Advice
4 Powerful Time Management Tactics For Overworked Bloggers
We all know that it is super important to spend time writing when you are a blogger. After all, everything we talk about (traffic, monetization, etc.) hinges on the fact that you actually have content on your blog that people will want to read, right?
But, what do you do when you don’t have time to write?
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Should You Buy That Internet Marketing Product?
If you follow the world of internet marketing (and you should, I think), then you are used to being pitched. There are product launches almost every week. Should you buy anything? How do you decide?
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Back In Time, What One Thing Would I Change?
When you’ve been in any business for awhile, you look back and see the long list of things you wish you had known when you began. Do you ever do this?
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Masters Seminar – Tampa
Being that I’m from the Tampa Bay area, I know that I have a lot of people reading this blog who have met me in person and live locally. So, I wanted to make absolutely sure that you know about an event coming up soon. And even if you don’t live in the area, you might consider it anyway. As you guys know, I travel to events fairly regularly. It is most definitely worth my time with rare exception.
The event is the Masters Seminar. It is being organized by my friend Ross Goldberg. It will be happening right here in Tampa, at the Airport Hilton, April 16th-19th. Here are the speakers:
Friday:
- Erik Stafford
- Harlan Kilstein
- Mark Ress
- Lee Collins
- Simon Leung
- Jason Develvis
Saturday:
- Warren Whitlock
- Kevin Nations
- Melanie Benson Strick
- Alan Bechtold
- Perry Belcher
Sunday:
- Maria Andros
- Bob The Teacher
- Felicia Slattery
- David Preston
This is going to be a great event. If you are interested in internet business and really want to step up your game, I think you need to be here. Networking is incredibly important in this business and you will have the opportunity to network with some of the big names in internet business.
If you live in the Tampa Bay area (or anywhere nearby), you’d be an idiot not to come to this thing. Sorry to be so blunt, but for an event like this where you don’t have to pay any travel costs, I consider it a NO-BRAINER. I mean, I will literally just drive to the event, do my thing, and drive back home every day. It beats the hell out of having to hop on a plane and book a hotel somewhere.
If you don’t live in the Tampa Bay area, you might consider coming anyway. Ross and I both were just in Las Vegas. We’ll also both be in San Diego in a few weeks. In other words, we both understand that travel is necessary some times to attend quality events. So, think about it. Plus, Florida is awesome this time of year. 
Definitely check out The Masters Seminar.
I hope to be able to hang out with you at the event.
The Power of Saying NO
This last weekend at Rockstar Platinum in Las Vegas, I was reminded of the importance of a very powerful skill – the ability to say NO.
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5 Time Management Tricks For Bloggers
Blogging is a rather intense business. Certainly not something where you can “set it and forget it”. So, how can you take maximum use of your time and still get the most output?
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Risley’s ProBlogger Toolbox – Software & Services Listed
As you know, I have turned blogging into a full-time business for me. And, yes, I do pretty well at it. Every day, I try to show people on this blog how to do things to turn their own blogs into a business. Another part of the story, though, is the tools and software I use to do what I do.
So, in this post, I thought I would just lay out what I use and why. I’m not saying that you have to use these things to work. It is just what I use.
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Going To Any Conferences This Year?
There are so many conferences going on all the time that it is easy to miss out on ones that would matter. Not only that, but it is easier to throw your hands up and just not go when it might actually be a really good thing to do.
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Open Letter For The Newly Unemployed, From a Blogger
The current economic turmoil is affecting some people more than others. For many, life hasn’t changed that much but the mood is different because of all the bad news circulating on TV (which I recommend you ignore, BTW). For others, it is all too real because they may have recently lost their jobs.
It is to those who recently lost their jobs that I direct this open letter. If you’re not in that club, there is a lesson here for you as well.
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Have You Taken Action Lately? Honestly!
While I was in New York last week, I had my new virtual assistant (Lisa) do the analysis on the blogger survey I ran on this blog a month or so ago. I got a lot of great insight into what is going on with you guys in regards to your blogging. And something stood out to me…
I'm David Risley. I've been making my living as a blogger for over a decade. Blogging is my business and how I support my family. With this blog, I'm just gettin' REAL and telling you how this business works. 
