5 Ways to Monetize Your Blog

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Imagine spending a few minutes a day sharing your thoughts on a blog… and then the money pouring into your PayPal account… *smack* Dream over.  Wake up! Sorry but that’s just not the way blogging works.  It takes EFFORT and TIME to make money with a blog.  If you’re looking for a “get rich quick” […]

10 Creative Ideas for Your Next Blog Post

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Ready for a little creativity boost to help you write your next blog post? Try one of these! 1.  Share “Behind the Scenes” in your life or business. Let readers catch a glimpse of inside your life or business. Share your office and a few tips about creating an inspirational space, staying organized, or whatever […]

Do the Work: The Answers Come in the Doing and After it’s Done

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As I was reading back over my journal from about a year ago, I ran across this thought (I was writing about getting some specific projects done in my business that I’d been avoiding): It’s slowly sinking in that I don’t have to be able to make complete sense of something to do it anyway.  […]

3 Ways to Stand Out and Be an Awesome Guest Blogger

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If you’re doing it right, the guest posts you share will be your very best content.  And if you’re sharing that content elsewhere, you want to be sure that you’re getting some serious benefits as well as building a great reputation as a fabulous guest. So how can you stand out, be a great guest […]

3 Blogger Networks You Should Know About

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Today’s video wraps up the week of simple ways to get more traffic to your blog even if you don’t have a big following yet on the social networks or a big audience subscribed to your list. The first four videos shared ways to get more traffic from social media (using JustRetweet, SocialBuzzClub, Triberr, and […]

How to Create a Tweet Circle to Get Your Blog Posts More Tweets

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Continuing in this week’s series about how to get more traffic to your blog from the social networks, today I want to share with you how to create a “tweet circle” to get more of the RIGHT traffic to your blog by working together with your friends or colleagues. Click play to find out how […]

Bloggers: Use This Secret Weapon to Amplify Your Reach

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Today’s post continues the series I started to help you get lots of traffic from social media even if you don’t have a big following (yet!). So far you’ve discovered JustRetweet and SocialBuzzClub. Ready for another one? In this tutorial video I’ll show you how to get started with Triberr–how to set up your profile, […]

One Way Smart Bloggers Are Getting More People to Share Their Posts

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You already know that you’ve got to create great content if you want people to share it. You’re doing that. And you’re waiting for the floods of traffic, right? It’s a bit of a chicken and egg thing… you can get traffic from social media when you share your posts and lots of others share […]

How to Get Traffic From Twitter Even if You Don’t Have Many Followers Yet

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Wondering how you can get traffic from Twitter if you don’t have a following there yet? Easy.  You just need to get people who DO have followers to tweet your blog posts. Well, it’s easy if you know how to make that happen.  So how about I share some strategies with you that you can […]

The Secret Triggers Behind 43 Powerfully Simple Fill-in-the-Blank Blog Post Headline Templates

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Do you stare at that empty “Enter title here” box on your blog post, struggling to come up with a good headline that will compel people to click through and read your latest post? Are you wondering just what makes a good headline, anyway? Never fear!  Your answer is here in the form of fill-in-the-blank […]