic…
The Life Cycle of a Business Blog Post – Know it and Maximize Your Marketing
On a business blog, where you’re marketing your business and not “just” writing a blog, you do not write a post out of the blue, hit the publish button and call it good. Unless of course you like wasting your time and getting lackluster results for your efforts. If you want to see real influence and…
How To Create a Blog That Punches People in the Face
This is a guest post by John Hoff. Sucky blogs tell. Good blogs teach. Great blogs have impact. Blogs that make an impact on readers and the blogosphere shine the best when they do one or both of the following: Solve something Share something But just because you do those things doesn’t mean your blog…
The One Question You Need to Remember Amid all the Blogging and Social Media Madness
What did you sell today? It’s easy to feel like you did a lot because you plowed through a wall of unread and unanswered email, spent hours going through your feeds and social media streams looking for awesome content to curate for your ideal customer and spent hours wearing out your keyboard as you banged…
Why You’ll Never be able to Increase Your Prices
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This is a guest post by Tommy. As in “just Tommy no last name Tommy.” What do you do? No, actually you know what? I don’t care what you do. What can you do for me? Come to think of it, I don’t really care what you can do for me either. I have 10…
Business Blogging is the Red Pill – Everything is Not What it Seems
In the 1999 movie (holy crap, was it really that long ago?) The Matrix, Neo is presented with a choice of pills to swallow: red vs. blue. Morpheus tells him: You take the blue pill — the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red…
The Art of Handling Rapid Technological Change with Ease
Because your business is directly dependent on the technology used to create products and operate and market online, technological change is both your best friend and your most bitter rival. New social media services appear (and sometimes disappear or fall out of favor). New online services become available that didn’t exist before. Hardware gets faster…
Why Conventional Blogging Wisdom Sucks (And What to Do Instead)
I can’t even begin to tell you how much of what I read online as blogging and marketing advice makes me ill. And I’m not even talking about brand-new wannabes with no real experience under their belt, although there’s plenty of those, too. No, I’m talking about major business sites pumping out the most vapid,…
3 Mind-Bending Lies that Will Block Your Business Success
This is a guest post by Rebecca Kellogg. In order to make it as an entrepreneur, let alone thrive, you’re going to need the right mindset. In talking to would-be entrepreneurs and/or entrepreneurs with no clear path to bigger success, I hear a few of the same agonized comments over and over again. These are…
5 Steps to Overcoming Info Product Abuse (Yes, I am Talking to YOU)
This is a guest post by Rachael Acklin. Last time I was here, I yelled at you for pretending you don’t have a brand. I’m still feeling angsty about that, but Michael told me I can yell at you as much as I want to as long as it’s good for you, so today I…
Online Business – Are You a Pimp… or a Prostitute?
I love the White Stripes. In their faint-echoes-of-Zeppelin Icky Thump, is this line: You can’t be a pimp and a prostitute, too. It’s true. You can’t. You either run the show and people come to you, or you let others run the show and you take their orders. In the first case, other people do…
Do What You Love for a Living, and the Misery will Follow
This is a guest post from Liz McGowen. It goes a bit like this: a guru shows you how to start a blog. This blog is going to lead to untold wealth and soon vacations can become weekly events. Thank God. At last! They tell you to go with what you know and like, so…
Do Viral Videos Make You Look Cool… or Stupid?
This is a guest post by Jim Taggart. Do you consider yourself to be cool, hip to the latest tech stuff? Do you know the lingo on how to come across to your friends and co-workers? Do you consider perception more important than substance? Have you ever gone 24 hours or more totally unconnected to…
The 13 Business Blogging Master Post Templates You Can Use, Part 7 – Parables
A parable is a made-up story that is often allegorical and teaches a moral. The difference between a the personal story post type and a parable is that the personal story really happened but a parable is ficticious. Most of us in the Western world are familiar with the New Testament in the Bible and…
The 13 Business Blogging Master Post Templates You Can Use, Part 6 – How-to Posts
You know the old saying. An educated customer is the best customer. Of course, when we say “educated,” we mean “everything I teach them leads them to the conclusion they must hire me or buy my stuff.” The basic “how to” post is a must. You need to be willing and able to throw one…
The 13 Business Blogging Master Post Templates You Can Use, Part 5 – Current Events, News & Opinion
How would you like to have endless new post topics, guaranteed? If you work current events and news into your blogging, it’s like getting free post ideas every week. Creating posts based on current events and news tells your audience: You’re up-to-date and current. Your content is not old and stale. You know what’s important…
The 13 Business Blogging Master Post Templates You Can Use, Part 4 – Vision/Stance Posts
You have a vision for the world. You feel strongly about making that vision a reality through your work. There are things you stand up for… and things you stand against. But are you telling anyone about this on your blog? If not, you’re missing out on one of the most powerful ways to seduce…
The 13 Business Blogging Master Post Templates You Can Use, Part 3 – Client Success Stories
A client (or customer) success story is where you share something they’ve accomplished with your audience. At first thought, you’d expect such a story to be related to work you helped the client with. This isn’t necessarily true. You’ve heard of “guilty by association,” well, this is credit by association. Client success stories can accomplish…
The 13 Business Blogging Master Post Templates You Can Use, Part 2 – Personal Stories
There’s no placeholder in the brochure template that says [Insert painful memory of heartbreak and loss here]. Nothing you read in business school or marketing school ever said: If you hesitate over clicking the Publish button, sick to your stomach with nerves, you’re doing it right. This is how you know we’re living in a…
Telling Stories: How to Make the Power of the Personal Narrative Work for You
This is a guest post by Holly Jackson. The first thing I do when I get a new client is send them a questionnaire. It covers all the usual things: what do they do, how are they different from their competitors, and what makes them qualified to do it. At the end, I have a…
The 13 Business Blogging Master Post Templates You Can Use, Part 1- Process Stories
I’ve identified thirteen different types of blog posts you can create for a business blog. You can use and combine these types to endlessly create blog posts which will attract clients and customers (and in some cases even repel competition). Tell me if this sounds like you: when you sit down to write a blog…
7 Mistakes to Avoid with Business Blog Web Hosting
This is a guest post by David Murton. I know you’re probably on shared hosting rather than private, so I’m curious about your take on his views. Before committing your business blog to a Web Hosting provider, do some research. Neglect to do this and it’ll be the first mistake of many to come. Learn…
Kill The Words. Save Your Readers: 9 ways to Stop Your Blog Suckage
This is a guest post by Bridget Pilloud. Wow. Your blog sucks. Whoever invented language is crying right now because your blog sucks so bad. People are wondering who let you on the internet. For the sake of all things holy, make your blog suck less. You’re pulling the earth off its axis with all…
The Art of Provocation – Gadflies vs. Trolls
I hadn’t written anything on the blog today and really wanted to get something published because writing every day is the best way to improve your writing. Publishing on your blog every day gets you more traffic. So I thought, why not see if there’s anything anyone wants to know? I tweeted the question out…
The Big Lies About Creativity That Hold You Back
If you want to write something that will make the reader feel sad, you should feel sad, too. You should have “inspirational sadness,” if you like. If you want to create something that will make people feel positive and upbeat, you should feel positive and upbeat too, during the act of creation. Not only that,…
