A Compact Disc of Blogs
Most bloggers want fame and fortune overnight. Perish the thought! Thank the lucky stars you did NOT become an overnight success. No way would you be able to handle the fame, fortune and responsibilities consistent with being successful. Some bloggers who coach confided in me how they pictured themselves appearing on famous TV shows; yes, …
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I write these words from beautiful Massachusetts – outside of Boston – in the United States. Life is good. My wife and I have circled the globe for 8 years and running. I live a special blogging life. But I put in a special blogging effort to create this movie-worthy life. For the past 5 …
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Do not worry about where you are at now, blogging-wise. Accept it. Embrace the moment. Where are you headed? This is all that matters. Never get lost in stats, trends and comparisons. I hurt my blogging growth for years because I foolishly compared myself to fellow bloggers, tracking growth with an eye on how bloggers …
How do you make money blogging? Every experienced blogger gets asked this question hundreds of times during their careers. People use money as a means of exchange all around the globe. Bloggers crave cash for a variety of uses. Tons of money misinformation litters the web. Bad advice geared toward gaining quick profits pollutes the …
Join Twitter. Tweet your link. Leave. This is why most bloggers misuse Twitter. Twitter works like a 2-way street. The microblogging platform works not like a 1-way street. Of course, most bloggers see Twitter being a 1-way street. Tweet your link. Leave. Check back in only to tweet your next link. 4 months down the …
#1: Be Generous. #2: Leverage. #3: Open MSI. #4: Work on Your Mindset. As a pro blogger, these 4 steps make my day. I organize my day around these 4 concepts. Organizing your blogging day is less about doing stuff at specific times and more about honoring certain, core, fundamental concepts. I can share adding …
Pro Blogger Tip: How to Organize Your Blogging Day Read More »
The time: 2013. The place: Muhamma, India. I had traveled through Southern India for a few months. One dear blogging buddy met me by his home town when I was in Muhamma. He had begged me to write an eBook for months. I resisted. I feared nobody would read it. Plus I feared I could …
I checked my email a few moments ago. Two glaring mistakes screamed at my attention. I see bloggers make these errors on a daily basis. Both mistakes cripple your blogging career. What are the blogging boo boo’s? 1: Writing Bloated Posts Way too Long Someone submitted a guest post to me a few moments ago. …
Blogging short cuts to success do not exist. Do you want to gain trust? Earn it by paying your blogging dues. Trust is earned. Trust cannot be bought. Trust cannot be gamed. Trust cannot be gained fast through shortcuts or hacks because overnight trust – and overnight success – does not exist. I get pitched …
Are You Trying to Gain Trust without Paying Your Blogging Dues? Read More »
Blogging demands a really nasty riddle for you to uncover and accept if you want to blog full-time. Do you want to be a pro blogger? Accept this truth. Full-time blogging requires a full-time effort well before you make a penny. Work for free for a long time. Make the work the reward. Eventually, work …
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