Guest Appearance on The Metropolis, with Deborah Shane
This afternoon, I was a guest on The Metropolis, a show on Blog Talk Radio hosted by Deborah Shane.
It was a lot of fun being on the show. We touched on a lot of different aspects of blogging successfully and we also talked about trends. The full show is an hour long, and I thought I would just embed it here so you can have a listen.
I hope you enjoy, and if you want to subscribe to Deborah’s show, you can do that right here. She does the show every week, live on Blog Talk Radio.
The Measurable Benefits Of Guest Posting
This is a guest post by Andy Walton.
Many blogs accept guest posts for one very obvious reason – free, quality content is obviously appealing to their owners. And speaking as an author, it’s healthy for the ego to see your work on a high profile and well respected blog. But what are the quantifiable benefits and how can you measure them?
I will not offer any guidelines on how to write your guest post, as David has already written a full guest post checklist. Instead I’ll focus on how to monitor the results once published.
We’ll investigate the impact of a guest post I wrote on a medium size blog (an Alexa traffic rank of 30,000). The post for this experiment was related to our newly launched website, and aimed at increasing awareness. The results were measured one week after the post was published.
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How To Pause The Aweber Autoresponder
My readers know that I am a big proponent of Aweber for mailing list management. Out of the many things that you can do with Aweber, one of them is an autoresponder.
If you’re not already familiar, an autoresponder is simply a pre-scheduled series of emails that get sent out to a new subscriber on automatic after they subscribe to your list.
For many months, I was using an autoresponder sequence. I still am a supporter of the idea, however I’m currently in the process of re-evaluating the idea. That said, there is certainly an issue with an autoresponder when you’re engaging in a structured marketing campaign.
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PowerPay Review – Why I Like These Guys
If you’re going to set up a real business online, you’re going to need a merchant account. You can sell things via Paypal, Clickbank or E-junkie, sure, but as far as I’m concerned, the BEST way to process sales is using your own merchant account.
In short, a merchant account allows you to process your own credit cards. So, you might ask, “Why bother? I can do that easily with those other services.” Yes, that is true. Here’s my view, however…
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Ten Years In The Military Taught Me [Blogging]
This is a guest post by TheInfoPreneur, at TheInfoPreneur.net.
I joined the military when I was 16 years old. I served all over the world in a variety of roles. I have served along side some of the bravest, funniest and toughest people (men and women) in the world. Those 10 years have given me 10 lifetimes of memories. Some bad, some good and some downright scary.
Every event I have been involved in has taught me a valuable lesson. Sometimes I didn’t realize that straight away, but it taught me the fundamentals of success in any walk of life.
Loyalty
Loyalty doesn’t mean supporting your favorite team whether they win or lose. It doesn’t even mean going to see them even if they are playing away. Loyalty means having some one’s back even if it means sacrificing something you want to do. Loyalty is the ability to drop everything when someone needs you.
Now, don’t get me wrong. Common sense plays a factor in this. For instance, loyalty doesn’t mean if your friend asks you for money and you don’t have it, you rob a bank. But what it does mean, if they need something, you are their first port of call and you do everything you can to do right by them. Making sure they get what’s right for them at that time is loyalty.
Are you loyal to your readers or customers? Do you give back as much as you take? Being loyal to my readers is everything to me. It creates an unbreakable bond. Loyalty is for life.
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A Huge THANK YOU
Today has been a VERY long day. I was on UStream, on camera and answering questions, for over 12 hours. I had 878 people come by the live stream while I was at it, too. Was great connecting with everybody.
I’m beat. I’m wasted. And I’m ready to just chill the hell out! 
As of this post going live, there are only about 2 hours left to join the Blog Masters Club. So, you’ve got a little bit of time. But, for all practical purposes, this launch is over.
It has been a great success and the second class for the Club is super-excited (as am I).
I’m also super-excited to get back to normal and start doing some regular blog posting again.
But, I just wanted to thank everybody for riding out this launch with me. You guys have seen these launches before. Things get loud. You get more emails from me than usual. I’m going all “marketer” on ya. I know that, after awhile, it starts to drag.
Trust me, it starts to drag on me, too.
But, I hope I’ve provided some valuable stuff as a part of this launch, even if you decided not to join the program.
So, thank you for putting up with me. 
Starting tomorrow, we’ll get back into the normal groove and I’ll have some new posts for you.
Have a great evening.
The Home Stretch [Blog Masters]
Alright, my friends. Tomorrow brings the launch of the Blog Masters Club to a close. At the end of tomorrow (at midnight EST, to be exact), I am going to CLOSE the doors to the Blog Masters Club.
But, I’ve got a couple items of news to share with you today.
Announcement #1
I am going to be LIVE STREAMING almost all day tomorrow, right from my office. I’ll hop onto the camera at around 10AM EST and I’ll be there pretty much all day until around 10PM. I’ll break for meals, of course.
The live feed will be right on the offer page for the second class of the Blog Masters Club. The purpose will be for YOU to ask ME questions, in real-time, about the Blog Masters Club. Of course, if you have any general blog questions, I’ll probably entertain those, too.
So, this is where I will be –> Blog Masters Club.
Announcement #2
I know a lot of people like to wait until the last minute, so perhaps this will help with your decision.
I’m already planning ahead and I have plans for future projects beyond Blog Masters Club. Blog Masters Club will continue to be my “flagship course”, meaning probably the largest single course I ever will develop personally. But, I’ve got other things in mind, too.
One of them is going to be a membership component to this very blog. But, I’ve got something unique in mind for this program… something that will extend off the blog and into your mailbox. I’m not going to get into too much detail in this post or even in the comments, but here’s the long-and-short of it…
It is going to ROCK. And I’m going to GIVE you a complementary, 12-month subscription to it just for signing up to the Blog Masters Club’s second class before the doors close tomorrow evening. This will include both the online and offline portion of this new thing I’m planning.
So, this is where you can get this –> Blog Masters Club.
Wrapping Up
So, there you have it.
Here’s the deal…. the Blog Masters Club is probably not for everybody. But, I can tell you this… I mean BUSINESS with this thing. I always plan to over-deliver, and this course is no different. It is designed for serious people who really intend to ramp it up and make things happen. And for people who make that leap of faith… who suspend disbelief and decide to join the class and work with me for the next 6 months, I intend to make it worth your time.
Click here to take advantage of this before I shut it down for the next several months.
And With That…
After tomorrow, we will return back to the normal publishing schedule here on DavidRisley.com.
I hope everybody has found value in my pre-launch materials, even if you decide not to join my course. And I certainly look forward to getting back to normal here with the blog. I’ve got a lot of guest posts from some fine bloggers waiting to be published here. And I have plenty to share from some of my experiences over the last few weeks.
So, see you tomorrow on the live stream!
Blog Masters Club – Pre-Launch Webinar [Recording]
The Blog Masters Club is about 72 hours away from closing down again. I’m stoked to have so many awesome people getting involved. This launch has already blown last year’s launch away, and I’m really happy to be able to finally share the last six months of my work with another group of people. If you want to learn more about it, check out my uber-long sales page.
This evening, I thought I would post the webinar on the blog. Now, this webinar I did on Monday (Jan 25th). I posted the recording in a semi-private location only for members of my email list. But, today, I thought I would just toss it on the blog. Why not, right? It is a bit long (1 hour, 39 minutes), it cuts off a bit prematurely, and the recording quality sounds a bit like a phone. But, most everything is there, raw and unedited. So, here you go:
NOTE: The price for the Blog Masters Club quoted in this recording is no longer valid. It was an opening special. However, the price for the Club is still way less than what it is worth. Doors close on February 2nd, at midnight EST. Just a bit over 72 hours from this blog post. Learn More.
Here are a few random comments I’ve been getting from students of the Club, both new and old, spread around the blog, the Club forums, and email:
Your doing a great job. If I hadn’t already graduated from the BMC, I’d pay for the course again!
Just my two cents, I thought the course was awesome! I was a little skeptical the first month, simply because you’ve got so many people out there trying to sell you ways to make money online. But it really gave me the insight I needed to get my business off the ground. And boy is it ever.
The Webinar was awesome, and your current students that already participate in Blog Master Club made us all feel very welcome.
I just have to say that I was super excited to find this course and get signed up for it…and then I came here and read everyone’s introductions and got more excited with each one! WOW, this is going to be so great!! So much diversity, I love it.
We’ve also got a great variety of people inside the Club. This launch, so far, has seen people who are into copywriting, weight loss, sales, fitness training, personal development, book authorship, even church vestments. I’ve got a record label owner who wants to learn how to promote his business. A gym owner looking to take the business online and also help other gym owners and personal trainers.
On a more personal note, I even had one student quickly sign up for the Club then run off to the hospital to have a baby! She even replied to an email of mine (from her Iphone, of course) with a picture of her and her new baby in the hospital. I was humbled – really. As a guy about to have his second child in about 2 weeks, it meant a lot.
So, this is shaping up to be an awesome class. In 72 hours, the Club closes. Then, my attention goes to them. I hope you will join us.
Go check out the Blog Masters Club and get all the details…
Project Update: Launch Drama :-)
Well, I did my last project update two weeks ago. It was supposed to be a weekly affair, but the last couple weeks haven’t exactly been normal.
Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve no doubt seen that I have been in full-out “marketing mode” for the last couple weeks. All of it to pull off the second relaunch of the Blog Masters Club.
The prelaunch began back on the 15th with the re-release of the Blueprint report. The prelaunch progressed up to the culmination, which was the webinar I did on the 25th. I had 403 people attend the webinar, with probably 100 sitting on Ustream as well. We’re getting ready to end off on Day 3 of the launch itself.
So far, things are going very well. The ranks of the Blog Masters Club have swelled immensely, and this launch has already FAR outpaced the last time I launched it.
The Other Side of A Product Launch
Everything is going extremely well, but anybody who has ever done a product launch can attest to this fact: It is STRESSFUL.
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Blog Masters Club is LIVE
Finally, it is that time. Today, at noon, I have officially opened the doors to the Blog Masters Club.
So, here’s the low-down on this:
- Everything is on the sales page about the program. I hope I have answered every question on there, and I won’t bother to regurgitate here on the blog. No point.
- I would encourage you to take quick action on this. I’m launching it with the same up-front price that I did last night on the webinar. But, it won’t stay that way.
- Doors will be open for one week. Even if the price goes up during launch week, either way the doors close on Tuesday, February 2nd at midnight EST.
- If you have any questions about the course, feel free to ask them here in comments. I will also be doing a few live broadcasts on Ustream during the next week so you can ask me in person.
Last night was WILD. I had 403 people on the webinar last night. I’m REALLY honored by that. It is the first time I had done a public webinar like that and it was a blast (although extremely tiring). But, a huge THANKS to everybody who came in real-time. I hope you guys all found some value and got some ideas from the webinar before I started talking about the Club itself.
For anybody who missed it, I will be sending out the webinar recording today. So, make sure you’re on my list. It is a 2 hour recording. Maybe I’ll post it to the blog later in the week. We’ll see.
So, once again, we’re LIVE. Click here to learn more about the Blog Masters Club. And I look forward to working with you guys.
UPDATE: 10:35PM – The launch is off to a huge start. Already out-pacing the first class in terms of size, and we’re only on Day 1. Thanks, guys. FYI, I will likely be doing a LIVE Ustream chat for an hour or so tomorrow afternoon let’s say around 4PM. And I’ll be doing it right on the Blog Masters signup page. The purpose will be to answer any questions live and in person. See ya then.
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