A Compact Disc of Blogs
Some bloggers feel awkward monetizing their blogs. Put it off until tomorrow. Put it off until next year. Put it off….forever. Resistance to monetizing your blog – if you intend to eventually go pro – signals one thing: fear. Bloggers fear monetizing their blogs for one or many reasons. Awkwardness suggests resistance to adding blogging …
No worries guys. I was in your boat 12 years ago. In 2008 I was new to blogging. I did not have one blogging connection. How could I? I did not even know what a blog was. I did not know what blogging meant. Someone told me to buy a domain and hosting to starting …
I read a post recently laying out blogging problems. I came across a blogging problem that is not really a blogging problem. But unfortunately, bloggers clinging to deep fears in mind all agree that it is a blogging problem then try to trip over themselves like fools attempting to correct the blogging problem which is …
What if Your Blogging Problem Is Not a Blogging Problem? Read More »
Write a gazillion words for practice – and through publishing content – over years. Write quality content. Almost all elements of content making it quality are borne of practicing your writing until your fingers fall off. I have written most days since 2008. I did take days off here and there in the beginning. But …
Bloggers do the bizarre thing of blogging for a THING versus blogging for human beings. Bloggers make this common mistake daily, in the tens of thousands. I know; bloggers ask me about this thing and how to drive traffic through this thing quite often. Private messages and expert round ups and interviews reveal this thing …
I began blogging in 2008. A guy not too helpful told me: blog. That was it. I got my blogging knowledge from someone who told me to blog. He did not go into blogging. He gave me no reasons. He gave me no insight. I knew nothing about blogging. I had no knowledge. I did …
Look at the featured image for this post. I snapped the picture in Paekakariki, New Zealand. We visited the North Island of New Zealand a while back. My wife and I lived a short 4 minute walk from the house to this beach. We heard the Tasman Sea lap against rocks, sand and sometimes, it …
Do You Have a Blogging Focus Problem or a Blogging Dream Problem? Read More »
Check out the featured image for this blog post. I snapped the picture in Paphos, Cyprus. My wife and I visited this ancient locale to enjoy hallowed antiquity. Picture life rewound thousands of years. Observe the nature of this crumbling but semi-preserved amphitheater. We spent a day visiting the Tomb of the Kings. Picture ancient …
Look at the featured image for this post. I snapped that image deep in the jungles of Malaysia. Note the thick foliage, seemingly impossible to penetrate unless you arm yourself with a seriously sharp machete. Talk about humid! I recall sweating like a pig that day. My wife and I spent a month on the …
Does Your Blogging Mentor Really Know their Stuff? Read More »
Quite literally, a change in blogging scenery makes all the difference in the world sometimes. I could care less about trying different traffic-driving tips or any of that jazz. If you feel not good, relaxed, refreshed and recharged, who in the heck cares about how you try to drive traffic to your blog? Moot! Example; …