From the monthly archives:

November 2010


Simplest is Best: Make the Most of WordPress TwentyTen

November 30, 2010

TwentyTen on my MoneyDiviner blog How much time do you spend fiddling with the theme on your WordPress blog? If you’re at all like my blogging students, you waste time on this every week. I did it too. Playing around with themes is more fun than knuckling down and creating content, or finding new opportunities [...]

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The One Secret You Must Know to to Build a Successful Blog

November 18, 2010

The most important work you’ll ever do on your blog happens before you create the blog. You need to know your audience. Otherwise you’re just shooting arrows in the dark… You have no hope of hitting your target. So what’s the one secret you must know? I’ve been blogging for ten years. Until 2005, blogging [...]

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Blogging and Your Health: How to Survive Your Blog

November 15, 2010

Blogging can be hazardous to your health. You spend long hours sitting, staring at your computer screen and tapping the keyboard. It’s not a healthy lifestyle. Let’s look at what you can do to get fit and healthy, and stay that way. I’ve been blogging for a decade. My student bloggers tell me that their [...]

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Blog Power: Build Your Blog Empire and Profit

November 10, 2010

Blogging has become very competitive. Five years ago you could create a blog, build up your readership, and if all went well, make a good living. Those days are long gone. These days, you’ll need to develop an empire of blogs. I’m not suggesting that you indulge in any form of “auto-blogging.” Creating junk blogs [...]

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Ebook Secrets: Turn Your Blog’s Content Into an Ebook

November 8, 2010

If you’ve got a blog, you’re constantly looking for new ways which will help you to monetize your content. Here’s a thought: why not sell your content directly? Turn parts of your ebook into an ebook, or into a podcast or video. I’ve done this several times, and I’ll do it again, because you can [...]

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Blog Content Creation Is Easy when You Have a Process

November 5, 2010

If you have a blog, you know that content creation is hard. However, you can make it much easier when you have a process. That process starts with your exit strategy. I’ve been blogging for 10 years. Over that time I’ve created many sites, and have come to understand that the primary challenge people have [...]

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