If You Believe You Can Do It, You Eventually Will

January 14, 2010

Share“If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it.”  – Mahatma Gandhi
Starting any business – even something as “simple” as writing a blog – can be a pretty scary thing.
There are a lot of things do and plenty of other things to learn, and [...]

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The Mass of Men Lead Lives of Quiet Desperation

January 12, 2010

Share“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation, and go to the grave with the song still in them.”
The above quote comes from the classic book “Walden” written by Henry David Thoreau and speaks to anyone with an entrepreneurial spirit.
I’m not trying to get all spiritual or new age on you, but I think [...]

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Mass Article Creator Review – Article Marketing at its Finest

January 12, 2010

ShareOne of the best ways you can improve your ranking in the search engines and drive targeted traffic to your websites is through article marketing.
Unfortunately, article marketing can be very time consuming, especially if you write brand new submissions for each site. After all, not only will you be writing and updating your blog, but you’ll [...]

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Job Satisfaction at All-Time Low – Time to Start a Business?

January 6, 2010

ShareAccording to a recent survey by the Conference Board, only 45% of Americans are satisfied with their daily jobs, which is the lowest level since the survey was first conducted in 1987. As a point of reference, 61% of people were satisfied with their job in 1987.
Considering many of us spend close to half our [...]

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Start a Blog – Picking Your Domain Name and Hosting Account

December 31, 2009

ShareNow that you’ve picked your blog’s topic and chosen it’s CMS (hopefully Wordpress), it’s time to talk about selecting a domain name and hosting account.
First, you need to decide which company you would like to use for your domain registration and/or hosting account.
You don’t have to go with the same company for your domain registration [...]

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Start a Blog – Picking the Right Platform/Content Management System (CMS)

December 30, 2009

ShareNow that you’ve decided on a topic for your blog, you need to decide on the platform/content management system (CMS) you’re going to use to get your writings out to the rest of the world.
Much like selecting a topic, there are two main schools of thought on choosing the CMS you should use to get [...]

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Start a Blog – How to Pick a Topic for Your Blog

December 29, 2009

ShareThis is the first post in what I hope will be a very helpful series for anyone who is interested in starting their own blog, or, for that matter, improve an already existing blog.
I’ve been blogging for over four years now, and over that time I’ve learned a lot of things, had a lot of [...]

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Patrick Bateman’s Morning Routine and Your Blog

December 28, 2009

ShareYesterday, I was watching American Psycho – a movie about a young, wealthy investment banker who has a psychotic alter-ego - on Blu-Ray, mostly because it was either that or watch the Redskins lose yet another game.
Because the movie is about a businessman – albeit, a psychotic businessman – I wanted to see how it might [...]

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Write Less to Get More Out of Your Readers

December 22, 2009

ShareIn order to illustrate a point, this post is going to be incredibly short. It’ll also be one of the most important posts you’ll read with regard to copywriting and getting more out of your readers.
As a writer, you need to remember that your readers have a limited attention span, and will not read every [...]

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Tweets That Get You Clicks

December 20, 2009

ShareI’ve been experimenting with Twitter over the past few months, and have come to find that if you know what you’re doing, it can be a fantastic way to get tons of targeted traffic to your websites.
Obviously, the key phrase from what I just wrote is “if you know what you’re doing.”  During the first [...]

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