A Compact Disc of Blogs
I have a small list. How many bloggers blame email lists for blogging struggles? Who built the email list? The blogger who blames the list built the list. Who relies heavily on a list for any shred of blogging success? The blogger who attaches heavily to an email list and blames the list for failure …
I opened Blog CD, checked out an old blog post on Blogging From Paradise and began writing this guest post. Why? Why not!? I am a blogger. Bloggers help readers by being of genuine service to individuals. I intend to help you. But I also want to increase my blogging creativity through the simple act …
Blogging is constant evolution. Either you grow or die. Think of growth. What helped to bring you to the current stage of blogging evolution? What decisions did you make? I let go old, worn out bonds. Some of my former blogging buddies are cool folks but fear emanated from the relationships. I recall one former …
What Blogging Relationships Do You Need to Let Go Now? Read More »
After driving for 10 hours someone beeped at me on the highway. The individual leaned on the horn then sped ahead of me quite quickly. I had no idea why. Hurt arose in my mind. Mild anger, slight agitation and even annoyance surfaced. I felt the emotions. I let the hurt go. I felt good …
Being a successful blogger means: putting in the work putting in the time being generous being patient being persistent Being this type of blogger feels highly uncomfortable sometimes but wading through discomfort is the difference maker between amateur and professional bloggers. Amateurs expect blogging success but do not BE a pro blogger for a sustained …
Why Do You Expect Blogging Success without Being a Successful Blogger? Read More »
I brainstormed ideas for this guest post. After a few moments I visited my blog, scanned this post: Blogging Ideas Seized and Used Multiply and wrote this guest post based on a similar topic. I tied together one Blogging From Paradise post to this guest post on Blog CD. Perhaps I can tie the same …
Generous bloggers succeed because being helpful develops skills, exposure and credibility required to go pro. Selfish bloggers fail because being self-centered does not develop skills, exposure and credibility required to go pro. Scanning my spam folder moments ago revealed takers. Blogging gets tougher for takers because each spammer wants to take traffic without giving anything …
Blogging Gets Easier When You Give and Tougher When You Take Read More »
Way too many bloggers blog only on their blogs. Adopting this focus guarantees none blog outward. Do you blog outward? Blogging outward means blogging wide. Blogging wide means guest posting on blogs from your niche. Consider a Christmas tree. Picture your blog being the main tree, sitting at the center. Everything runs through the trunk, …
Blogging is a team sport. Blogging in a cyber cave is the solo act familiar to many suffering blogging souls, the old me included. Scanning 51,000 backlinks pointing to Blogging From Paradise reveals some co-creation courtesy of team-mates on a level, in most cases. Perhaps a handful of links flowed organically from sources completely unaware …
One of the worst aspects of imagining blogging competition is choosing to go against pro bloggers versus working with these individuals. Do you work with or against professional bloggers? Working with pros makes life easier because 2 people get more done combined versus 1 person trying to do things solo. Team work makes the blogging …