Archive for July, 2009

Lessons From Billy Mays About Blog Monetization

Billy Mays was a TV marketing powerhouse. Like many, when I saw Billy Mays on TV, I got a little chuckle at how “over the top” he was. When the show Pitchmen came out, I got a new respect for the hard work and thought which goes into those commercials. And when I got news [...]

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Should You Pursue Problogging?

It is a fair question. A lot of people read about the success of some bloggers (perhaps like myself) and want that for themselves. That is a noble endeavor, and a worthy one. However, is blogging the right business for you?

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The Key To Launching A Brand New Blog

Situation: You have a new blog. You want to get some traffic to the site. You’re frustrated that everything seems to be happening at a snail’s pace. Nobody seems to care about what you’re writing. What do you do?

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Official: My Wife Is Pregnant

In the middle of the Blog Masters Club launch, I leaked the fact on Twitter that my wife was pregnant with our #2. I wanted to go ahead and make it official here on my blog, and give you the story.

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Lessons From Blog Masters Club Launch

The first launch of Blog Masters Club went pretty well. It was quite a bit of work, and it is quite nice to have the dust settled and be able to just work on content and helping my new students. All product launches are learning experiences, though. This one was no exception. And, since this [...]

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The Evolution of Blogging

This is a guest post written by Nathan Hangen, from Webrepreneur Blog. There’s been a lot of talk lately about blogging as a dead medium. Although I suspect that a majority of this talk spews out of the dying media outlets…probably as a last gasp effort to destroy the bane of their existence, there is [...]

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I Follow Pornstars On Twitter? [Stop Auto-Follow]

We all know that Twitter is an awesome social networking platform. The one-to-many communication, the ease of tweeting from anywhere – it is cool and the growth rate proves it. However, that growth rate has been so high that there are negative side effects. Spam, for one. But, when you couple the tweet spam with [...]

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Would You Like Me To Coach You?

The launch of the Blog Masters Club has been both exciting and adventurous. I will have tales from the battlefield to tell once the launch is over. That said, it has been going pretty well. A number of great, motivated people have chosen to work directly with me over the coming months to take their [...]

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My Evolution Into a Six Figure Blogger

Before I go on, if you want me to be your personal blogging coach, so you can work with me to realize the income potential of your blogging efforts, you have until this coming Tuesday to decide to join us. http://www.blogmastersclub.com/signup/ The club forums are already alive with activity. New members are taking the Blog [...]

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Blog Masters Club – Your Questions Answered

On Friday, I posted my video where I officially introduce the Blog Masters Club and describe the course in full. As I expected, the video resulted in a bunch of questions, both on the blog and via email. And, I’ve got answers.

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