This is a guest contribution from Marcus Taylor of Venture Harbour. In Western cultures, there is a prevailing belief that you ‘work your way to the top’, ‘climb the ladder’, and make slow and steady efforts to achieve success. This way of thinking is undoubtedly a smart approach, particularly...

This week we’ve been talking about what to do with your blog posts after you hit publish. So far we’ve talked about optimizing it for search and socializing it on social media - today we’re going to talk about ‘repurposing’ it. What is Repurposing Content? I like Erin Everhart’s...

The final round of tickets for the Annual ProBlogger Training Event go on sale later today at 1.30pm Australian Eastern time. UPDATE: a limited number of these tickets are now on sale here. Over the last few years we’ve held 3 training events and have seen things grow each time. Year 1 saw Chris...

Dear Stranger, It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I haven’t posted for three months, and man does it feel odd to be writing again. I’ve missed you. I missed the way you scrolled down my posts. I know what you’re thinking, why the lack of posts?  It’s not you. It’s...

One the factors I like to hammer home to people when they create any kind of information, whether it’s blog or website content, membership content, or any kind of paid info product, is not to underestimate how much of your audience truly are beginners. Everyone starts as a beginner. If you are...

Sourcing is finding and evaluating the components and parts needed for goods and services. With a product based company such as my handbag company, sourcing materials would consume a lot of time, energy and funds. Raw materials would account for almost 50-70% of our costs. We spent a lot of time searching...

This guest post is by Regina Scharf of Deep Brazil. Have you ever considered blogging in a language other than your own? You definitely should. One year ago, when I started Deep Brazil, a blog that shows aspects of my country that are seldom in the media, I had a problem: there was no point in publishing...

To me, the most exciting part of creating and producing your own product is seeing the finished merchandise. For years almost, I had dreamed of my product and then to see it transformed into a tangible item before my eyes was very, very exciting. Up until this point, I had cultivated a list of potential...

This guest post is by Kevin Sanders, of strongandfit.net. What if I said you’re only as good as the blogs you follow? Maybe that’s not completely true for everyone, but I’m willing to bet all the A-listers have several blogs they check out every day. I think there are basically two types of...

This guest post is by Ryan Barton of The Smart Marketing Blog. As I was sitting at a café over breakfast, the couple nearby flipped through their Sunday paper. As I tend to do, I eavesdropped on their conversation. “Will you look at that bedding? That’s wonderful!” “Oh my God,...