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It is easy to get discouraged if you see things are not moving as fast as you would’ve expected. Although it is normal sometimes, there are certain things you can do to speed things up.

Especially if we’re talking blogging, as it’s way easier today than it was 10 years ago to update a website, or move things around, and find an audience.

If you find things are not moving fast enough, you kinda have to ask yourself some questions. The first one would be “why?”. Yeah I know, hard to answer, since you’re so focused and “into it”. You just can’t see why it’s plateauing.

But, if you have a clear idea of what your goals are, chances are it’ll be easier to find answers to your questions. [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Conversational Blogging, Life, Optimization by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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Most of us already have the Mybloglog recent visitors widget on our blog(s), and many of us also have the BlogCatalog neighborhood widget. It’s fun to see who’s visiting our blog, Isn’t it?

Of course there are many others you could add to your sidebar. But thing is, people might leave your blog even before it’s finished loading. My guess is you don’t want that.

Social Networking/Blogging Widgets

The Mybloglog and Blogcatalog ones really go well together, you can see that in my sidebar. They look quite similar and you can customize the look, so it’s pretty cool.

Unfortunately when one of those 2 is down, your sidebar won’t load completely. Probably many people took them off their sidebar for that simple reason. I still use them, and I have to say I’m quite happy with them, compared to other services. [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Conversational Blogging, Networking, Optimization, Services by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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You probably noticed that I rarely post product or blog reviews on my blog. I’m not a huge fan of ReviewMe, Sponsored Review, Pay Per Post and other similar services, they’re great, but not for me.

Reason is quite simple, I usually don’t read reviews posted on other blogs, so I don’t see why I should post any on here. I don’t feel it would be relevant, and I’m not sure it would be useful to my readers, unless some product or blog totally rocks.

I did write some reviews in the past, but quickly realized it wasn’t my thing. So I simply stopped. And I must say I’m happy I made that decision. [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, News, Online Business, Optimization, Reviews, Services by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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I was reading a post on Antbag that questions the removal of old blog posts like site updates posts and ones that didn’t perform well, to improve your ratio of useful posts versus less useful ones.

Anthony’s post was in response to another post Leo Babauta (who runs the popular Zen Habits blog) wrote on North X East.

Should you delete older posts that don’t add a lot of value, and could be considered “useless” by some of your readers? Is deleting older posts common practice? [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Online Business, Optimization, Writing by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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Blogging can be quite time consuming, and if you’re a blogger writer/publisher, you probably know what I’m talking about:

and so on.

That’s a lot huh? And I’m sure, there’s a lot more I could add to that list. [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Conversational Blogging, Life, Networking, Online Business, Optimization by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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You know, these “sponsored links” in Google search results on the right? Well, your blog posts are quite similar to these. The sponsored links units tells the readers/searchers what to click and why they should. Same with your blog posts. The sponsored ads tell the searchers the benefits and the features of whatever product they’re selling. Well on your blog you’re selling ideas and thoughts, so your posts titles should do exactly the same as the titles in the sponsored links section in Google. Give people a good reason to click and read.

When using services like Google Adwords or Yahoo Search Marketing, a surefire way to get people to click is to write an interesting and catchy title, then on the second line write the benefits, and on the 3rd line the features. That’s pure Perry Marshall-esque. [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Conversational Blogging, Google, Links, Optimization, Writing by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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As many of you know I’m working on a new blog, and of course I would love to launch this new blog and already have hundreds or even thousands of RSS subscribers and steady traffic. Wouldn’t that be awesome? I know I’m a very positive and optimistic guy, and I’ve been thinking a lot about what to do with that new blog (since I’m on a budget) to make it a successful one.

It’s not starting it that’s difficult, it’s keeping that new blog afloat. You need a plan in order to succeed. The launch is one thing, but it is important to have content, and get rid of the bugs, but that is common sense anyway. What can you do or use to make your new blog a big success right from the start? Meaning there’s already many articles published, it receives good traffic, and rss numbers are increasing steadily. You know, when you feel like a blog has always been there? That’s what I’m aiming for. [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Business, Internet, Marketing, Networking, Online Business, Optimization, Services by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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What is it that successful bloggers know or do that other don’t? Seriously you can spend years in school, and learn everything you can about a particular topic, blog about it, and yet never achieve any form of success. What’s the difference between a successful entrepreneur/writer and one that struggles? It’s all in their ability to see the big picture. See things bigger than they are at the moment. See what’s coming, the next steps. See the future (but that would be pushing it) ;)

You can brainstorm for hours and still not find any “good enough” ideas. It surely happened to you before, you’re sitting in front of your computer, trying damn hard to find an idea for your next blog post, and an hour and a half later you realize you wrote only 2 lines. Then you decide not to save your file. Happens to me a lot. [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Business, Creativity, Online Business, Optimization, Reviews by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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Yes, I work from home, I’m a freelance writer, publisher, and I’m a musician, and I so love my job(s)! I’m not a work-aholic though! I guess you could say I’m a “work-at-home-aholic“, which is totally different. Freelance-aholic sounds good too!

I feel more motivated and enriched working from home and as a freelance worker than I ever did working for any company. But being a “work-at-home-aholic” is not always easy. Many people will say working from home is not like a career (read: working for a big company, paycheck every 2 weeks, dental plan and all). Well, nope, it isn’t like working for a big company, but it sure requires as much involvement and efforts, and it is a career. And sometimes I work for longer periods of time than I used to when I was at my 9-5 job (and it’s fine with me, love it). [Read more →]

Tags: Articles, Blogging, Business, Life, Online Business, Optimization by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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Today, a business can go from zero to hero in less time then it takes to read a blog post. Viral marketing, social networking and all that makes it kinda easy to gain exposure (not only for bloggers, this post is not geared only towards blogging, but any business), more recognition in a specific field, earn more money, and so on.

“Yesterday no one knew about these guys, and now they’re everywhere!”…

Sounds familiar?

Well those companies, business people, or bloggers authors/writers probably were prepared for growth. If the goal with your company or your blog is to expand and grow to a comfortable level, or even start hiring more people, and, of course, earn a decent amount of money, you really need to prepare yourself, your team, and make sure the tools you use are up to date to support that growth. Or else it just won’t work. You can’t really run a business, and expect it to work and grow, if you’re not prepared or if you don’t have a plan. [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Business, Online Business, Optimization by Jon - SmartWealthyRich
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