If you don’t have to feed your family with what you know, then ignore this post. I hung up the phone and turned to my wife. Voice wavering, I gave her the short version of what the doctor had just explained. The tests were back and he wanted us both to come in immediately to discuss the results.  He felt it was best if we all spoke in person.  All the way to there I reviewed the questions I would ask.  “How would my life change?, How serious was it, what options did I have&#.  I trusted my doctor but I wanted to make sure that I had every angle covered. Really no one is.  MORE >>

Become a research ninja that surfs news feeds, forums, blog mentions, and Twitter in real time to uncover the latest and best info for your niche. You are an expert. Without a doubt, I believe that you know more about your chosen topic than 90% of us who only dabble in it. The problem is that you don’t believe it. can understand why because everyone requires proof that you are an expert. The best proof in many people’s mind is results. If you can point to a consistent and relevant string of successes then you must be an expert. call this “results-based expertise”. You Can Do This. MORE >>

This means thinking about how to “spoon feed&# your posts to the search engines, writing cornerstone pages, and researching a list of keywords. I’ve noticed that many of you hate to toot your own horn. Marketing your blog, promoting your posts, and advertising ranks right up there with Congress, mowing the grass, and eating barley. The problem is that you need readers – lot’s of them. Readers create pageviews for advertising. Readers retweet and follow you. Readers comment on your posts. But… You can’t get these readers by hoping for them. Guest Posts. MORE >>

Last night I realized that none of the 700 posts in my RSS feed caught my attention. 'I bet you’ve read your fair share of headline posts. These posts give you a list of best practices that will attract people to your blog. Some are good. Some stink, but for the moment, it seems that the social intelligentsia agree that -. The best headlines follow a formula. Problem is the formula prescribed by most doesn’t work. People Change. Your reader reads thousands of messages. Most of these messages start with a headline. Your emails have subject lines. Right? It’s not clever. MORE >>

ve recently started to take the featured images on my blog posts more seriously so I have a thumbnail that stands out in the busy Facebook and Google+ Feeds. This is more icing on the cake than anything else, but my blog’s rss feed is plugged into Social Media Today. How to Sell More With Your Business Blog RSS Feed Powered by MaxBlogPress Bring My Blog Visitors Back. When you write a blog post, what is your workflow or your blog promotion strategy? What I’m Currently Doing (Social Networks). On Twitter, I’ve noticed personalized Dm’s seems to be pretty effective. MORE >>