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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Quality or quantity? Which one is better? A debate as old as blogging itself. As old as content creation itself. We admire the “prolific” individual, yet we also stress the idea that quality is of the essence. But the tricky thing is that it takes a long time to create quality content. When you’re just starting out and don’t […]
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I’m both excited and proud to announce The Future of Blogging. A weekly podcast and newsletter about shaping the future of blogging, the tools and resources and strategies to build a blog that can be popular in the decade to come. We’ll discuss trends, strategies, content marketing, and content creation strategies, so we can best […]
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When it doubt, keep it simple. When you feel overwhelmed by the possibilities and opportunities and choices that are available in the blogging world, always go with the easiest and simplest choice. Click here to listen on all other platforms.
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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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What’s the second most important part of your blog post after the headline? The introduction, of course. Imagine how disappointed you’d be after spending an insane amount of time to come up with a killer headline for your post, only to lose readers within the first paragraph or two. A great headline mixed with a […]
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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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A true fan is defined as a fan that will buy anything you produce. These diehard fans will drive 200 miles to see you sing; they will buy the hardback and paperback and audible versions of your book; they will purchase your next figurine sight unseen; they will pay for the “best-of” DVD version of […]
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When I first started blogging over eight years ago, I thought creating content was a piece of cake. Well, it turns out I was making the same mistakes, over and over again. Why? Because even if you are aware of what makes a fantastic blog post, it’s all too easy to forget them as you […]
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