Let’s be real. Writing articles is the easy part. Marketing is the hard part. And the sad truth? Beginner bloggers often focus on the wrong things. Pro bloggers don’t use hope as a strategy. They use clear frameworks. “When will…
Community-building is an integral element of a blog’s success. Now and always. But the problem is that a community without a barrier to entry will soon become noisy. Defined as a safe environment for people interested in building relationships that…
In 1999, there were 23 blogs. In 2006, there were 50 million blogs. Today, there are more than 500 million blogs. Add to that the rise of social media, and we’re no longer swimming in content. We’re drowning in it.…
If you’re reading this article, odds are you looked at blogging and thought to yourself, “Oh, I can do that. Writing a few posts a week? Earning some money from it? Piece of cake.” From the outside, it looks so…
We like to think of ourselves as rational beings. Intellectual curiosity enabled us to perform literal miracles when it comes to technological advances. But is it so? Or were we just trying to solve a problem that made us angry,…
Would you like to be more creative? I’m only asking because it’s really not as hard or mysterious as you might think. You might believe that creativity is determined by your intelligence, or by something even more difficult to define,…
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I remember having an audience of zero. I remember having no readers, no traffic, no connections, no experience, no plan, no strategy, and no idea what to do. Another thing that I remember from my early days of blogging is that I felt…
The general advice when deciding on a niche for your blog is this: being as specific as possible will help you cater to your target audience. The more specific you are, the more you will attract a small number of people. That sounds about…
Ever wondered how we learn a new skill? For instance, how does a baby learn to walk? Do they do it perfectly from the first try? Of course not. They fail. Over and over again. Learning, you see, is not…
