1.6.10 - Go for broke
I was going to title this one “The Secret to Earning $10k/month from blogging in just 6 months”, but that might have been a bit too much
If you want to make $10,000 / month from blogging in 6 months, here is a quick formula for you:
1) Figure out how you can make this a reality [...]
1.6.10 - How bloggers can give more to get more
I’ve talked about this more in my “tips for building a kick-ass blog” article, but I’d like to expand on the idea a bit more.
The basic idea is that you cannot grow as fast by yourself as you can with the help of others (leverage other peoples’ resources). There are two ways you can get [...]
1.6.10 - How to improve your focus
If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.
You’ve heard many bloggers talk about how you should ‘focus’ on a few key projects. Trouble is, not everyone intuitively knows exactly how to turn that ‘focus’ knob up to 100%, and even if you know how to do that, what do you focus on?
The two keys to [...]
1.6.10 - Learn to blow your horn
Self-Promotion is something most of us are uncomfortable with – and it’s not just the prospect of ’selling’ that turns us off, in reality its insecurity (cleverly dressed as modesty) that holds us back.
Whether by nature or by society, we are programmed to sell ourselves short. A few months back I was talking to an [...]
1.6.10 - Are you settling for ‘good enough’ or pushing to be the best?
If you’re a good writer (and a good communicator), you should be able to talk the talk when it comes to blogging about a particular subject.
But can you walk the walk? For a blogger dealing with subjects that involve practical application (self help, any skills-based area (SEO, web design, wood-working, photography, fitness, self defense, etc), [...]
1.6.10 - Four tips for improving the conversation on your blog
Blogging is a one-to-many medium, but smart bloggers know who to turn it into an active group conversation between the readers and themselves. This requires the ability to communicate effectively – and it’s something that us bloggers can train ourselves to do better.
Here are four simple tips to help you improve your communication skills – [...]
1.6.10 - How do you cope with blogger burn out?
This morning someone asked about coping with ‘Burn Out’. As bloggers we don’t just suffer from blogger burnout but also burnout from working on 20 different things at the same time and from matters other than blogging.
Everyone has a time when they ‘crash’ – the trick isn’t to avoid such instances but to know the [...]
1.6.10 - Committing to your blog’s goals
Today I’d like to ask you two questions:
One – What is your most important goal for your blog?
Two – How committed are you to that goal?
The thing is, we make a lot of promises – but it’s the easiest thing in the world to say something, and the hardest to make it happen.
I think it’s [...]
1.6.10 - Building a better blog? Work on your blog’s character
Your blog has its own personality, regardless of whether you actively cultivate it or allow it to develop haphazardly. Your readers are attracted to your blog for a reason, and its personality plays a pivotal role in attracting visitors and converting them into regular readers.
When your blog slowly converts passerbys into regular readers, a relationship [...]
1.6.10 - Does your blog have charisma?
How can you have charisma? Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are making them feel good about you.
– Dan Reliand
Most people think of charisma as something mystical, almost undefinable. They think it’s a quality that comes at birth or not at all. But that’s not true. Charisma, plainly [...]
