Create a Business Out of Your Blog and Make Real Money is the newest post up at Gateway Blogging. Gateway Blogging is an online learning program I am building right now that will teach you how to effectively blog for your business, which will get you more business and increase your profits. Gateway Blogging will…
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New Round of Winning Numbers: 40, 2, 21, 56
Since I announced this promotion and had two drawings, I’ve had two winners. That means there are four spots left, and I just drew new numbers! If you have my business card from SOBCon 08 and one of the numbers in the headline is on the back, you have won an hour of free phone…
One Question for Brian Clark: The Most Important Blogging Strategy You will Ever Hear
Meeting and talking with Brian Clark of Copyblogger and Teaching Sells was one of the highlights of SOBCon 08 for me. Brian is one of the nicest dudes you could ever meet. He answers a question I had for him after he had just delivered his presentation: what was the most important take-away point from…
SOBCon 08 Report Liz Strauss
How to get comments on your blog: Don’t write for your 8th grade teacher she’s not reading your blog. You never give a complete top ten list (put 7, the audience will think of the other 3). Blog your experience. Most important sentence in a blog post is the last one: ask a question (and…
SOBCon 08 Reports – David Bullock
David Bullock gave a rockin’ presentation on business development. Speak/Write the Process Determine Outcome of every step Set the Sequence do the Process Refine the Process Rinse, Repeat Flowcharting tools: flowchart.com simpleflowchart.com gliffy.com Your Major Marketing Channels Your customers Your List Your Identity (offline, online, speaking, podcasts) Your Successes Internet Offline What Are They Saying……
SOBCon 08 Reports – Chris Garrett
Your audience will educate you with feedback – positive or negative will teach you. Repeat yourself, reiterate, people learn through repetition. It’s difficult to be brief, do your best, put real thoughts out there, pose questions. A really good question is often better than a good statement Generating Content Keep notes Mind maps are useful…
SOBCon 08 Report – Brian Clark on Business Models
Brian Clark delivered a fantastic presentation on business models. This is really important for people who are starting a business or looking for ways to expand a current effort. This will be especially helpful for freelancers and small businesses. It fits in well with the coaching component of the blog consulting services I sell. Often,…
SOBCon 08 Promotion – $420 of Free Blog Coaching!
At SOBCon 08, I’m running a promotion to give away $420 worth of blog coaching! I’m going to hand out my business card to just about everyone I can. On the back of each card will be written a number. After SOBCon has ended, I’ll randomly choose three numbers–three people will win. Each person wins…
Tweet Me, Baby!
Okay, so now I’m on Twitter. I’m weird in some ways. For some things, I’m an early adopter and for other things, I wait and see. I think I’ve waited long enough on Twitter. If you want to follow me on Twitter, here’s my profile: http://twitter.com/remarkablogger. See ya on the tweet-side!
Me, Interviewed by Productivity Ninja Dave Navarro, Plus Butt-Kissing Links
In Interview with Blog Consultant Michael Martine, you get to learn a little more about me beyond my about page, if you’re interested. But you know, it just doesn’t feel right to put that there without thanking Dave somehow for the opportunity of a little publicity. So here are some obvious butt-kissing links to Dave’s…
Blogs Bridge Business and Social Media
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUDTPBbOVp8″>Blogs
Blogs Bridge Business and Social Media: watch directly on YouTube. This is me experimenting with unscripted blathering. I figured at some point I would say something useful, and I think I may have. I mercifully edited everything else out. Here’s the takeaway: blogs are bridges into social media for business. I mean, let’s face it,…
DON’T Use Social Media as a Tool to Promote Your Blog!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8yvDhs7i4w”>Watch
Watch on YouTube. I believe that if you’re going to participate in social networks, you have to truly join in and be a part of them or you will not get much benefit for your blog at all. Major points: People don’t care about your blog. But… given half a chance, they might care about…
Tips to Rock Out Your Band or Musician Blog
What should a band or musician blog include, irrespective of the kind of music the band is about? I’ve made a short list of items you want to be sure to have on your band or musician blog: Performance Schedule Your band’s blog is information central for your fans, so make sure you keep it…
How to Get Away with Blogging for a Low-Tech Audience
Blogs have come a long way since the late nineties, but most people still don’t really know much about them. The terminology confuses them. They have absolutely no desire to leave comments, and don’t know why anyone would. All the widgets in the blog sidebar are incomprehensible. There are millions of people online who barely…
Blogs will Rule 2008
Reader Question: What Blogs Allow AdSense?
My recent post on the Success of my client’s blog Nursing School Programs must have got some people thinkin’. And thinkin’ is dangerous, because it leads to self-improvement. Anyhoo, I got a question from someone via my contact form: There are a couple of WordPress blogs that you offer – are they ones that allow…
Bye, Bye, Facebook!
Is it just me, or does anyone else think Facebook is the most worthless waste of time ever? Facebook is so maddeningly useless to me, I just can’t stand it anymore. I don’t want to be poked, bitten by vampires, sent drinks, find out if my movie tastes are like someone else’s, join a group…
What Makes a Great Food Blog?
There are plenty of food blogs online, but what makes for a really good food blog? Maybe you’ve been thinking about starting a food blog or you’ve recently started a food blog. What should you do? Learn from other food blogs, that’s what! Pick a Specific Sub-Niche There’s a lot of food out there! Sure,…
Carnival of Business and Entrepreneurship 3
The Carnival of Business and Entrepreneurship 3 is up over at Bootstrapper. My recent post on The Secret to a Successful Business Blog: Sell without Selling is on the list, but there are many other rockin’ links for you to get your biz on. I was going to list some of them, but really you…
My Recent Posts at Blogging Tips
Recent Posts at Blogging Tips I have a paid writing gig at Blogging Tips, a team blog with a prodigious output of helpful blogging tips every day (it does what it says on the tin, as I like to say). Here is my author page, and here are my recent posts from there: How a…
What Flavor is Your Blog?
If your blog had a flavor, what would it be? This is totally just for fun. The thought of a blog having a flavor just popped into my head (in that space where my brain is supposed to be). I took 10 well-known blogs and wrote down my first reaction for what flavor each one…
Blog Coaching Tightens Focus, Returns to Value
One Million Business Owners One of my blog coaching clients is business coach Greg Balanko-Dickson. Greg’s the author of two books and has been involved in business and been a successful business coach for many years. In the interest of disclosure, Greg is also my business coach, and we are engaging in a joint venture…
Why Should Artists Blog?
Why should artists blog? I see three important points as a possible answer to this question:
- Artists want their work to be seen and appreciated
- Artists seek to understand and evolve their art
- Elimination of technical barriers
Better Blogging Link Blast for September 14th, 2007
Some fantastic links this week, especially on WordPress security. But also links to free ebooks for bloggers, internal linking, the future of Google Reader, and more!
Better Blogging Link Blast for September 7, 2007: Plugin Pileup!
It’s a special weekly Better Blogging Link Blast! This week, it’s the WordPress Plugin Pileup! All the links are to super-useful WordPress plugins. Featured are plugins for WordPress security and managing comments. Enjoy!
Better Blogging Best of August 2007
End of the month wrap-up of the best that was August 2007! The best posts, links, and commentators.
Today is the 3rd Annual Blog Day
On Blog Day, you post a link and a short description of 5 blogs that are new to you which are, ideally, different from your own in terms of country, content, and attitude. Here are my 5.
Better Blogging Link Blast for August 31, 2007
John Chow has a great article on using Facebook to increase RSS subscription numbers. For your meta link of the week (a link in a link list to a link list) I have a good one from LinkJuicy: a big list of link blogs. Young Go Getter releases a WordPress plugin you didn’t know you…
Better Blogging Link Blast for August 24th, 2007
This week’s Better Blogging Link Blast features a lot of SEO-related links (it just sorta happened that way). Also, I’ve got great links this week from Skellie of Skelliewag and someone new! Her name is Becky and her blog is PreBlogger. Check ‘em out.
