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Making Money Online: How to Professionally Unplug to Get Things Done
Personal In yesterday’s post, Making Money Online: Unplugging to Get Things Done, I talked about how I’d basically shut myself off for about a week from email, social media and blogging to finish a book I was co-authoring. My co-author and I were finishing up the last few chapters of the book, which we’d been working on for about four weeks. I was just ready to be done with the thing and decided one day to just push everything else to the side and ...
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Making Money I updated my Twitter account for the first time in nine days this morning. I didn’t realize it had been that long. I unplugged last week – as in – minimal email interaction, no social networking and no blogging (except for paid gigs). I did so to hunker down and finish an ebook me and a co-author have been working on. As I said in my post to my Twitter account this morning, at first, it felt strange to unplug like this, then it felt ...
Continue readingSelf-Publishing: Why You Shouldn’t Write an Ebook
Writing The last couple of weeks, the universe has offered up some business lessons to me like never before. It seems as if every client consultation, query or contact is a mini lesson in disguise. No matter what you call it, eg — God, Allah, Jehovah, the Power Superior – I believe the universe serves up lessons. It’s up to us to recognize them for what they are and learn from them. So what am I babbling on about; what does this have to do ...
Continue readingSocial Media Marketing: Should You Outsource It, or Not?
Promote your blog Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve consulted with three or four clients who’ve inquired about the social media marketing services my SEO outsource firm offers. In all cases, the clients decided to hold off on ordering the service. And, lest you think I’m talking myself out of business, here’s why. The Naked Truth about Social Media Marketing Usually, when clients call, they have a vague idea about social media marketing, but practically ...
Continue readingBlogging: How to Get New Life Out of Old Posts
Promote your blog I get asked a lot of the same questions over and over again. And, while I want to answer everyone who contacts me with a question, it’s just not possible. My blog is four years old and I have a few hundreds posts. My website is ten years old, and has over three hundred pages on it. Buried somewhere on these pages is usually the answer to the question. What I used to do was Google key phrases until I find the post that answers the question. ...
Continue readingBlog Networks: A Faster Way to Make Money Online, or Not? (Part III)
Making Money In Parts I and II of this series, we looked at the pros and cons of joining a blog network. Whenever I’m stuck trying to make a decision, I always write it down in black and white, asking what I call “root questions” of myself along the way. There’s nothing like seeing it on paper to make it clear. With that being said, following are some questions to ask if you’re trying to decide whether or not to pursue joining a blog network. ...
Continue readingBlog Networks: A Faster Way to Make Money Online, or Not? (Part II)
Making Money In yesterday’s post, we discussed what a blog network is and four advantages of joining one. Today, we’re going to address the flip side, ie, the disadvantages of blog networks. 4 Disadvantages of Joining a Blog Network Control/Freedom: If you’re a control freak, joining a blog network might not work for you. To explain, most blog networks have guidelines you agree to adhere to when you join, eg, how much to post, when, on what topic, ...
Continue readingBlog Networks: A Faster Way to Make Money Online, or Not? (Part I)
Making Money When most of us think of starting a blog, we think of toiling away obscurely in our own little space, hacking away at our blog until we build up some traffic, then monetizing that traffic into – well, blog superstardom, of course! But, there may be another way to reach blog fame and fortune. What is it? A blog network – the topic I’m going to discuss here this week. Hopefully by the end of this three-part series, you will be able to ...
Continue reading3 Reasons SEO Copywriters Thrive During a Recession
Blogging I received an email this morning from one of my newsletter readers asking the following, “. . . do you feel SEO writing is something profitable to get into given the current state of the economy?” My answer is a resounding yes, for the following three reasons. 3 Reasons SEO Copywriting is a Recession-Proof Career 1. Companies Still Need to Advertise: During an economic downturn, companies still need to advertise. In fact, during a recession, ...
Continue readingRecession-Proof Blog Marketing: 2 Ways to Increase Your Subscription Rate & Your Online Income
Promote your blog All you have to do is turn on the news to know that we’re in a recession. And, it’s not just limited to the United States – this is a global recession. For those who make their living online, this is particularly salient because it’s not like if one economy is down, you can just rely on another to keep your profits high. With all of that being said, following are two recession-proof blog marketing tips to increase your subscriber count ...
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