Blogging
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 Masters pledge (which I think you’ll find a bit humorous, actually). 
I have talked, before, of how I have been blogging for a living for the last many years.
And, I was doing it under the radar. I’ve been at this longer than most of the other "gurus" in this space. I don’t know what took me so long to start talking about it, but it wasn’t until last year that I actually went public as a pro blogger.
In high school, I was a complete loner. In fact, I was really uncomfortable with people.
I started college with the idea of going into engineering. Why? Because my Dad is an engineer. I literally had NO idea what I wanted to do with myself.
I started working at Sam’s Club as a college job. I also served a stint at Citibank, in their IT division as a college co-op.
One thing was made VERY clear to me…
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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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What Is The Blog Masters Club?
In Part One, you took a car trip to the post office with me. While I drove there, I shared some thoughts about blogging for a living. In today’s video, I am back at home and I jump right into answering the question…
What is the Blog Masters Club?
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Thoughts on Blogging For A Living [Video]
The other day, I asked whether you would blog for a living if you could. I got some great responses from you guys!
In this video, you’ll take a car trip to the post office with me. I’m heading down to check my PO Box to see if I have any checks waiting for me. While I drive, I share some of my thoughts on blogging for a living and why I personally love this line of work… Click Here To Continue Reading »
Secret To Maximum Blog Income And Conversion [Tactic Video]
Confession: Blogs suck at converting visitors into money.
Say what?! In this video, I explain what I mean and what you can do to get maximum benefit from the visitors who come to your blog. Click Here To Continue Reading »
If You Could Go Full-Time With Your Blog, Would You?
I asked this question on Twitter yesterday and here are some of the answers I got…
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NEW: Six Figure Blogger Blueprint
As we lead up to the launch of Blog Masters Club, I wanted to remind my audience to download and read the Six Figure Blogger Blueprint.
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How And Why You Should Make Your Blog Accessible To People With Disabilities
This is a guest post by Tom Babinszki, the director of Even Grounds, an accessibility consulting company.
In the United States, in average one out of every six people live with some kind of a disability. This ratio is even higher in some other countries. People with disabilities, just like anybody else, want to use the internet. As a matter of fact, statistics show that they are more likely to use the computer to compensate for their disabilities than others.
The difficulty people with disabilities face is that many sites on the internet are not accessible; difficult to use with a screen reader, a voice recognition system, or just hard to make sense of, in general.
With little effort, there is a way to make your blog much more accessible, theoretically reaching out to twenty percent more readers.
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Bloggers, What Went Wrong?
Something went wrong. There are simply too many bloggers out there who are struggling to get good traffic numbers and/or make any money with their blogs. And there are some people who would probably look at those bloggers and LAUGH!
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Free Versus Paid? When Do You Charge?
Blogging is, by nature, the business of giving away free content. And it cannot be any other way. However, in order to make money, you’ve got to charge people for something. So, where is the cut off?
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. 
