OK, let’s face it… Us bloggers and online marketing types love to buy tools. We love to snag deals on tools. Even if we end up not even using them. Just buy that bad boy “just in case”, right? Guilty? Yep, me too. Although I will say that I’ve gotten a hell of a lot…
The problem with “personal development” as a niche is that it is SO SO SO generic. It essentially means… nothing. It is like saying you’re in the “lifestyle” niche. It could literally mean anything. When people come to me with interest in starting a personal development site, I find they are usually fairly aimless, don’t…
You ever been on a cruise where you visited some Caribbean island? Then, you might have a story similar to this one. In fact, this same thing has happened several times. It is quite common on the islands… especially when you have a concentration of tourists. This one time, I was in Jamaica. We had just…
So, it was around the year 2000. Yep, long ago. I was only a bit over 2 years into running my technology blog. And another big thing that was happening was the massive dot-com bubble. Essentially, anything on the internet was supposed to be “pure gold”. And so it was that this company called eFront…
The internet is awash with lazy site owners whose only goal is just to get people to click on their affiliate links. So, they damn near spam their own site with them. Affiliate links all over their blog posts, in the sidebars, in the footers. Yuk. The funny ones are the ones who use blogs…
My family and I live in a suburb of Tampa. Back when we originally moved here, this area had a few neighborhoods, but also a lot of two-lane roads and cow pastures. Not anymore. Our area is now an extension of Tampa. Roads that were once two-lane roads are now 6-lane highways with traffic jams. The intersection…
So, in case you haven’t heard, there’s some chatter out there about a potential recession coming to the economy. Some say we’re already in one. Some say it will be 2008 all over again. And honestly, who the hell knows. Personally, I think it will happen. I don’t think the systemic issues that led to…
Here at the Blog Marketing Academy, almost every year, we experience a “summer slump”. It just means that we experience a sales slump. It isn’t as if it drops to zero or anything (that’d be insane), but it is just lower. Less affiliate commissions. Less new member signups. And more cancellations than usual. And as…
Perhaps you have experienced this feeling. I know I have. You go to work on your online business, to improve stats, to make money, etc. But, while you have that time to work on it, you’re left with the feeling of “What SHOULD I work on?” If you’re like me, you have a number of…
Mailchimp is popular among bloggers as a way to host one’s email list. And there is one fundamental reason for that… Their free account. For up to 2,000 contacts and if your needs are quite basic, then you can host your email list with Mailchimp for free. All well and good. After all, Mailchimp is…
So, I like to think I do a pretty good job of keeping my ear to the ground and listening to what you guys are telling me. And here’s one that I’ve heard many times… “I already own too many courses, so I won’t do another one.” This is something which comes up usually when…
Are you hiding from your market? Do you, deep down, really not want to have much to do with them? You just want them to magically find you, think you’re a huge pile of awesome, and throw piles of money at you, right? You speak (or write)… and they listen. Because you’re awesome. And dammit,…