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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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9 Classic Headline Templates That Consistently Get More Clicks

Warning Manufactured Fame Kills Entrepreneurs

Quick, what’s the point of a headline? Is it… A.) Get people to click? B.) Make a promise to the content? C.) Pique curiosity? D.) All of the Above? Obviously, the answer is D. But the question …

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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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How to Write Killer Blog Post Openings that Keep People From Leaving

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Do you care whether anyone reads your blog? Seems like a stupid question. Of course, you care. You wouldn’t be writing if you didn’t – at least, that’s what I presume. But ask yourself, or better …

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How to Write a Legendary Blog Post

How to Write Blog Post

As a blogger, you dream of writing that post that shatters the status quo. The post that causes people to stop whatever they’re doing and makes an everlasting impact on everyone who reads it. But …

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Where Blogging Fits in Your Big Picture Internet Marketing Strategy

Blogging Big Picture Internet Marketing Strategy

I know a lot of people are skeptical about blogging, especially business owners. They want a website. They want to get traffic. And they want their website to be a lead generator rather than a …

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10 Blog Post Marketing Steps to Take Immediately After You Publish

Blog Post Marketing Steps

Last week I wrote 10 SEO Blog Post Publishing Steps that Most Bloggers Forget. The post did well: 100+ Tweets, 50+ comments (half mine), and Michael even told me, “when I saw it, I was …

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10 SEO Blog Post Publishing Steps that Most Bloggers Forget

SEO Blog Post Publishing Steps

I see this time and time again. As people get started with blogging, they think it’s as simple as clicking, “Add New Post,” typing up a few paragraphs, and clicking, “Publish.” Then they hopelessly wait …

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10 Blog Posts that Made an Everlasting Impact on Me

Everlasting Blog PostsT

It was a cold winter afternoon in 2008. I was sitting on my then-girlfriends’ couch with a laptop when I came across something that would change my life forever. A blog. I was never much …

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7 Things I Learned from Publishing a Book

7 Things I Learned from Publishing a Book

Last year Nick Scheidies and I published a book through a small publisher titled, What it Takes to Make More Money than Your Parents. As a writer, I’m naturally curious about the publishing industry. Since …

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