A Compact Disc of Blogs
Sometimes it feels easy to judge people needlessly. Annoying fools who spam us. Silly cats who try to get $3 sponsored posts on our blogs when pricing is really 3 figures and up. I am not immune from judging people during my blogging day. Hey; I am human. But most of the time, I do …
Be genuine. Add value. Both simple but powerful steps in snagging attention spans through awesome blog commenting. Being genuine allows fellow bloggers to see your honest nature in connecting with them. Adding value allows fellow bloggers to appreciate the helpful content you bring to the cyber table through blog comments. Both form a powerful 1-2 …
How to Grab Attention with Genuine Blog Comments Read More »
One of my favorite ways to see if you head toward blogging success or failure is to observe this: do you network or lone wolf it? Lone wolfing it means doing things solo, without networking at all. Not networking ensures you fail long term because you get completely overwhelmed by, and lapped by, bloggers who …
Newbie bloggers face some stiff headwinds during early days. There is absolutely no way to get around this basic fact. Everyone needs to face, feel and release fears in order to become successful online. No one dances around fears and succeeds just because someone clings to a twinge of passion and excitement, too. We all …
1 Painfully Common Newbie Blogger Mistake to Carefully Avoid Read More »
Content is content. Imagine someone beating themselves up because they only publish a 600-word post. It is never the word length but the value you deliver to readers who need it. A 2-minute video will be more valuable than a 2 hour long video if you need the content delivered in a 2 minute video. …
Blog Content Is Just Blog Content and Nothing More Read More »
My mother in law passed away a little over 4 months ago. I felt sad but relieved as she suffered quite a bit over the last year of her life. I noted her passing on my blog a number of months ago. I did not feel uncomfortable, scared or resistant to being vulnerable. We are …
1 Clear Warning Sign that You Are on the Wrong Blogging Track Read More »
I caught myself a few moments ago. I made a quick pivot. Super quick pivot. One moment, YouTube tried to do me in. Dreaded YouTube. But I have the power to shift my thoughts. Distractions….be gone! But most bloggers do not shift as quickly, being caught in the dreaded blogging side-track. Ouch. Not good. One …
Why Do You Routinely Get Distracted from Blogging Work? Read More »
When you’re living your dreams through blogging, will you be sitting at your laptop, 15 hours a day, obsessively promoting every single piece of content you publish, across a hundred channels online? Think about it. Do you allow your blog content to promote itself organically, at least a little bit, based on the value of …
I spent my blogging day today hanging out in high energy blogging locales. I always do. Why? Hanging out in prospering blogging neighborhoods increases your blogging success. Hanging out in poor blogging neighborhoods increases your blogging failure. Environment shapes you like that. I guest posted on a few respected blogs, like Blog CD, among others. …
Do You Frequent Prospering or Poor Blogging Neighborhoods? Read More »
Blogging has been a fun, fascinating and sometimes manic journey for me. I blogged from an energy of chaos for a bit. Blogging seemed like a wild ride to me because my focus sprayed far and wide, like a toddler trying to shoot an uzi. I: changed niches changed topics created new blogs on free …