I know, I know. You hate pop-ups, right? I did for a long time, too. For years, I took a pretty strong stance against pop-up opt-in forms. I kept hearing that you could bring in a lot of new subscribers with them, but to me, they just weren’t worth it. I wasn’t willing to annoy […]
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One of my clients recently told me a story that broke my heart. This client (I’ll call her “Sasha”) had just spent 3 months developing an online product. She worked diligently to put together the online course she thought her audience needed, and put her heart and soul into every lesson. But when she finished the
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You’re starting to get some traction with your blog. People are visiting your site, you’re attracting some comments, and your visitors are sharing your content on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. That’s fantastic news! Way to go! Now you might be thinking about trying to bring in some guest writers, to help create content for
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Have you ever heard of timed writing practice, or free writing? Shortly after I moved to Boulder in 1998, I discovered the work of author and writing teacher Natalie Goldberg. Ms. Goldberg teaches timed writing practice (also known as free writing) as a major part of her informal writing curriculum, and the technique has helped millions
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Author and blogger Michael Hyatt (of MichaelHyatt.com) currently has 615,000 subscribers on his mailing list, and he runs one of the most popular websites on the web. On the first day of his most recent book launch, Michael’s fans cleaned out Amazon’s entire stock of the new book. Michael actually had to email his list
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It’s time for another Marketing Maven round-up list! Every few months, I publish a list of three things I really like in the world of online marketing and entrepreneurship. If you’d like to read more about this list got started, click here. For today’s list, I’m featuring a post that will help you fix your social
You pull up your blog first thing in the morning, ready to create a new post. You’re feeling creatively inspired, and can’t wait to start writing. But when you try to log in to your blogging tool, you can’t get in. In fact, you can’t see your blog at all. It looks like the whole
My mom has been an artist for as long as I can remember. For years, she’s created incredible paintings, cross stitch projects, jewelry, and clothing. She’s also a prize-winning quilter, and there’s nothing she can’t do with a sewing machine. A few years ago, Mom turned her creative attentions toward a new passion: hand-crafted dolls. She started
Are your subscriber numbers….lagging? Are you looking for a fast, efficient way to add qualified prospects to your email mailing list? You may want to try adding some content upgrades to your blog posts or articles. Let’s talk about what content upgrades are, why they’re an amazing tool for bloggers, and how to put them
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Publishing blog posts regularly is one of the best things you can do for your business. The statistics are clear: B2B (business to business) companies that blog generate 67% more leads per month than those that don’t blog. Businesses that blog also have 434% more indexed pages (meaning, web pages that are noticed and indexed
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