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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...
The Common Email Newsletter Mistake I Made And You Probably Do Too
I grabbed my iPhone and recorded a quick video for you in my house in Melbourne. No professional microphone, no professional lighting, just a little bit of post-production editing to keep things interesting. In this less than 5-minute video I talk about the subject I...
Blind Faith Does Not Apply To Business
One of the challenges of trying to do something you have never done before is dealing with a lack of results. While I am not religious, this is the one area of life where I think faith becomes critically important. If you don't believe you can achieve something then...
What Tennis Player Stanislas Wawrinka’s Story Of Redemption Can Teach Entrepreneurs About Perseverance
I love January. Besides the start of the new year, the fresh ambition and motivation (and finishing all those pesky holidays)... something very important happens. It's tennis month in Australia. During January there is tennis on all day and most nights on TV. It's the...
How To Relax A Sleep Deprived Mind And Get Back To Sleep
What Happens When Your Mind Turns Against You... It's 5am and I'm lying in bed. I've been awake for an hour and I just can't fall back to sleep. Sometimes I wake up from a dream, sometimes a noise from the neighbourhood, or Ramses my cat decides he wants...
How To Apply The Same Powerful Selling Techniques Big Retailers Use During The Holidays
Yesterday was Boxing Day in Australia, the day after Christmas. For you non-commonwealth country readers, here is how Wikipedia defines boxing day - Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts, known as...
The Smart Step To Make When You Do Not Know What To Sell Yet
In the last few years I have paid a lot of attention to the world of startups, in particular technology companies. During this time two concepts popped up as mantras of every new tech entrepreneur - "Lean" and "Minimum Viable Product". Eric Ries, author of the Lean...
How I Sold My Website For $100,000
This is the third blog post in a trilogy about buying and selling blogs and websites for big profits. If you have not read the first two parts, do so here: Part 1: How You Can Own A Money Making Blog By The End Of This Week Part 2: A Rarely Talked About Blog Growth...