Blogging can be an incredible platform to build a business around. Blogging is a perfect way to become recognized as an expert in your field. But blogging can also become a trap that keeps you from your real goals.
Blogging can be an incredible platform to build a business around. Blogging is a perfect way to become recognized as an expert in your field. But blogging can also become a trap that keeps you from your real goals.
A masterpiece is a difficult thing to create. We all have at least one—usually more than one—masterpiece in us, waiting to be created, waiting patiently to show its beautiful mane to the world around us. I’m 31 and I’ve created two masterpieces in my life.
Having a personal domain name can be a great resource. Whether or not you have bought a domain that is your actual name, there are a lot of different reasons to do so. Even if you have a hard last name to spell (like mine or something like Guillebeau) you can use your personal domain name as a living, breathing business card or host your full-fledged blog and website on it.
We noticed something unacceptable about the articles and interviews we've posted here over the past couple of years: we haven't featured nearly enough successful women bloggers and online entrepreneurs.
Last weekend I was re-reading through The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk and I realized that most bloggers start off with the wrong intentions. Most people focus in the beginning on how they can make their first dollar online. Oh, how wrong that is!
Like we talked about Tuesday, sometimes you just don't know what to write about. Well, there's one surefire way to still publish epic content on a regular basis without getting burnt out.
This morning I found myself staring at a blank screen. I needed to write a blog post but couldn't think of any ideas to write about.
Note from Caleb: A trend we've been seeing lately is how bloggers have been using Kickstarter to fund major projects. A couple months back we featured the story of how Kristin and Shannon used their blog to reach more than triple their fundraising goal on Kickstarter. Also, our good friend Adam Baker from Man vs. Debt is launching his own Kickstarter campaign soon for a documentary called 'I'm Fine, Thanks'.
You started a website or blog because you thought it would be an easy way to make lots of money. Or maybe you knew this would take work, but you now realize your approach was all wrong. You thought you had it all figured out from the beginning.
If you're in desperate need of some motivation, we're going to fix that problem, right here, right now. Prepare yourself.