Your Big “Why” – And Why Not Having One Is The Path To Failure

Have you ever sat down and really figured out WHY you want to see your blog or business take off?

What’s your mission?

Let me tell you a story…

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The Blogger Cycle of Stupid

An awful lot of bloggers fall into this trap. Recently, I heard it referred to as “the cycle of stupid”.

See, I have a mission. And simply put, bloggers will keep falling off the grid unless they exit this cycle of stupid. That doesn’t help the world. Nobody gains when you arrive at the almost inevitable end of the cycle of stupid – which is… quitting.

So, the cycle of stupid looks like this…

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How “Blog Monetization” Is Just Completely Wrong

A guy wants to open up a store. He is tired of his regular job and wants to do something different.

He reads a lot about stores. And then jumps right into setting up a store. He puts the shelves in there. He buys one of those big glowing “OPEN” signs. He makes everything all pretty. He looks forward to those hoardes of people who will, of course, come by to check out his pretty store.

Let’s say he even gets people to come in. He has the place all decked out. And he’s happy that he’s getting a little bit of foot traffic each day.

Then, one day, he sits down. And he asks…. “HOW AM I GOING TO MONETIZE THIS STORE?”

W.T.F?!

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Finding New Traffic & Readers – Traffic Methods Ranked In Order of Effectiveness

The subject of getting traffic to a website is a BIG topic. It has a lot of moving parts and some things work better for some than for others. There is no single effective method to build traffic. If there were, everybody would be doing it.

It is true, however, that some things tend to be more effective than others. My personal experience in this business has shown this. And I’ve seen new bloggers over-emphasize certain things and they end up wasting time.

So, I’ve devised a chart to rank certain popular traffic generation methods in terms of effectiveness, scaled from 0 to 10. 0 means it is mostly a waste of time, and 10 means it works insanely well.

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What’s Coming In WordPress 3.3?

As we sit here toward the beginning of October, word is that we may be seeing the first release candidate of Wordpress 3.3 toward the end of the month, with the final toward the end of November.

So, what’s it going to be this time?

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Thank You, Steve

The Internet is still abuzz with tributes to Steve Jobs. As I’m sure you know, he passed away yesterday of cancer.

I can’t really say anything that hasn’t been said a million times before. But, let me just say a few words…

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RoboCommissions – Automated Webinars Without The Hassle

OMG. The link in the email didn’t work – AGAIN. Something weird is happening. Anyway… –> CLICK RIGHT HERE. <– Anything with a promotion like this has to be good. What a bad ass. But, seriously… The product is Robo Commissions. It opens up today. Ryan Lee is behind this, and he’s a marketer I [...]

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