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In the last Blog Expert post in this mindset series we discussed clear thinking and ensuring everything we do each day fits in with our overall business direction.
In this post we explore one of the fundamental traits that many business owners ignore and that is ‘CHANGE’.
I was in a meeting with a customer recently, and he surprised me by stating with absolute confidence: “I don’t like change.”
Don’t like change?
Is that possible?
I paused for a moment and then queried his statement.
If he bought a winning lottery ticket, would that make him happy or sad?
I’ve completed a couple of Blog Expert series now and the feedback on each has been very encouraging.
The first one: Link Building Campaign
The second one: Building and creating a blog for the long term
So…we’re going to start another one.
In the next Blog Expert series, we’re going to move on to an important but often neglected element of running a successful small business – Mindset.
Now…I want to be straight to the point here:
I’m not talking about passion, determination, drive, persistence, energy – topics like that have been written about too many times.
My good friend Hesham (owner of Famous Bloggers) has come up with a great idea…a job board.
Us bloggers cannot be great at everything. As individuals we should concentrate on our strengths and outsource the type of work we are not so good at.
That’s what people do when they use my blogging services.
They may be brilliant writers but not so good at the technical side. Or they may be brilliant at the technical side and hate writing.
Whatever you hate doing or are not so good at, outsource it. It’s easy.
Yesterday I spoke about taking action…or to be more precise about taking the WRONG action.
Us bloggers are always looking for ways to improve our blogs aren’t we?
What if you were:
Told the exact correct action to take each day for the next 31 days and by taking that action you could dramatically improve your blog…
…would you listen?
And what if I said:
The person telling you want to do each and every day was one of the biggest and most successful bloggers in the world…
…would that make you sit up and listen even more intently?
I want yours!
In the last Blog Expert Series post, we looked at ways to identify your ideal blog opportunity by landing upon a perfect idea for your small business online.
In this Blog Expert post, we’re going to explore this further, by identifying whether or not there is a gap in the market that means it will be worthwhile for you to set up your site and move into your niche.
Over the past few months, I’ve noticed a number of people contacting me asking for support in certain areas of blogging and running their small business online.
This has prompted me to run a series of blog expert posts answering their queries.
The blog expert series of posts will all be focused upon finding your niche market and sticking to it, to support new, existing and bored bloggers to land upon their ideal subject for blogging, and develop the perfect products to make a profit online.
Many bloggers go through a discouraging stage called blogging burnout.
It is the stage where your enthusiasm fades, you run out of ideas, you don’t enjoy what you’re doing anymore, your passion isn’t there…you’re just plain burnt out.
But, the good news is, it can be overcome.
So, how does one overcome blogging burnout?
Here are a few great articles that you can check out.
7 Signs of Job Burnout and How to Rekindle Your Passion by Tai Goodwin
Blogging Malaise – You Got It? by Mizfit
From Acting to Blogging – Consistency is the key by Michael-John Wolfe
Blogging can be a lonely business, and sometimes it’s tough to deal with the personal implications of stepping out of a busy office and in to the dark recesses of your home office.
Your entire life can be thrown off balance, and everything you knew before disappears, leaving you with just the blank cold stare of your monitor for comfort.
It’s all very well celebrating the power of the online community, but sometimes Skyping and e-mail simply can’t fill the void left behind from when you worked in an office. Office life can be fun sometimes, for all we try and escape it as soon as possible, and we make friends quickly in an environment where we are thrown together for seven or more hours a day.
Do you like the title?
Well that ‘s the title Traffic Coleman added to the interview he recently carried out with me.
It was a blast of an interview.
Really spontaneous questions…I had no clues to what he was going to ask and that’s exactly how it should be.
That way you have to be on your toes and listen really carefully to the questions and just share your experiences.
If you fancy reading a little bit about me, how I made the transition from full time employee to full-time blogger and how I have grown this blog, check out the blog post:
A few years ago, none of us would ever have dreamed of putting all our information out there on the web for all to see.
Nowadays, as bloggers, we have a vested interest in revealing more of ourselves on line than we ever normally would in a real-life situation.
We know as bloggers we need to keep people engaged, and this means showing our true personality and getting ourselves known…
Is it a positive thing to have a strong online presence?
Of course it is, in obvious ways.
Anyone who has been blogging for a while is inevitably bombarded with constant offers, promotions and advice about the best courses to go on, software to purchase and consultants to use to optimize their blog.
When I first started out running my blogging business, I was confused by the amount of advice out there. I spoke to people to glean the best methods to enhance my blog platform, and worked my way through the myriad snippets of information and advice that landed in my e-mail inbox on an almost daily basis.
Hi, Andrew Rondeau here and this blog, my blog, will not lie to you. I will give it to you straight.This blog is about blogging, the Internet and sharing my experiences and advice on how to make a blog and a blog income. I also build blogs and websites for clients.
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