A Compact Disc of Blogs
Being a professional blogger is doing the same things for a long time. Pros do these simple things generously, patiently and persistently. None of the activities are ground-breaking. None blow your doors off. None knock your socks off. But the cumulative total of each action leads to stunning blogging success over the long haul. One …
Beginning a blog? Easy. Continuing to blog until you go pro? Sometimes, the journey becomes uncomfortable. You and I love easy. We dig seeing quick returns. Humans seem fear-driven. People teach you: get a job to get money through quick paychecks weekly or bi-weekly. But blogging is different. Blogging is being an entrepreneur. Being a …
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ESL bloggers – English as a Second Language – should keep one thing in mind. English-speaking people understand your blog posts if you practice writing daily. Point blank; practicing your writing gives you skills, exposure and credibility enough to become credible, trustworthy and easy to understand. Do not worry about perfecting your English grammar. Stop …
Today the power went out in the house. The internet went out, too. I cannot publish anything online today. I can publish a high volume of blog content tomorrow. How? I can write a high volume of blog content today offline. I will save the content. I may be able to publish a high volume …
Why expect to be successful if you follow the blogging herd? No blogger succeeds by doing what most bloggers do. Most bloggers fail. Following failure accelerates your failure. Copying failing bloggers guarantees you fail, too. The herd struggles. Following their lead by doing what they do with a similar energy positions you to fail, too. …
I read a comment a few moments ago. Someone promoted their business via the spam comment. The individual claimed to publish a useful comment because comments serve their purpose as useful conversation starters, being 100% related to the blog post. But the comment promoted a business. The business seemed to be related to an off-color …
Open-minded bloggers prosper. Close-minded bloggers struggle. I intend to be as open-minded as humanly possible. Being open-minded lets me seize and use opportunities to prosper by helping human beings. Sazzadul invited me to guest post on his rocking blog. I gobbled up the opportunity immediately. I also ran with it, publishing 100’s of guest posts …
One aspect of my blogging campaign confuses bloggers. I spend ample time in quiet. Bloggers wonder where I find time to publish content at a decent clip. I do not find time. We have 24 hours today; all of us. Time does not need to be found. Time is already there. We choose to spend …
Bloggers waste ample time judging their blogging work. I catch myself falling into bad judgmental habits in moments. But I quickly snap myself out of destructive, self-judging blogging patterns. Being tough on yourself makes blogging tougher on you. Why make life difficult? Practice blogging. Improve your skills through simple practice. No need to judge work …
Bloggers tend to set unrealistic expectations. Blogging feels like an escape from a boring, dead end job. Blogging feels like a way out. Blogging seems to be the bridge from depression to happiness. Everything seems bright. The future forces you to wear shades; blinding potential waits around the cyber corner. But blogging douses your dreams. …