1 Important Blogger Trait to Develop Quickly

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One of the most important trait for bloggers to develop: finding the mid way point between delusion and dreams..

Most new bloggers begin blogging from a deluded, unrealistic mindset. Newbies foolishly believe:

  • blogging is easy because buying your domain and hosting – aka starting a blog – is easy
  • making money blogging fast is easy
  • bloggers can experience overnight success

Each blogger who believes these lies fails, 100% of the time. I know. I observed these deluded types thousands of times over my decade long blogging career. Heck; I was even one of these unrealistic, fantasy-land, la-la land type bloggers for a while. I wanted to get something for nothing. I believed blogging to be as easy as writing and publishing posts and collecting fat pay checks, fast.

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Do You Befriend or Badger Pro Bloggers?

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What and who you chase, flees.

Befriending people attracts folks to you.

Use blogging honey to attract pro bloggers. Never try to catch bloggers with sticky fly paper.

I recently changed my advertising strategy. After observing how most well-meaning but scared folks badger pros to snag these blogging big fish I established greater clarity, stronger posture and expanded peace of mind.

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The Characteristics Of A Healthy Link Profile

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Digital marketing has taken on a lot of new roles as it is evolving past traditional advertising techniques. The use of the internet, social media, website building, etc. are all helping push marketing in new directions which are helping connect businesses with wider, more diverse audiences, and vice versa.

One of these new digital marketing techniques is link profiles, which is a part of SEO (search engine optimization). Link profiles are the ways that businesses can help use written content and SEO content to help boost their sites and products.

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10 Silly Reasons Why Blogs Fail (The HeartBreaking Truth that Will Help You Succeed)

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It breaks my heart every single time someone types “why blogs fail” into the google search bar.

Want to know why?

Because that someone is just like you, a dreamer whose hardwork, longsuffering and faith has only been rewarded with disappointment and heartbreak.

You hear that starting a blog is a great way to make money online and so you start one.

6 months of pounding away at it and you come to a series of grim realizations:

  1. Blogging isn’t easy.
  2. Half your blogging peers already gave up.
  3. Another 45% are right where you are at, slugging it out in the dark.
  4. The other 5% succeeding seem to have super powers or an army of supporters far out of your reach.

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How to Tackle Data Privacy and Security Issues When Hiring Freelancers

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Hiring freelancers is a very cost-effective way to scale a business, especially for startups and small businesses.

Not only does the booming gig economy allow companies to hire professionals at competitive rates, freelancers also cost significantly less to maintain than an in-house team. You don’t have to invest in a long-term office space, training, and benefits.

However, hiring freelancers to power your business does come with risks.

Since freelancers are most likely to work remotely, you can leave your organization vulnerable to a number of online threats. This includes digital eavesdropping, malware-infected devices, and unencrypted file sharing.

In this post, we will discuss the top cybersecurity tips that will help you address the risks associated with remote work.

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