How to Use Storyselling to Boost Sales

This guest post is by Johnny B. Truant, of JohnnyBTruant.com. When I was in high school, I witnessed the most impressive sales job I have ever seen. One afternoon, the entire student body was called to the auditorium for an assembly. Nobody knew what the assembly was about. We were just told to attend. The presenters were two guys, dressed casually. As they began, instead of telling us why they were there, they started telling us jokes. They told us a few stories, too—funny stories involving...

How I Make Money Blogging: Income Split for August/September 2010

Since April this year I’ve been putting together income reports for my own business to try to give readers a sense of how bloggers can earn income from a variety of sources. It’s been a couple of months since I gave an update, so today I’m going to cover both August and September. Below you’ll see two pie charts with the two months’ splits. You’ll notice that there are a few differences between them, with ebook sales being the biggest mover of...

The 7 Deadly Fears of Blogging and How to Overcome Them

This guest post is by Nathan Hangen of Build Your Digital Empire. I remember back to early 2008, when I’d just started blogging, that even though I had great ambitions, my knowledge, expertise, and confidence as a blogger was sorely lacking. I stumbled through my blogging career for over a year before I felt I had a really good grip on things, and even then, there were many things I struggled with. But more than anything, through all of the struggles I faced, there was one enemy that kept popping...

SEO Tactics You Need To Know About

There are two things you need to understand about SEO right away: The algorithms that Google uses are always changing. You need SEO to be successful on the Internet. Unless you’re willing to put all the time in that’s necessary to make a go of it, you need to be sure you’ve hired the right people to help you out and that includes an experienced content writer and more often than not the right web designer too.  Those people should...

7 Reasons Why $7 Products Rock

This guest post is by Steve Martile of Freedom Education. I currently charge $400 monthly for one-on-one coaching. That’s a hefty price tag for some people, even though I know some coaches who charge up to $10,000 per month, which makes my coaching look like a bargain. One prospective client said that she really wanted to do coaching with me. She saw the value in it. She needed it and wanted to buy, but she just couldn’t come up with the money. It was either buy the coaching or pay the rent....

Blog Karma: How Good Blogging Deeds Can Spike Your Traffic

This is a guest post by Joshua Noerr of  JoshuaNoerr.com. Since I was very young, I was told, and shown, the importance of giving back and doing things for other people. I’ve always felt that the highest measure of a person’s character is the degree of service they are willing to provide for others. In fact, your service to others will be the cornerstone of your legacy long after you are gone. I also believe that as an individual of able body and mind, I have a certain level of obligation...

To Use or Not To Use Video

So, you’ve been thinking you’d like to add video posts or messages to your website. Is this idea feasible? Will it go over well with your readers? Will you get the desired results you’re looking for? Well, only trial and error will determine the answers to the above questions, but before you get to that point you need to know a few pros and cons of using or adding video to your site. One of the first things you need to ask yourself is, will you...