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Why Is It So Hard To Break Free From Email Addiction?
Have you had moments where you feel an impulse to check your phone, even though you did so two minutes ago? I remember the first time I suffered from this 'twitch', a compulsion to glance at my phone just because I wanted to see if I had any new emails. Email was like...
I Was Not Born A Writer Yet Writing Changed My Life All Thanks To A Blog
I used to dread writing. Yet, I've made a full-time income from writing a blog for over twelve years (since 2006). Years before I started blogging, when I was 17 years old in grade 12, the final year of high school in Australia where I grew up, we were given a...
You Shouldn't Build Your Online Business Alone
I'm at a party. The pretext is simple, people drinking and chatting, attempting to form meaningful connections, to bond over shared interests. As expected, everyone asks what I do. When I answer that I "work online" the response is an expression like I just said...
What Is A Strategy Versus A Tactic? (And Why It's So Important You Understand The Difference)
Inside the Blog Profits Blueprint I talk about a key distinction, the difference between strategies and tactics when it comes to online marketing and building a blog-based business. Here's a relevant quote from the Blueprint: Strategies are in place to educate your...
You Don't Have To Be A Professional Writer. Just Be Yourself.
Have you ever written a blog post and read it back only to find it sounds nothing like your style or voice? A lot of new bloggers create a frame in their mind about how they think they need to present themselves to the world. This is especially true when starting a...
You Don't Have To Be An Expert
We just wrapped up a Laptop Lifestyle Academy live coaching webinar and I feel the need to reiterate a point I made during the session... The concept of 'being an expert' seems to be stopping people from starting their online business. If you're hunting for a topic...
If You're Building A Personal Brand You Need A ‘Claim To Fame' Breakthrough Result
I was recently a guest expert on a panel interview as part of a marketing summit. As I was listening to the other speakers and hearing their stories, it became clear that everyone involved had some kind of 'claim to fame' result. They had experienced a breakthrough...
The Social Media Content You Create Today Will Have Little To No Value Tomorrow
In recent years a new crop of entrepreneur/freelancer/coach has risen off the back of social media channels like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. These people use social platforms to distribute their knowledge or entertain people and thus attract clients. You share...
What Happens When All You Can Think About Is Making Money?
On all my program order pages, we run a ‘live chat’ box. This cool little tool lets potential customers chat with me or one of my team to ask questions before joining. We deal with a lot of different questions, but there’s one question I know is a bad sign... How long...
$10,000 A Month For 10 Years
In 2005, I had about 300 people reading my brand new blog. That year, I made my first ever dollar from blogging. In fact, it was $20, an affiliate commission from selling an ebook. Later that year I added advertising banners to my blog, and combined with affiliate...