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33 Common Online Struggles from Last Week’s Experiment

Common Online Struggles Experiment

Last week I asked, “What do you struggle with online?” The point of that post was two-fold. One, to interact with you on an individual level. Two, to better understand how I can help you …

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Free Website Review: What Do You Struggle with Online?

Free Website Review

Over the last few months, I’ve been talking with many of the brightest minds on the web. There are two things that they all do incredibly well. One, they know their audience. Two, they help …

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10 Little-Known Ways to See How Much Traffic a Website Gets

See How Much Traffic Website Gets

When the average person visits a website for the first time, their eyes follow an F-pattern. When I visit a website for the first time, I look at something else. In less than a second, …

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10 Things to Do on Day One of Your Blog

Blog Day One

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. That’s a quote by the Chinese philosopher Laozi and it’s particularly relevant to new bloggers. That first step is the most important one, but …

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How to Get Bloggers to See and Follow Your Blog

Bloggers See and Follow

As a kid I remember watching Entertainment Tonight and wondering, “What are the odds that two celebrities would marry each other?!” As I grew older I realized that people become friends with people like themselves. …

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6 Types of Blog Content and How to Maximize Social Media Reach for Each

Types Blog Content

When you think of a blog post, you probably think of something that’s written. Text content, however, is only one of the six types of content that you can create for your blog. If you …

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Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Blog Post

Step Guide Writing Blog Posts

It consistently takes me six hours to write a blog post. In a comment last week, Nick Messenger asked me about this figure and how I write. I gave you a little bit of insight …

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How to Get Bloggers to Reply to Your Comments

Bloggers Reply Comments

It was a warm Colorado evening on May 28th, 2009 when, for the first time, I left a comment on IncomeDiary.com. 18 minutes later, Michael replied. Over the next two years, I left more comments, …

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The Most Advanced Blogging Strategy I’ve Never Shared

Advanced Blogging Strategy Chess

I think about blogging, a lot. I’ve had plenty of good ideas and even more bad ones. But I think I’ve found something that’ll be very interesting to you. It works insanely well for getting …

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7 Quick Tips to Make Your Blog Design More Readable

Blog Readability Design Tips

If you’ve ever read a book at the beach, you’ll understand that your environment plays a big role in how enjoyable it is to read. The same applies to your blog, except, you control every …

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