A Compact Disc of Blogs
Do you guest post on blogs from your niche? Why not? You better. I spend most of my day guest posting on blogs from the blogging tips niche. Why would I publish guesties on any other blog? My blog is blogging tips. I appeal to readers who crave smart blogging tips. My eBooks and courses …
Gaining blogging posture feels challenging sometimes. I feel posturing largely but find doubt sneaking into my mind in rare moments. Am I good enough? Why would people follow my blog? Why would people buy my eBooks? What makes me stand out from the crowd? Every human being who blogs finds these fears dance around in …
Expand your reach on different platforms for different audiences. Hey; we all know this. Or most bloggers know this. But few give the idea of leveraging in-depth, exhaustive thought. Bloggers ponder an idea; meet more readers through guest posting. Sounds cool. But digging deep into ideas of reaching different readers on different platforms gives you …
I spent the past 10 minutes reading a few posts and commenting on the posts. I advise bloggers engage in genuine blog commenting to build their friend network. But commenting is a secondary strategy for promoting your blogging success. What is the blogging big time? For starters, publishing blog posts and guest posts signals you …
My blogging style is to write short, sweet blog posts. I hug this blogging style as my own. I dig blogging this way. I love blogging this way. Blogging other ways never resonated with me. I am at peace with my blogging style; it’s what I do. Other bloggers write long, in-depth posts. Other bloggers …
I cannot get any blog post ideas. I have no connections. I am a nobody. Why would anyone buy my eBooks? Why would anyone trust me? I am too lazy. I would rather watch the game. Family first (for the 52nd weekend in a row). Who should I follow? Who am I to believe I …
I am not a blogging robot. I cannot do it all. I scanned my LinkedIn profile a few moments ago. I also scanned my LinkedIn wall. Why? I had to admit; I cannot do it all. I simply post links to LinkedIn. I do not have time or energy to engage on the platform because …
I unfollowed 47,000 people on Twitter over the prior 2 weeks. Best move of my Twitter career. I had followed way too many folks because I wanted to be a fan boy during my lower energy blogging days, versus being a blogging leader. Being a leader and not a following fan feels good, freeing, relaxing …
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Although it does not hurt to drive a high volume of non-targeted traffic to your blog it makes sense to target your traffic. Think efficiency and effectiveness. If you have 20 minutes to write a guest post does it make sense to publish the post on any blog or to publish it on a blog …
I usually delete my spam folder without peering at a single email subject line. I spend 1 second to click the trash button and never look back. But today I spent 3 seconds scanning the subject line of the first email in my spam folder. Someone noted enjoying my latest post but had a suggestion …
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