There’s been a lot of chatter in Webmaster forums that Google must have unleashed a new search algorithm update in the first half of January. But as many of us know, the first quarter of the year is seasonally a strong quarter as new year’s resolutions are made and people are reinvigorated with hope until […]
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I’ve got a problem that perhaps many of you share: the lack of motivation to give things my best day in and day out. This devil on my shoulder always likes to whisper, “Good enough is good enough!” “The world isn’t going to end if you don’t publish 3-4 post a week.” At least three […]
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With the stock market and real estate markets rebounding, employment levels rising, and more people turning to blogs for information and entertainment, I hope many of you had a fortuitous 2013! I’m publishing my personal year in review this week and just finished curating the top posts on Financial Samurai for 2013. It’s pretty neat […]
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We’ve written a lot in the past about the importance of writing meaty content with a personal angle if we want to do well in search. Search traffic is 100% passive and the best type of traffic for monetization purposes. Longer articles do better in search because length is generally correlated with quality. The idea […]
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I recently finished up my annual business offsite in Oahu and I wanted to highlight one thing everyone in the blogging business should do once a year. Calculate your year over year top line revenue growth and compare that figure to your year over year operating profit figure. If you have been growing, hopefully you […]
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Fine tune your blog: missions and writing styles Author’s bio: Maria Nedeva is the blogger behind The Money Principle: a personal finance blog that will ‘make your head hurt and your wallet sing’. There she writes about money management, wealth and the changing rules of money. There is no point beating around the bush: we […]
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The greatest thing about my iPhone is that it’s an expert at killing time. I used to always get a little frustrated when my friends were more than 15 minutes late or if the flight was delayed by more than an hour. Now that I’ve got my iPhone, literally two hours can go by and […]
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Fresh off a two week vacation in Peru, I was reminded of two keys to a successful life…. balance and patience. As a true workaholic, it sometimes takes dragging me thousands of miles from home to to remember the true value of life; and it’s not about who acquires the most money. Clearly, money matters, […]
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Jamie: Awesome insights thanks! I’ve been a big fan of Sam’s for years. Really exciting that he’s...Untemplater: There are so many overpriced ecourses online it’s crazy. They use very aggressive marketing tactics to...
Andy: Thousand-dollar e-courses are a total scam. You can learn everything online for free. Shame on people who sell...Untemplater: There are a lot of bloggers out there who focus on small stuff like should you or should you not spend...
Derek: It’s fascinating how some bloggers continue to just mindlessly pump out affiliate content. It’s clear they are...Untemplater: Lots of valid points! So true that bloggers are a minority of overall readership, so blogging to much...
Bingo: You are spot on. Most of our bloggers are white people living on the coasts, where half the population of...
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