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What Is The Best Product Or Service To Sell From Your Website?
I remember how excited I felt... It was the first time I logged into shopping cart software designed to sell information products online. At the time I had never sold a product of my own before. Finally, I made the decision -- I was going to create a teaching product...
Blog Sales Funnel Part 2: The 5 Step Process I Used To Create My First Funnel
In the first part of this series on the Blog Sales Funnel, I went back in time looking at the various projects that preceded my step into blogging, and how I eventually combined the power of the email list with a blog to sell digital products. I recommend you read it...
Blog Sales Funnel Part 1: How I Discovered The Best “Lifestyle” Business On The Planet Today
When I was very young I knew I wasn’t like the other kids. I had no desire to conform to accepted practices at the time, nor did I see myself following in their footsteps as we grew into adults. It was very clear to me that I would never have a “career”, or be...
I Killed Almost All My Income Streams, And I Did It On Purpose…
It felt like deja vu. I found myself in a place I didn’t think I could return to. I was lost. I didn’t know what to do next. The deja vu feeling appeared when I realised I was making mistakes I had made before. I was jumping from idea to idea, creating new businesses...
Whom Do You Lean On When Nothing Is Working?
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...
How Do You Make A Sale?
How do you make a sale online? You need a product or service. You need people who are motivated enough to buy it. And you need the technology to facilitate the transaction and delivery. Easy right? Some People Sell "Harder" In Order To Make A Sale Than Others You can...
What If There Was Only One Right Thing To Do In Any Given Moment?
Timing is everything. In my Blog Traffic Fundamentals trilogy (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3) you learned that focusing on ONE traffic technique is the smart first step. Master one thing rather than fail at many. The reason why this is the case comes down to timing....
How Much Traffic Does Your Blog Need To Make $100,000 A Year?
In the first two lessons I explained how you don't need as much traffic as you think you do and revealed a smarter, more advanced model of making money from a blog. If you have not read this series from the start, I recommend you catch up here first: Part 1: The Myth...
You Don't Need As Much Traffic As You Think
In the previous lesson I debunked the myth that you need to be everywhere, on many different platforms, to succeed with a blogging business. If you have not read it, begin here: Part 1: The Myth Of "Being Everywhere" And The Smarter Path To Traffic Now in part two we...
The Myth Of “Being Everywhere” And The Smarter Path To Traffic
I may make enemies of some of my fellow bloggers by saying this, but it has to be said... The current best-practice idea that you need to "be everywhere" in order to build traffic is bad advice. It's bad advice because most people follow it...