A SWOT analysis is a strategic technique used by many businesses and organizations to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and develop a proper course of action. Though primarily used during the initial stages of a business, I believe a SWOT analysis is such a simple and straightforward tool, that we can use it to […]
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A few months ago I read Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink, a book that examines how first impressions have a powerful effect on us on a subconscious level. Or in other words, we do judge a book by its cover. Now, let’s think about your article. The one you just published. When it went live, it was […]
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You want to be a true original. All bloggers do. But you feel everything has been written about already. At least once or twice, and by people who are a lot more knowledgeable, better writers, and more charismatic than you are. Every topic worth writing about has been written about from every angle, every perspective […]
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Who doesn’t love quotes? A good quote can uplift you. It can encourage you when you feel like giving up. It can inspire you to punch those damn keys. A good quote can even become your blog’s motto. That’s why I’ve compiled this list of quotes about writing. So you feel inspired and motivated to […]
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Welcome to The Future of Blogging, where we discuss the trends that are going to shape the world of blogging in the next 5 to 10 years. Today’s topic is all about content. Blockbuster content.
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There’s a story about Michelangelo working on the Sistine Chapel that’s fascinated me for years. One day, a friend of the Italian artist was watching him meticulously work on a small, hidden corner of the chapel’s ceiling. Surprised by Michelangelo’s persistence to make that obscure corner as perfect as possible, this friend asked the artist […]
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Be honest. Are you where you want to be as a blogger? Are your articles getting shared and discussed and linked to? Are you being mentioned by others in your niche? No? Well… If your posts aren’t getting the traction you want, you might trick yourself into thinking you’re not a good enough blogger. But the […]
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Of course, I don’t a million words a day, but this is the kind of post we’ll have to write in order to get people to read our content. And pretty soon we’ll have to actually write a million words every single day. Don’t get me wrong, I love writing. Every single word of it. […]
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There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. Ernest Hemingway Darius Foroux wrote this gem of an article, and I want to add my own words. Blogging is mostly a balancing act. Just like walking on tightrope. On one hand, you have to write about the things […]
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Yesterday I ran my articles through a plagiarism detector. Fun tool. Never used one before. Anyway, I found a couple of blogs that copy-pasted some of my articles (errors included, sorry about that), and that was it. All of them had no likes whatsoever, no comments at all. I mean, nada. Zero. Zilch.
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