This is a guest post by Tim Brownson. Sorry I’ve been away for a few days but I’m up to my beard in projects and these awesome bloggers are kind enough to help me out (and know a good opportunity for self-promotion when they see it). You hear the phrase “You get what you pay”…
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Stop Pretending You Don’t Have a Brand
This is a guest post by Caffeinated Elf. Hey! Yeah, I’m talking to you, over there, reading blogs instead of working on your business. I need to tell you something important, and I need you to pay attention. Ready? STOP PRETENDING YOU DON’T HAVE A BRAND. And while you’re at it, stop pretending that your Thing isn’t…
How Twitter Can Help You Write the Greatest and Best Blog Post in the World (Tribute)
This is a guest post by Peter Crowell “This is not the greatest song in the world. No. This is just a tribute. Couldn’t remember the greatest song in the world. This is just a trib-u-ute o-o-oh.” – Jack Black and Kyle Gass, Tenacious D Tenacious D descended from Valhalla to give us the chart-reaching…
Is LinkedIn Worth It?
Do you have a LinkedIn profile? Are you really doing anything with it? If you’re like most people, the answer to that is no. We can only devote so much time and attention spread across various social media sites. Something’s gotta give. Some sites we personally click with more than others. The way I look…
Are You Killing Your Blog Post Conversion?
I see this mistake all the time. I figured it was time to say something about it. You could be totally killing your blog post conversion and not even know it. What is Blog Post Conversion? Conversion is when a website visitor does what we want. Blog post conversion is when there’s something specific we…
Link Journeys for May 1, 2011 – The “Wrong Day, Idiot” Edition
You know why I published a blog post yesterday that wasn’t the weekly Link Journeys post? Because I forgot what damn day it was. How’s that for smart? So let’s make with the linky-linky, shall we? Something Special Women with Drive is an organization that gives women in difficult life transitions a car and free…
It’s not Fear of Failure or Fear of Success… It’s Something Else
If you can’t see the video below check it out on the blog. I’m in Chicago at the moment for SOBCon, the best business blogging conference in the world. And I’m really busy working on stuff but I wanted to quickly talk about this topic. So I recorded directly to YouTube from my laptop camera….
The Art of Consistency in Blogging & Marketing
Consistency is a bitch. If you’re anything like me, consistency in your blogging & marketing (and even in your work) can be next to impossible. We all fail at this at one time or another. I can be pretty terrible at it myself. But I know it’s important and I keep working on it. Consistency…
The Business of Selling Happiness (And Why I’m Not Buying)
This is a guest post by Jennifer Bones. There has been a quiet revolution brewing online. It’s not something we talk about often but it’s very real. It is a revolution of new ideas, newfound freedom, higher levels of expression and self-actualization. Blogs are no longer just content place holders. They are now vehicles for…
The “Slow Cooker” Method for Blogging & Information Product Development
Your subconscious is your most powerful ally. In some ways, it’s a black box: stuff goes in, some it disappears, some of it comes back out synthesized and transformed into epic ideas. Some of it comes back out looking like a cross between a lost sequel in the Hellraiser movies and Yo Gabba Gabba. Well,…
The Four New Basics of Business Blogging
The difference between pros and amateurs is in how pros understand, practice and apply the fundamental basics. What basics need to be understood about business blogging? Let’s take a look. New Basic #1 – Building Your List is Top Priority Business blogging needs to support the goals of the business, right? Duh. But doing that…
Listen to Your Own Damn Advice
If you can’t see the video below in your email or reader, watch it on the blog. The Cobbler’s Children Have No Shoes That’s an old saying to describe how we’re so busy helping others that we often go without that which we should have in order to serve as good examples. Who would trust…
Business Blogging Success is Counter-Intuitive
Business blogging needs to support the goals of the business, right? Duh. But doing that is not as straightforward as it seems. Often what is the most successful is counter-intuitive. Conversion Conversion is when somebody does what you want them to on your website. So you have to know exactly what it is you want…
How to Whine and Bitch Online and Get Away With It (Complete with Incidental Grammar Tips)
I followed someone on Twitter a couple weeks ago based on a recommendation. This person is a fiction writer. Don’t even bother to ask me who, it doesn’t matter and I’m not saying. They didn’t last long in my tweet stream, because every tweet I saw was a complaint. Every single one. Somebody had not…
How to Forge a Legend from the Perfectly Ordinary and Profit from Your Own Pain
Your personal story is more important to other people than you think. Your deepest pain can be the source of your greatest gift to the world. Whenever I ask people how they got started doing what they’re doing or why they want to begin something, I get two kinds of answers: I followed my skills…
What Narcissism Taught Me about Marketing
My girlfriend (whom I later married and recently divorced) and I were living in northwest Indiana and even though it was a bit of a drive, we’d sometimes go hang out in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just because it’s such a cool little spot: hip boutique shops and restaurants, college kids who were too cool for…
WARNING: Perfectionism will Kill You
If you can’t see the video of me with my “bed head” (note to self: look in a damn mirror first, next time, lol) below in your email or reader, watch WARNING: Perfectionism will Kill You on the blog. You are in Danger Over the past couple weeks discussions about perfectionism have cropped up. Paralyzed…
No Really, Maybe You Should Just Give Up?
This post began as an inkling of an April Fool’s joke. Except it wasn’t funny. At all. It may even be the most serious thing I’ve ever written. You may not even want to continue (you were warned). And I’m publishing it on April Fool’s Day. How’s that for being a shit-disturber? On with it……
Why I Don’t Do Book Reviews (And Why it Matters to You)
If you can’t see the video, come to the blog to watch it. In this video I talk a little about why I don’t do book reviews and what that has to do with what we decide to do and why. It’s about doing what’s right for you, what resonates with you and screw everybody…
How I Threatened My Customers and They Loved Me for It
A couple days ago I updated my new ebook already, called How to Write an Ebook that Doesn’t Suck (And How to Sell it from Your Blog). I sent an email to all existing customers, to whom I promised free updates once they bought it. They’ll never have to pay for updates. That’s their reward…
So You Don’t Have Time to Write an Ebook…
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If you can’t see the video in your email or reader, watch it here. In the poll I took yesterday, I asked what was the biggest barrier to writing your own ebook. The number one answer? No time. No time to… make money? Seriously? Are you not running a business? LOL. Anyway, watch the video,…
The Gamer’s Secret of How to Get Into Your Client’s Head
About the highest praise I can receive for my marketing efforts (other than the virtual ring of the PayPal cash register) is when I hear: “It felt like you were sitting on my shoulder when you wrote this–just for me” (and that’s a real comment I got, by the way). I strive to “become my…
Are You the Only One who Does what You Do?
This is one of my favorite quotes of all time: “You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who do what you do.” ~Jerry Garcia I think about this all the time, and was reminded of it again today because of…
Monkey Brains Don’t Like Change
This is a guest post by Jenny Bones. The decision to kill my blog was not an easy one but one I made swiftly. Swiftly, that is, once I realized there was a decision to be made. Sometimes it’s hard to see the forest for the trees. As my work progressed from freelance writing to…
Two Phrases You Should In Fact, Honestly Avoid Saying
I care a lot about both the “dictionary definition” of words and their implications. I believe the implied meanings of words, or what we mean when we “read between the lines” is the more important of these, because consciously or unconsciously, that’s where meaning is transmitted between the writer and the reader. That’s where the…
7 Mythological Character Types to Help Your Blog Marketing
Did you know that one of the reasons for the success of Star Wars is that it follows the ultimate mythological story template? That’s why it connected so easily with people, because deep down, we all know this story. It’s called the hero’s journey, and it was first given popular appeal by the totally bat-shit…
Do You See Yourself as Victim or Hero?
You have a million emails. Several client projects to work on at once. Unanswered social media messages. Your own information products to somehow find time to create & market. And maybe you’ve been contemplating a site redesign to boot. Shit happens. The question I have for you is this: when said shit happens, how do…
5 Ways to Get More Business from your Business Blog (Without Needing More Traffic)
Funny thing about business blogs… They’re supposed to bring in business. They’re supposed to attract clients. They’re supposed to convert readers into buyers. No matter how well your blog does at getting business, you want more. There’s no magical barrier standing in the way of more business from the same amount of traffic you’re already…
The 10 Laws for Writing a Blog Post Everybody Loves (on an iPad)
I’m just chillin’ on my yacht after making it with a supermodel. I’m about to set out for a mastermind with top gurus, but before I do, I just wanted to dash off this quick, but penetratingly insightful blog post. The mind is like a parachute: it only functions when open. Have you ever wanted…
8 Monster Lessons Lady Gaga can Teach you about Blogging
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Love her or hate her, you gotta give the Gaga props for shaking things up and getting noticed. Personally, I loves me some Lady Gaga (link warning: auto-start music). But can she teach us anything about blogging? Oh, hell yeah. Not only does she have lessons for us, she has what I call “monster” lessons….
