If you are already making the income you want from your blog, this post is not for you.
However, if you are working hard and not getting the results you deserve, read on!
Here’s one of the secrets behind every successful, commercial blog I have ever studied:
You can’t do everything yourself!
Every successful business has key people, who’s [...]
Blog ideas for bloggers who mean business
Category Archives: Professional development
Building a successful business blog
Don’t wait for perfect to arrive – Just do it!
Here’s a quick piece of blogging advice, which I think is extremely valuable for new and established bloggers alike.
I decided to share this with you, after one of the readers of my marketing blog emailed me earlier with the following question. Here’s what she asked;
“apart from all the obvious stuff, what’s the best piece of [...]
How often should you blog?
One of the most commonly quoted facts about blogging, is that it’s essential for you to blog every day or at least 4/5 times a week if you want to ’succeed.’ My experience assures me that this is not always the case.
Here’s why.
The primary benefits of blogging daily?
I’m no SEO expert, but I do know [...]
The power of “thank you”
This post is all about 2 small words, which can make a huge difference to peoples lives.
I’m talking about: Thank you.
It’s amazing how powerful a simple thank you can be. By showing your appreciation to someone, you can; make their day, boost their self-esteem and help turn an average day for them into something special.
Whilst [...]
Pause – Then hit send!
When we give a short, written message to someone, it’s extremely easy for us to be misunderstood. This can lead to a lot of issues, especially as so many of our communication tools today encourage short format messages.
Blog comments, Friendfeed, forums, Twitter, Facebook, text messages etc, are prime examples of messages that are [...]
Speed or quality?
If you ever wondered why so many blog posts and newsletters are uninspiring, you only need to examine the mindset of some content writers.
Someone sent me a link to a tweet yesterday. The tweet went something like this;
“I wonder how many articles and posts I can write before 6 o’clock?”
This gave that person [...]
How to be lucky
Have you ever noticed how some people are really lucky? These lucky people always seem to be in the right place at the right time and they attract great opportunities, as if they were a good luck magnet. Here in this post, I am going to show you how you too can become incredibly lucky [...]
Where’s your strategy taking you?
With the right strategy, you can achieve almost anything. Seriously, whatever current business or career problems you have, you can solve them so long as you learn the correct problem-solving strategy for that situation.
For example, have you ever heard the famous saying; “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink!”
The [...]
Nervous or excited?
A friend of mine used to get nervous a lot and shared this great tip with me, which helped her overcome the problem immediately. I tried this simple idea myself, when I first started public speaking and it worked for me too.
It’s all about how the power of words can change the way [...]
Overcoming fear
One of the primary reasons that people fail to reach their full potential, is fear. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of the unknown – just plain old fashioned fear. If fear is causing you to miss out on opportunities, this post has some ideas that you might find useful.
I wrote an article once, [...]
How to make money while you sleep
If you have ever heard people talking about how to make money while you sleep and was curious how it worked, (but not curious enough to buy their wonder program), here’s the low down!
Whilst there are stacks of books and seminars on this topic, the key information is all included in this post, right now, [...]
Comfort zones and how to master them
The idea that we all live within a single, all-important comfort zone, is incorrect. For years; trainers, gurus and authors have been telling us to leave our comfort zone, if we want to become more successful. However, the reality is that we have not one comfort zone, but thousands of them, which we set [...]
Just launched: The Ideas Blog
Welcome to the ideas blog!
The ideas blog is a place for sharing great ideas, covering all aspects of business and professional development. You can find out a little more about the idea behind this blog by reading this.
As many of you will already know, I write a very popular marketing blog. However, there [...]
