Grow a Blog Mustache

by Chris Palmer

Yup. That goofy tuft of facial hair that all our Dad’s use to sport  in the 70’s and 80’s. If your Dad hasn’t got rid of it yet, no worries, the 80’s will call and ask for it back.
Man were they cool.
So what’s a blog mustache? Well, if I was able to grow a mustache, [...]

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Culture First Money Second

by Chris Palmer

There is a big to-do in the blogosphere right now regarding monetization; when to turn your blog into a money maker. There are many ways of doing this with ebooks, advertising, affiliate marketing, adsense, and more.
Don’t listen to monetizing blogs.
Yes, I said it. But you’re better off this way. Am I saying be a schlum [...]

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Be a Deliver Blog

by Chris Palmer

One of the most difficult things in any business is hitting a target date with your product, service, idea, marketing, post, etc. How do you make this happen as a blogger? Well, it’s best to treat your blog like a business, so let’s work from there.
Deliver.
Pick a date, and deliver. If you’re behind schedule, behind [...]

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Ever Consider A Blogging Partnership?

by Alex

Many bloggers out there stick to “blogging alone,” but have you ever considered the thought of having someone else take care of your blog?
Once blogs start to get larger, it seems unrealistic to some to manage that blog by themselves. But, what if you tried building a blog from the ground up with someone else?
Blogussion [...]

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How to Create Big Blogging Resources

by Seth W

Before I found Blogussion and became a partner there this is something I wrote that I thought was very useful to everyone.
“I have been searching around the blogosphere as usual and have found what I feel is the biggest and best blogging resource page I have ever come across.  Blogussion’s 100+ Lists to Help You [...]

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Make an Enemy

by Chris Palmer

One of the greatest things about blogging is that we make a lot of great business contacts and even friends through what we do. But what about the blogs and the people that just rattle our chain?
Well, to be honest, there’s nothing wrong with having an enemy.
What about the blog that goes against everything you [...]

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Blogging Monetization Myth

by Chris Palmer

If you’re here looking for a way to get rich quick with an e-book or internet business, leave right now.
You’re in for a long and hard road ahead of you, and the more you face that fact and put your shoulder to the wheel, the more successful you’ll be in this day and age of [...]

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Would You Read It?

by Chris Palmer

Would you read your own blog? Is it dialogue you enjoy or are you just catering to what you think your audience wants you to hear?
Write as if you were talking to yourself in your head. Forget about what the critics will say. Forget about how Google will crawl your content and pick out SEO [...]

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Be The Only

by Chris Palmer

What does it mean to be the only? Being the only means that you are the only in your X industry to do X.
What is your ‘Only’? If you don’t have your Only, then you better get on it. There’s no point competing for #3 or #4 in your industry. If you can’t compete for [...]

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Less is More with Blogging

by Chris Palmer

We homo sapiens are funny little creatures. Whenever we have something that needs improvement, we add, add and add some more. Maybe what needs improvement is actually a subtraction.
All too often with blogging and business we want to add a feature to the product or add a widget to the blog. Soon enough, we have [...]

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